Oil Change Intervals

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   B owner here. Awhile back on this forum, I found a post talking about going to two-year oil change intervals, but it's not coming up in search. I did a full service on my B last spring and basically just ended up using it for about two hours over two days as a run-around with no work at all. It's parked in a dry shop with a concrete floor. Considering a filter is $28 and I can get oil around $22, and UTF for probably $20-25. I'm debating going another year of only a couple hours running around. Basically, money is insanely tight right now and with diesel $7 a gallon where I live, it's forced me to quit driving my truck. I know oil is hygroscopic and I've always lived by the adage "oil is cheap and engines are expensive" but I'm curious what other people do on their tractors that don't do much. I may end up having to leave the tractor parked for another year. I was considering changing the engine oil, but reusing the filter. And keeping the UTF another year. I'm sure its been through worse in the last 80 years, lol.

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resurrection20 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Bronze Level Joined: 14 Nov 2023 Location: Oregon Points: 92	Post Options Post Reply Quote resurrection20 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Oil Change Intervals Posted: 2 hours 58 minutes ago at 11:41am
	B owner here. Awhile back on this forum, I found a post talking about going to two-year oil change intervals, but it's not coming up in search. I did a full service on my B last spring and basically just ended up using it for about two hours over two days as a run-around with no work at all. It's parked in a dry shop with a concrete floor. Considering a filter is $28 and I can get oil around $22, and UTF for probably $20-25. I'm debating going another year of only a couple hours running around. Basically, money is insanely tight right now and with diesel $7 a gallon where I live, it's forced me to quit driving my truck. I know oil is hygroscopic and I've always lived by the adage "oil is cheap and engines are expensive" but I'm curious what other people do on their tractors that don't do much. I may end up having to leave the tractor parked for another year. I was considering changing the engine oil, but reusing the filter. And keeping the UTF another year. I'm sure its been through worse in the last 80 years, lol. Edited by resurrection20 - 2 hours 54 minutes ago at 11:45am

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AC720Man Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 10 Oct 2016 Location: Shenandoah, Va Points: 5465	Post Options Post Reply Quote AC720Man Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 35 minutes ago at 2:04pm
	Running them for a short period of time or with no load on them is actually hard on any engine. Not getting it up to operating temperature causes condensation which is not good for any engine. I wouldn’t have an issue with a longer oil change if the tractor had been run and worked for at least an hr. A few of my tractors only get oil changes every other year depending on the hours I put on them. I always do a 100 hr change if not before that.
	1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD