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Re: Winter Storage / Oil Change

To: Steinbeck Michael <Michael.Steinbeck@start.de>
Subject: Re: Winter Storage / Oil Change
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 08:00:18 -0700
Cc: "'TR Liste'" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Organization: Curry Enterprises
References: <9CE47B416A24D2118BC40000F84009B21F348F@start.de>
Michael,
I'd do the oil change now.  If you wait, all the particulate matter
suspended in the frequently run oil will settle to the bottom and
deposit a sludge layer in the bottom of your oil pan.

Joe

Steinbeck Michael wrote:
> 
> Hi List,
> 
> living in Germany and driving a roadster is not much fun during winter. It's
> not so much the temperatures (there are a few days in winter when we will
> have a sunny sky, but temps below freezing - then driving can be a lot of
> fun too), but the frequent rain, snow and the icy roads are really a bummer.
> So, pretty soon I will have to put my TR4 to sleep for this year.
> And here is my question:
> Now an oil change is due and I wonder if I should do it now, or when I
> revive the TR4 next spring. Are there any drawbacks or advantages for either
> possibility?
> 
> Thank you in advance.
> 
> Michael
> 1692 TR4, CT 17613 LO
> michael.steinbeck@start.de

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