Changing oil...Let it drain overnight ?

[A26B]

I think we have gone where no man has gone before........

[Paul Workman]

Originally Posted by A26B

I think we have gone where no man has gone before........

Or should have!!!!!

[XfireZ51]

Originally Posted by RussMcB

I've found that if you play soothing music to your oil for two hours the night before it flows into the engine better.

Smooth Jazz or Classical?

I don't run my motor in the winter unless temps get to somewhere ~ 40F.

[Mystic ZR-1]

Originally Posted by 5ABI VT

Changed my oil today.. I did let it sit overnight tilted to the drain side. I also did fill the oil filter up and let it sit and soak in for 2 days.. tipped it over to let any excess oil out and then screwed it on. I warm my oil up in the oven .. pours like water and figure couldn't hurt startup when its cold. the 10w40 is like ketchup compared to when its warmed up.

I'll bet your Bride let's you use the dishwasher to clean parts too...

[mike100]

Pre-heating your oil jugs and pre-saturating the oil filter for 2 hours... ok, gonna give you the OCD of the year award.

Of course if you want to do it right, you still need to yank the oil cooler, right?


bonus points for doing the job in the house!

[Blownrunner]

Pull the oil cooler? My 91's oil cooler has an oil drain plug. You guys knew about this, right? If we are preheating oil in the oven...

[Dynomite]

Mobile 1 M1-207 Oil Filter

[RussMcB]

Originally Posted by Blownrunner

Pull the oil cooler? My 91's oil cooler has an oil drain plug. You guys knew about this, right?

I didn't know that, but I have a good excuse since I'm a newbie ZR-1 owner. :-)

I looked in the manual but did not find a reference or picture of the plug. Is it easy to find and access? I'll crawl under my car later tonight and look for it.

Thanks for posting this. I'm in the middle of an oil change(*) and it will be nice to replace a little more of the old oil.

Russ

* It's been draining for about a week. Is that long enough? JK :-)

[Dynomite]

Originally Posted by RussMcB

* It's been draining for about a week. Is that long enough? JK :-)

Just do not forget the LT5 has no oil and get in the ZR1 and fire it up

[RussMcB]

Originally Posted by Dynomite

Just do not forget the LT5 has no oil and get in the ZR1 and fire it up

That scary thought has crossed my mind several times this week. I should go tape a note to the steering wheel right now.

Or maybe I'll do a new Cold Start/No Oil test and add a data point to our knowledgebase. :-)