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Mine has a sight glass, too, and I might think to look at it maybe once or twice every 6 months.
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Mine has a sight glass, too, and I might think to look at it maybe once or twice every 6 months.
Soundguy
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I'm actually good about checking oil in things.
I check oil in my weed wacker sump, and all my tractors and lawn equipment before starting.. including eyeballing the oil in site glasses on things like the pump.. etc. 'bout the only thing i don't 'manually' check the oil on is my truck!
soundguy
I check oil in my weed wacker sump, and all my tractors and lawn equipment before starting.. including eyeballing the oil in site glasses on things like the pump.. etc. 'bout the only thing i don't 'manually' check the oil on is my truck!
soundguy
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I'm actually good about checking oil in things.
I check oil in my weed wacker sump, and all my tractors and lawn equipment before starting.. including eyeballing the oil in site glasses on things like the pump.. etc. 'bout the only thing i don't 'manually' check the oil on is my truck!
soundguy
That's what you should do! There was a time when I checked the oil in my motor vehicles every time I refueled, and I did check the oil in the tractors frequently, but for those things which never seemed to need any oil added, including the Windstar and Ranger, lawnmower and air-compressor, after awhile I get a bit lax about it, even though I know I shouldn't
jsborn
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With 1st Truck I owned I never checked the oil. I had to add 2 qts to it everytime iI got gas. The EPA would not let me drive it now I guess. But then I bought Bulk oil in Reusable glass jars for 15 cents each and Gas was 28 cents a gallon. Times do Change and boy are they changing faster now.
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Yep, Jack, some of us are old enough to remember when you changed oil every thousand miles instead of three to five thousand or more. And some vehicles were self-changing; you just had to keep adding oil. And when my dad owned, first a Texaco and later a Mobil, service station in the late '50s, we used to occasionally have customers who asked if we had any "two bit oil", which we certainly did have. They usually seemed a little embarrassed to ask. What they didn't realize is that the 40 cent Havoline or Mobil oil gave us an 11 cent profit, while the 25 cent "re-refined" Texas Star oil gave us a 12.5 cent profit (doubled our money), so we certainly didn't object to customers asking for that cheap oil. But we didn't stock the bulk oil like you mentioned. We did sell kerosene and "white gas" for a dime a gallon.
And when my dad owned, first a Texaco and later a Mobil, service station in the late '50s, we used to occasionally have customers who asked if we had any "two bit oil", which we certainly did have. They usually seemed a little embarrassed to ask. What they didn't realize is that the 40 cent Havoline or Mobil oil gave us an 11 cent profit, while the 25 cent "re-refined" Texas Star oil gave us a 12.5 cent profit (doubled our money), so we certainly didn't object to customers asking for that cheap oil. But we didn't stock the bulk oil like you mentioned. We did sell kerosene and "white gas" for a dime a gallon.
Soundguy
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With 1st Truck I owned I never checked the oil. I had to add 2 qts to it everytime iI got gas. The EPA would not let me drive it now I guess. But then I bought Bulk oil in Reusable glass jars for 15 cents each and Gas was 28 cents a gallon. Times do Change and boy are they changing faster now.
reminds me of an old LTD I had.. burned oil so bad I threatoned to just save the time and start using mixed gas in it...
i changed the filter every 3500m.. and well.. constantly changed the oil!soundguy
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Reminds me of the old Detroit Diesels. They were known for marking their territory. If there wasn't a puddle under them they were empty.
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DieselPower-Good memories! I recall the guys running the 8V71's-first thing in the morning they'd dump in a gallon,then check the oil to see how much more they needed.I ran the 92 Series which were better.Thanks for the chuckle.
