Maybe you should try to order your oil from Canada, it comes in 1 Liter
and 4 Liter sizes up here

On the other hand, since all the major companies sell to both Canada and
the US, maybe you could convince your local distributer to order the
metric sizes from the oil companies.

Will

Brian Running wrote:
>>If you are changing the oil filter its easier to do this from the top
>>instead of from the bottom like I had been doing it all along.
>>Its still kind of a pain to work around all the hoses but its not so bad
>>from the top.
>
>
> As long as we're on the topic, I've got something to get off my chest.
>
> 1. All oil filters should have a socket in the end that will accept a
> 3/8" ratchet drive. What would it take to weld one of those on to the
> filter can? Good grief.
>
> 2. Every car should accept an even number of quarts or liters of oil,
> depending on the units used in the particular country. When you change the
> oil, you should be able to put exactly four, five or six quarts in,
> whatever, and that's that. I've got half-full bottles of oil all over the
> place. Go ahead and try to give me one good reason why a car should take
> 4.4 quarts -- but I'm telling you right now, you ain't gonna convince me.
> If the engines took a standard amount of oil, then oil companies could
> package oil in that exact amount. One oil container, dump it in, and there
> you go. This should be obvious to engine designers. Good grief.
>
> 3. When the "low windshield washer" light comes on, that reservoir should
> take exactly one gallon to fill it. Why on earth do we have to have
> partially-filled containers of washer around? Light comes on, pull into
> station, put a gallon in, throw container away. Good grief.
>
>