Reuse oil that has 500 miles on it, safe?

[Ride_Red]

I've reused oil before. I had a leaky oil filter on my motorcycle that needed to be changed. I cleaned out the pan and cleaned around the filter and drain plug. Drained the oil into the clean pan, replaced the filter and poured the oil back into the engine. No problems.
You just need to keep it in a clean container if you're going to save it for later use.

 

[Carlostrece]

I've reused oil before. I had a leaky oil filter on my motorcycle that needed to be changed. I cleaned out the pan and cleaned around the filter and drain plug. Drained the oil into the clean pan, replaced the filter and poured the oil back into the engine. No problems.
You just need to keep it in a clean container if you're going to save it for later use.

Agreed. My mechanic did the same with almost new oil from one of my Jeeps. I don't recall why he had to drain the oil, but it happened soon after it had been changed. So he drained and reused the oil. This happened at around 35-40K miles. That Jeep never had any problems from it. It was the same Jeep I later sold to a friend who got 410K out of the original engine without a rebuild.