Back in school we had representative from one of the oil companies come in to talk about lubrication. One of the points he made about oils, any oils is that they deteriorate over time from moisture. This is why they say change your oil (in most cars) every 5km or 3 months. The three months being the time it will take for the moisture to effect the oil. I don"t have any diesel machines, and I use the cheapest oil I can find since I figure it"s better then what was available 50 years back. I also don"t know what advances have been made to combat moisture in oil. I know some cars now go for 15k with a change. I agree that it is painfull to change your oil even once a year for equipment that really doesn"t get used much. I guess you have to ask yourself this: Am I going to ever use it, or need to use it where the risk of doing damage outweighs the cost. For me, I do my oil 2 times a year, maybe it"s over kill, but I feel that if I"m gonna have these toys, I should do what I can to protect them, otherwise, don"t use them at all and properly store them. I remember changing the oil on one tractor that had sat in a garage for about 4 years. Before starting I drained the oil and found about a cup of water (maybe not that much). From that point on, it changed how I felt about time/oil.
Brian.
PS. My father and I would have gentlemanly debates on "buring off" water in the oil. I believe that once the oil has moisture in it, you can"t just "burn it off". Others may argue, and be correct, it"s just my opinion.
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