T > wrote:

>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.
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>> As long as we're on the topic, I've got something to get off my chest.
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>OK, I am prepared.
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>> 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.
>>
>
It akes money to put something on that nearly no one should have to
use. Hand tight, hand loosen or a simple strap wrench.

>Phooyee. Oil Filters should be put on, and therefore come off again BY
>HAND. Lube the new filter seal with some fresh oil and crank it about
>one quarter to a half turn past contact. Why people put filters one like
> axle nuts is beyond me. Same with using an air wrench to torque lug
>nuts. wtf.
>
>
>> 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.
>>
>
>Here you have a point; even if it was a metric amount. The 'additional
>amount' could be incorporated into the oil pan pretty reasonable, if not
>some where else. Still the reason you have half full oil containers
>around isn't the fault of designers. This situation shouldn't exist past
>two oil changes, it seems to me. (Old school tech meant the remainder
>would go towards intermittent topping off. One could hope a modern
>engine wouldn't _need_ topping off between oil changes).

You pint is not my pint. Your liter is not my quart. Your galon is not
my gallon. Your kg is not my lb is not my stone. The world does not
measure things the same. Oil capacity is designed with a few factors.
Enough oil to do the job and chassis space are the two primary
factors. Not designed for Jo Dufus who cannot use the pint of oil to
top off the engine at the half oil change top off, or top of the lawn
mower which always uses oil, or as mentioned use it for the next oil
change or the next change after that. Heck I buy the gallon. I use 1
gallon plus some. That not full one gallon jug gets used for the next
few oil changes. It does not feel lonely sitting on the oil shelf with
the other 2 or three gallons. Well it does now as I used my last full
gallon and there sits the partial container for another few months.
>
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>> 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.

I can show you a shelf full of partial cans. It takes 41 US ounces of
laquer thinner to clean the spary gun. Why don't they sell 41 oz.
cans?

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>Now you're just whining man. 8D

Great troll! Fun to respond to your stuff. Is it Mad TV or was it SNL
that had the old lady who went off on stuff and at the end of the skit
went Oh.
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>TBerk


Jim B.