VR1

[A10WartHog]

My current fill for the garage queen is synthetic 10w30 Valvoline VR1 (could not resist paying $1.99/qt. THe oil has been in the vehicle 3 months but only has around 300 miles on the oil itself. I have before that the VR1 change interval should be 3months/3000 miles. Can I extend the oil change a little longer or do I need to go ahead and drain.

Thanks

 

[Clevy]

It's fine. Depending on mileage that oil can go a couple years in the sump

 

[Astro14]

I wouldn't change it yet...3 months on a garage queen is low time...

What kind of car is the garage queen?

 

[dparm]

As long as you're getting the oil up to temp to burn off any moisture, it can stay in there a pretty long time.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

IIRC the Blue street legal stuff has normal TBN #. Is that 300 miles 5-10 miles at a time? If so that oil should be changed at least 1x per year. Look for a home TBN test kit - there are some available online.

 

[A10WartHog]

This is the street leagal sunthetic VR!. When I do crank the vehicle, I do 2 approxumately 30min of freeway driving minimum to remove any condesation from oil/engine/exhaust. Plan on doing a UOA/TBN when I drain since I have 32qts of the VR1 to make use of.