we all know the famous saying, change it every 3 months or 3000 miles.

during the spring and summer now, i rarely drive my ranger and it has been in the garage for a good month now.

i will still take it out every couple weeks to keep everything working ok, but i am coming up on my 3 months here soon and have only put about 900 miles on it in 3 months.

should i change it or not since i have only gone 900 miles in the last 3 months?

i will probably put another 200 miles until october/november snow comes.

 

I would think you will be fine. I stored my last car all winter and drove it all summer without changing the oil. Put in Mobil 1 full synthetic 15,000 mile oil and called it a day. Read this article. I would have to agree with it. http://www.catherinesautorepair.com/news.html

 

I wouldnt change it till you hit 3000 miles or 1 year.

 

leave it till 3000 or like around nov if you still havent hit it

 

I don't pay attention to the 3 month part, I just change it when I'm a little over 3,000 miles

 

I have one car that is driven about once a month. I do the oil change once a year when I take it for an inspection. It ranges from 2,000 to 3,000 miles a year in miles.

Guys using full synthetics are stretching the interval to 7,000 -10,000 between changes. I think one year is long enough though and wouldn't really stretch past that regardless of miles driven. From what I have read, it gets thicker. 20 wt oil turns to 30 wt as an example.

 

I'd wait until you hit 3000 miles, but wouldn't leave it in over 1 year

 

I use synthetic oils, change every 3000 miles
If you dont drive much it wont hurt to let it sit, but i would change it before you start driving daily again

 

lol what a waste, i run tri-synthetic and i change mine every 5k.

with todays technology and motors, 3k is a myth.

unless you use bulk oil, if thats the case, then every 2k haha.
i will never use that crap in my truck, im good on the recycled oil..

 

i change my oil every 3000 miles, which for my truck is about every 5 1/2 months.

 

I'm in the same boat as you, I bought my truck on November 9th 06, oil was changed when I bought it, and i'm about 100 miles from the 3,000 mile mark. I change my oil every 6 months, no matter how many miles I put on it. I changed it about 2 weeks ago.

 

You'll be fine until nov.

Rich

 

Even though you only drove 900 miles, it's the start up, and shut down. Condensation builds up in the crankcase. If it were my truck, I'd change it. I'm a nut when it comes to changing oil and filter. It's cheap insurance.