Text 11629, 72 rader
Skriven 2005-08-19 17:30:20 av Roy Witt (1:379/45)
  Kommentar till text 11624 av Carol Shenkenberger (6:757/1)
Ärende: Re: Cell phone cost
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> *** Quoting Roy Witt from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

>>> Then why do women run their car into destruction that often by not che
>>> the oil level? Guys don't do that ... ;-)

>> That's the truth. A friend of mine bought one of those cute little Hon
>> cars when they first came out, back in the early seventies. The air co
>> (two cyl
>> - I think) motorcycle engine that they came equipped with only held 1
>> quarts of oil. Even half a quart low in that engine was risking it.  S
>> drove it for months before the engine froze up from lack of oil. When
>> her husband asked her when was the last time she checked the oil, she
>> said that she never had.

> Heheh@!  Don works at the local auto-hobby shop and part of why they miss him
> so bad just now, is his lady customers keep asking for him.  They do this
>because he's very simple and shows them basic stuff they are too embarassed to
> ask their husbands about. Like 'how do I check the oil?  there;s this stick
> thingie but i cant find it'.

Not only does that happen with women, there are men who haven't a clue as well.

>Laugh if you must, but when I was brought up, girls didnt get any sort of idea
> of this sort of thing.  At best, we were taught by our 'men folks' (friends,
> fathers, brothers) to 'leave it to them'.

OTH, my two cousins (one older, one younger than me), learned to fix them while
working on the family farm. I think the machine shed was almost half as big as
the barn, which held 100 milking cows. At least four stalls to work on cars,
pickups, farm tractors and equipment.

> Guys may talk about this sort of thing by age 16, but girls didnt know about
> it.

I'm what's known as a motorhead. Which means that I'm very interested and quite
knowledable and involved in the automotive world. I was this way when I was a
youngster of 5 or 6. My playtime life revolved around make believe cars, etc. I
built a Briggs & Stratten (sp) powered car when I was 12. Briggs & Stratten
are/were lawn mower engines. I even got a ticket for driving it on the street,
both unlicensed then.

>  I know it's dumb but it's lac of any training at all.  Some 'girls' though
> like me have a clue.

True.

>I am not perfect but i change the oil every 2,000 liles or 6 months,

You should be changing it every 3000 miles or 90 days, which ever comes first.
It's not good for the engine to leave conventional oil in the engine for longer
than that, as the acids built up by the combustion blowby will contaminate it.

> whichever comes first.  Filter annually or every other oil change. If in
> doubt, I have the new filter same time as the oil change.

I use Mobil One (synthetic) in my cars. I change the oil & filter every 4000
miles. Even thought the manufacturer claims the oil is good for 8000 miles, I'd
rather not have contaminated oil in my cars. My 1988 Camaro, with 150,000 miles
on it, has never had any major problems with the engine or trans. It's still on
the original clutch, although I've replaced the radiator and water pump twice.
Neither of them were coroded, they just gave up the ghost, as the radiator
tanks are made of plastic with aluminum cores and both water pumps leaked at
the seal in the shaft. New brakes, tires and one set of spark plugs later, it
still gets 25mpg and drives like it did when I bought it.

I wish the factory paint on that car hadn't faded to dust nearly 6 years ago,
it'd still look like new. Aftermarket paint shops never do a good job...

Roy

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