Does motor oil break down over time with little mileage or engine hours?

It’s unanimous. It should be changed.

As others said, the oil itself doesn’t technically “break down”, but there are very good reasons to change it anyway.

I’d change the tractor oil annually too. Engines…and tractors…are expensive. Oil is cheap. Oil is an engine’s lifeblood. Kept fresh it can do a much better job.

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