winter oil change question
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winter oil change question
I decided to store my 06 super glide for the season,it's a little less chill on my bagger this time of year in Wisconsin.I have 1200 expressway miles on the last oil change,should I just leave it in?just change the oil?or do both?If just the oil,do i take the filter off and empty it out?might sound kind of cheap but i use a premium filter an Amsoil,so I'm trying to save a few bucks.Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks-Spiker
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Do what you want. But if I only had 1200 miles on the oil and filter change I would leave it be. Then when time to bring it up I would check the oil for moisture(Changed or not changed), if it looks like chocolate milk, change oil. And unless you park it in a very flooded humid building or lake I doubt you will see moisture in the oil. Again do as you want there is no advantage either way accept one way uses less resources.
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If you're not using a battery tender but starting the bike periodically to keep the battery charged, leave the semi-new oil in. If not drain well otherwise the crap will settle in your crankcase. Bad ju-ju!
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Do what you want. But if I only had 1200 miles on the oil and filter change I would leave it be. Then when time to bring it up I would check the oil for moisture(Changed or not changed), if it looks like chocolate milk, change oil. And unless you park it in a very flooded humid building or lake I doubt you will see moisture in the oil. Again do as you want there is no advantage either way accept one way uses less resources.
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Um, too late. Change in BEFORE storage.
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"starting the bike periodically to keep the battery charged"
Do people still actually do this? This was supposed to have died off as a myth along with burning witches at the stake. It doesn't work folks. Buy a Battery Tender and leave your bike alone.
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Too late for what? Moisture? whatever. Maybe I should have wrote enough moisture to cause concern. Again do as you wish, no advantage either way. If it did then we would be changing a lot more oil and filters here in the Antarctic when parking vehicles for a season or years on end. Snow gets into everything here, and rarely is there enough moisture in the oil to cause concern.
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