Going away for work and need to change my oil. Should I change it before leaving for work for two weeks, or change it when I get back. Won't be using my car for that two weeks, so basically would be fresh oil sitting in the engine if I change it.

how longs it been since it was changed? and how far are you going for work

if you are not running it, it will be fine to sit with dirty oil in it. If you are driving it to your destination, I would just change it now.

Yeah I'm not driving it for work. So it will be sitting there for two weeks doing nothing. I thought maybe putting in the oil now and taking out the dirty oil would be good for the seals.

The oil is just gonna sit in the oil pan and not move around

The question is how long as the current oil been in the engine
And how far are you traveling to work

I would say before.
Get it done
Keep engine clean and working great

u dont need to change oil until mileage is reached.

time is not a factor unless 5+ years.

Confirmed euro haha, when i went with nokian in suomi to test their new tire on ice circuit some of those guy told me they were changing oil n filter every 50k km and it was the norm

Its not the case in america tho

Aren't u supposed to change oil and filter every 20k with synthetic, and every 5k with conventional?

No oil change every 3000 with conventional and I'd only run it 5k to 10k Max synthetic..
That's miles btw
Unless were talking 15/40 in a truck. That shit lasts forever. Most ppl change that every 15k to 20k miles

Oil service tech for 2 years so I know what I'm talking about.

This post was edited by Gride20 on May 22 2019 12:56pm