id go with everyone else & say change it when u take it outta storage

 

I would change it out before because like its already been said, used oil forms acids which can eat bearings if left sitting long enough. Oil is cheap and engine work is not.

Wayne

 

id change it during storage with some of the lucas oil in there just so when it sits it can penetrate all the metal and stuff, it doesnt have to be great oil because i would probably just swap it out again after you take it out of storage

 

If used oil is so acidic, then how do people go a year or longer running 10k+ miles on oil changes? I would imagine if the acid is in the oil that it wouldn't matter if it was the same oil sitting in the one spot, or different oil each time you shut off the engine from someone driving a car regularly.

 

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i know tons of people including myself who leave all their "toys" (lawn mowers, cars, snowmobiles, ATVs, etc) in storage for an extended period of time and change the oil when they take them out of storage and everything still runs in tip top shape. just make sure your coolant is mixed well enough so it doesn't freeze and crack a block along with some fuel stabilizer in the fuel and call it good.

 

I see, thanks for all the replies.