OMG!
What's the dumbest thing...?
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THESE ARE CLASSIC!
A friend of mine went a year without getting the oil changed in her Focus. I gave her a coupon for a free oil change (at a reputable local shop).
Also, I was told by an Advance Auto employee that it was impossible for my truck to have rear ABS.
Also, I was told by an Advance Auto employee that it was impossible for my truck to have rear ABS.
A guy I went to high school with said his girlfriend expressed interest in helping him do an oil change on his Chevelle SS. One of the perks of working in a service department is that he had full access to the shop if he wanted to work on his car after hours.
He guided her through the process, got it drained, filter changed and everything buttoned back up....and entrusted her to re-fill the car with oil. He came back a few minutes later and she had refilled it....all the way to the tops of the valve covers.
He guided her through the process, got it drained, filter changed and everything buttoned back up....and entrusted her to re-fill the car with oil. He came back a few minutes later and she had refilled it....all the way to the tops of the valve covers.
"Using 5-20 is like putting valve grinding compound in your crankcase."
This is from an oil 'expert' website that I was directed to from here [to show fallacies].
This is from an oil 'expert' website that I was directed to from here [to show fallacies].
Just remembered...a few months ago I convinced my wife to walk with me through the auto section of Wally World. We came upon the row with all the tire-stuff, including "Fix-a-Flat". She said she had seen that before and thought it was really amazing that you could (and I'm not making this up...drum-roll please): "Just spray that stuff on the outside of the tire and make the flat tire air right back up!"
Pennzoil causes sludge.
So what's the website that labels 5W20 as effective as grinding coumpound?
A friend of mine at work has an old Ford Aerostar. He was refilling the wiper fluid tank for the rear wiper (you have to open the rear hatch and the reservoir is next to the turn signal/ brake light assembly). His wife asked him what he was doing and he said he was adding blinker fluid
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On a Mercedes web site one guy said not to use anything but Mercedes grease for the wheel bearings because "Other greases can be too slippery, causing the inner race to turn on the spindle and cause damage."
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Somewhat OT
The funniest thing ..maybe not funny ..but amazing was a Vietnamese immigrant in the autoshop. I wasn't in the class at the time but this spread like wild fire.
He comes into class and asks, (with heavy Asian accent, exchanging "L" for "R" ..etc), Mr. Miller ..Mr. Miller! What does O-I-L mean
Red light on dash.. been on two day (with hand jestures to show "2")." The class push the car in and drained the oil (all of two plops) and refilled it (new filter too). No apparent harm ..at least no new harm done to it. It had already smoked and made plenty of noises with a full sump
The funniest thing ..maybe not funny ..but amazing was a Vietnamese immigrant in the autoshop. I wasn't in the class at the time but this spread like wild fire.
He comes into class and asks, (with heavy Asian accent, exchanging "L" for "R" ..etc), Mr. Miller ..Mr. Miller! What does O-I-L mean
I think the term used was "lapping paste" ..but maybe that was the guy who thought synthetic was a bad idea
You guys are scaring me out of the used car market again!
My wife would eat her own foot before she would change a tire. Seriously, she would sit in her car and rot before even attempting to do it, because she might break a nail or get her hands dirty.
http://www.lubedev.com/smartgas/tips.htm
"4... NEVER use 5W-30 or 5W-20 oil because it is closer to a grinding compound than a lubricant."
It is pitiful out there on the general Q&A sites. I spend a lot of time answering questions on dogs where my 15 years volunteering for the dog guide school actually leaves me knowing something. Any site with a rating system is full of know nothing nut cases cheating to have high ratings.
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