Good morning!!!!

[Looking4new]

Eric, I change the oil in the car ('13 Dodge Journey) spring and fall.
The C 15 Cat gets changed every 10,000 kms as per the company orders. Sometimes it goes over by an additional 10,000.
The small engines, lawn tractor, lawnmower and genset get changed once a year.
The Jeep gets changed once a year, now that it isn't the primary vehicle.
Everything gets greased when the oil gets changed EXCEPT for the Kioti. It gets greased every time or two that I use it.

 

[Thomas]

11F clear sky mid 20's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time. :licking:
Almost 4" new fallen snow waiting to be remove from walks,path.deck,driveway,since Buppies mention wet weather for next week I'll remove any snow from the roofs.
Plans for today...snow removal,take Mrs. to town get stock back up of goodies,watch some college football...just above average putter day.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 20° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 35° with mix of sun and clouds. Did not get outside much yesterday. Nasty north wind most of the day. Need to install digital deadbolt on barn service door. That should be enough outside time today.
I think I got all the auto pay accounts transferred to my other credit union. SSA may have been the easiest. But they take 2 months to make the change. Will not know if I got it right until February. :confused3:
Took over 5 hours to get them all done.

Eric, I do my own oil changes on every motor I own one time a year. No matter how many miles or hours are on it. Unless it is at recommend mileage/hours. When I worked I changed oil in my company car at the recommended miles. If you did not get required maintenance done on time you could lose having a company car privilege. I let dealer do these items. Now that I am retired. None of my engines get to the miles/hours requirement. IN UK is there a problem getting rid of used oil. I take mine to Walmart. No cost to dispose of it there

Drew, I got flu and pneumonia shots a week apart. Arm got a little sore from flu shot. No reaction to pneumonia shot.

Jay, enjoy your trip.

Good Morning All.

 

[LouNY]

Morning and best wishes to all;
A nice balmy 12F this morning, a bit of snow to plow and then brakes to change on my Ram 1500.

Eric, my Ram calls for 10,000 mile changes I do change it sooner then that it's at 7200 now so that will be done this week also.
the tractors get two changes a year spring and fall, except for the ones that get less then 50 hours a year they are once a year,
small engines once a year usually in the fall.

 

[Bird]

Apart from what I read on TBN, I don't know of anyone who changes the oil in their car more frequently than what the manufacturer recommends, makes me wonder if engines built for the American market are made to lower standards ?

Eric, when you're so old that you remember when cars had NO oil filter, you changed oil every thousand miles, and if you could go a thousand miles without adding more than 1 quart, you had a super fine automobile, yep, it's hard to get used to going 10k miles between oil changes and not having to add any oil between changes. How many people remember when the car dealers put a drip pan under the new cars on the showroom floor because even a new car was going to drip a little oil. Not having any oil on the floor in the garage at home sure is a nice change.:laughing:

 

[LouNY]

Eric, when you're so old that you remember when cars had NO oil filter, you changed oil every thousand miles, and if you could go a thousand miles without adding more than 1 quart, you had a super fine automobile, yep, it's hard to get used to going 10k miles between oil changes and not having to add any oil between changes. How many people remember when the car dealers put a drip pan under the new cars on the showroom floor because even a new car was going to drip a little oil. Not having any oil on the floor in the garage at home sure is a nice change.:laughing:

Or you added your own bypass filter canister that used toilet paper for the filter media.
IH on the gas engines stated in the owners manual that a quart of oil every 500 miles was normal

 

[daugen]

Or you added your own bypass filter canister that used toilet paper for the filter media.

I never did it but remember that toilet paper filter well from early JC Whitney catalog. My car nut buddies and I used to study that
catalog, (not much else to do in early 60's...) and quizzed each other on trivia.

I can only wonder if those toilet paper filters did more harm than good, that material had to migrate into the oil at some point.
Toilet paper is made to dissolve...

 

[ronjhall]

While we are talking about oil and lube. How many oil their paper shredder. I have never done this. But will start.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 53F @ 4:30AM. Periods of rain. High around 60F. Winds SSE at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall possibly over one inch. Higher wind gusts possible.
Storm blew in at around six o'clock last night, and we've picked up about 3/4" inch of rain since. It was raining and blowing hard enough an hour or so ago to wake me, with the porch roof squeaking and groaning, the screen door creaking and the metal flap in the range hood flapping. Probably be like that all day and into tomorrow.


Fooled around some more with the van again yesterday, recording a cold start and looking at what the battery voltage, water temp, and RPMs are doing. Found a post on a Subaru forum that said the injectors need at least 10.4V to fire, and it seems the battery in the van now struggles to provide that when the engine is cold and the oil is stiff. Once warmed up, it fires right off. Which helps explain why there were no problems during the summer and early fall. I plugged the battery into the Battery Saver yesterday afternoon, then waited for the "Full" light to come on, then disconnected it from the 110V AC power. Battery voltage read 13.1V, and I'll be curious to see what it reads when I check it again this morning. My sense is that it isn't holding a charge, either, but we'll see. I also found a video that shows how to check if the injectors are firing using a test light, and realized that after all these years of playing around with electrical stuff I still didn't have one. You know, the ones that have a light in the handle with a spike on one end and a long cord with a clamp on the other. Amazon had one, and now it's on the way to me, along with some other adaptors that will make electrical testing easier. I also found a tank bag to replace my old one with the tired zipper and map pocket that tries to blow off in the wind. It will be interesting if Amazon makes their promised delivery deadlines.

Speaking of oil changes, it's been a year since it was changed on the big touring bike, so that's on the list for this coming week. Before then, I'll check valve clearance, install a battery in it, and swap out the headlight bulb for a brighter LED. I left the Honda generator full of gas, so I'll transfer that into the motorcycle and mothball the generator. That'll probably take most of the day.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend.

 

[Looking4new]

Or you added your own bypass filter canister that used toilet paper for the filter media.

I never did it but remember that toilet paper filter well from early JC Whitney catalog. My car nut buddies and I used to study that
catalog, (not much else to do in early 60's...) and quizzed each other on trivia.

I can only wonder if those toilet paper filters did more harm than good, that material had to migrate into the oil at some point.
Toilet paper is made to dissolve...

Kotex works better.