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Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 20:25:42 -0400
From: Four Weis <mweinopsamcom>
Subject: Re: Do you change oil yourself


Johannes H Andersen wrote: > Let's face it. Changing oil yourself is messy. You can't be referring to a Classic 900. That is the easiest car to change the oil and oil filter. The Volvo turbo was one of the hardest to change, with the oil filter right between the turbo and the alternator, and right above the front axle. This car I had to jack up and crawl underneath. > I bet many > goes to a service station to have it changed. But then we > don't really know what they stuff in. It usually comes out > of what looks like an old coffee pot, it could be anything > from either the vegetable, mineral or animal kingdom. Even > worse, the old oil is sometimes sucked up at the top by a > vacuum pipe rather than draining out at the bottom in its > own time. > > I guess many changes oil themselves and have some kind of > habit. I start lifting near the right front door of my saab, > I put the jack onto two computer mags to give some extra > height such that I can fit a tripod under what looks like a > heavy brace. I repeat the left side with another tripod, > i.e. don't trust the jack for my life. Now I can squeeze > under the front of the car How big are you? I don't need to jack a Classic Saab up to reach the oil drain bolt. > and loosen the oilplug and > drain the oil into a black plastic drainer from Halfords. > I leave the car for an hour while I watch some football > on the telly. Then I refit the plug and change the oil > filter, at this stage oil is still flowing down into my > shirt and collecting in my armpit. I don't know how you reach the oil filter, but I reach down from the top, just behind the plastic dipstick tube. No oil running down my arms. > Now I deserve a cold > beer for my effort. The used oil can be disposed off at a > tel no printed on the oil drainer, I'll see to that > sometime. Needless to say here, the oil should never be > poured it into the drains. How do the rest of you do it? > > jOHANNES

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