Need Oil Change for Winterizing Drove < 700 mi

[JOC IN IL]

Originally Posted by thom4782

your decision should be driven by whether you believe driving 700 miles has introduced enough contaminants into the oil, e.g. Acids etc., that it degrades the parts that sit in it for several months my guess is fresh oil is the safer choice, but its your car and your wallet.

Btw: If someone places such a high value on one's 986 to preserve it from winter elements by garaging it, why try to save a few bucks over low cost preventive items such as changing roughly 10 quarts of oil.

i plan on starting the engine up once every 2 weeks and let it idle and warm up to operating tempurature so not changing the oil is fine in my opinion with just 700 miles on the oil.

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by JOC IN IL

i plan on starting the engine up once every 2 weeks and let it idle and warm up to operating tempurature so not changing the oil is fine in my opinion with just 700 miles on the oil.

Doing that is one of the worst things you can do to the engine. Unless you are going to run the car at highway speeds for 20-30 min., you are far better off to follow some others advise about fuel stabilizer, fresh oil, a good battery maintainer, and then just let it sit. We do this with several special customer cars every winter, never had a problem.