Oil change intervals

[YerDugliness]

Originally Posted by FUNFER2

I like using fresh oil as the old oil may,.... have containments that sit on the bearings all winter. I use a new filter too, then it's ready to fire back up in spring. Oil is relatively low in cost, versus the cost of our engines we put in our cobras.

So,... oil being the blood of the engine, why not be assured that we are doing everything we can to help save our expensive performance engines, for the cost of a oil & filter change. No brainier for me folks.

(I also take my old oil & filter in to be recycled)

Looks like great minds think alike, eh, Kev? Good to hear from ya! My issue is I don't want those acids etching away at the bearing surfaces, much less the crank journals....ergo, I flush the system with clean oil as I warm up the motor after the oil change and drive it into the garage, hopefully leaving nothing but clean oil on the bearings over the winter/summer storage periods.

I always recycle my used oil, but the auto supply stores here don't seem to know what to do with the used filters. I drain mine for 48 hourse into the oil drain pan, then discard it in the regular trash. I don't think that is the best solution, but unless I can find a recycler who knows what to do with the filters I am at a loss for a better solution.

If anyone has any ideas of a better way to dispose of the used oil filters, I would be happy to hear about them...thanks!

Originally Posted by mpanten

Your exactly right patrick, there is a whole lot fretting over this. A lot of people forget that the temp is being measured after the oil has gone through the cooler. Mine reads 80 C and have never had a problem with condensation in the 7 years I have owned it.

My replica has a "double hump" pan...the engine is from a "Fox body" Mustang GT. It has a bung (for lack of a better term) on the driver's side of the rear pan, probably for one of those sensors that lets a careless driver know that their oil level needs to be checked before it gets dangerously low. I have thought about tapping into that bung for a place to locate an oil temperature sensor...but think it may well be above the level of the oil in the pan and therefore might not work. Does anyone have any ideas regarding this?

Cheers from Dugly