file.newsgroup.cars.102903 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Aaron Lung)
Subject: Re: Changing oil by self.rist, another dealer service scam...
In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (John R. Daker) writes:
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>>I was worried about someone stealing my oil once also. I finally
>>decided to just have my drain plug welded shut. It works great !
>>I figure that when I add three or four quarts when the oil light
>>comes on every month or so that it's just as good or better than
>>the old wives tale of changing the oil AND filter every 3000 miles.
>>Works for me, I must say.
>>
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>I did the same thing to my drain plug for the same reasons. I was wondering
>how you filled your crankcase though as I welded my hood shut also out of fear
>that somebody might steal my air-filter.
Oh come on, Silly, all you have to do is cut a hole in your hood and
put a tube there so you can get to the oil fill hole. What do you
think all those big air intake things are for on those hot-rod cars?
They're just for looks only...little does anyone know, they provide
access to the oil-fill hole.
Well, over where we live, we have problems with vandals stealing
people's wheels. Those locking nuts didn't stop them. So to be
safe and sure, I welded the lug nuts to my wheels together. It
works, serious! I haven't had my wheels stolen yet!
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