Hours between oil changes?

[Tintin]

How many hours between oil changes for an old volvo md5b?

And how many hours for other important engine work?

The reason for asking is i have got one of those neat little bolt on hour / tachos from Tiny Tach. In the past i used to do it when i felt like it, but i now have alarms to set!!!!

Bleep bleep.

 

[Tranona]

You will find your hours are likely to be very low in comparison with the recommended oil change interval - if indeed there is one. It depends very much on usage pattern and in a yacht auxilliary the big problem is lack of use, not use. Therefore changing oil every year is a good idea - even though you will probably do less than 100 hours. Only other regular time based maintenance items are water pump impeller, belts and fuel filters, all again annual check items.

 

[Trundlebug]

You will find your hours are likely to be very low in comparison with the recommended oil change interval - if indeed there is one. It depends very much on usage pattern and in a yacht auxilliary the big problem is lack of use, not use. Therefore changing oil every year is a good idea - even though you will probably do less than 100 hours. Only other regular time based maintenance items are water pump impeller, belts and fuel filters, all again annual check items.

+1

 

[prv]

Yep, I do an oil and filter change every year before layup - so the engine sits over winter with relatively clean oil.

Change primary fuel filter at the same time (actually I switch to the spare and replace the old in-use with a new spare). Inspect the engine fuel filter, but it's usually spotless and I leave it in.

Pete