Gernot Vonhoegen wrote:
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> IT doesn't have a sell by date but it is in a sealed canister as well and
> its not exposed to/in your (internally, no offence intended) dirty engine.
> If you (as with all oils, even your olive and sunflower kitchen oils) expose
> oil to air the oil will oxidize and the chains will be boken up.
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> > George Leicht wrote:
> > If I can display my ignorance. I have often been told that after
> > changing the oil before storage in the fall one must again change the
> > oil before spring start-up. Why? The stuff I by doesn't have a "sell by"
>date.
Your argument makes sense, Gernot. I guess price of an oil change is
not much, but I still dislike dumping a few quarts of oil which did not
see service (even if the oil goes to the recycler). BTY my engine did
not take offense. ;-)
george leicht, cincinnati, ohio
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