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A. praise to the B3 for it's reliability and tolerance of abuse
B. praise to the amazing protection and lubricating capabilities of Amsoil XL
C. spousal negligence or in other words the true meaning of ''Yes Dear''
A week before Christmas, I perform my very first oil change, on what is now mostly my husband's car. This, all by myself (except for the fact that the drain plug only budged with the help of a breaker bar AND my husband's manly muscles) and incident free, though not oil spill free. I put in a litttle over 3 litres of oil, run it a few minutes then let it sit awhile to top off the oil later.
Hubby asks: did you put the oil ''bouchon'' back on? (''bouchon'' in French can mean either cap or plug...)
Thinking to myself, does he think I'm stupid enough to put oil without the drain plug back on...I reply: ''Yes Dear''
Hubby: ''OK''
Hubby drives off...
5 minutes later, hubby calls: ''the car runs like crap!''
I go to the garage... oh-oh oil fill cap on the shelf
Festiva makes it home. Hubby puts oil cap on
Me: ''Honey check the oil before you put the oil cap back on''
Hubby: ''Yes Dear''
4 uneventful months go by... interceted by a few
Me: ''Honey, you check the oil in the car once in a while, don't you?''
Hubby: ''Yes Dear''
Lat night, I take the time to check myself..
Dipstick: dry
Start the car, back-up into drive-way
Add some Castrol 10W-30 lying around, glug, glug glug
Dipstick: dry
Call Hubby: ''Honey, when was the last time you checked the oil?, it's a bit low''
Hubby, after a long pause: ''You know hon, I really wanted to, but I forgot''
Today: take the car, after a 10 minute drive, check oil, add more Castrol, glug-glug-glug
Dipstick: A weebit at the end of the dipstick
Me and mechanically inclined work colleage check if it smokes, rev car: no smoke.
Engine-block: dry
Driveway: stainfree
Check dipstick again, barely any oil
Me, trying to be enthusiastic:''See, there's a wee-bit oil!''
Work colleage: ''It looks to me like you're a litre short''
Me: ''But I justed added lots of oil'' and proceed to show the Castol jug, which looks at least a litre short.
Change oil: A little less than 2 litres come out. 3.6 litres go in.
Oil cap: ON
Dipstick: F line
B. praise to the amazing protection and lubricating capabilities of Amsoil XL
C. spousal negligence or in other words the true meaning of ''Yes Dear''
A week before Christmas, I perform my very first oil change, on what is now mostly my husband's car. This, all by myself (except for the fact that the drain plug only budged with the help of a breaker bar AND my husband's manly muscles) and incident free, though not oil spill free. I put in a litttle over 3 litres of oil, run it a few minutes then let it sit awhile to top off the oil later.
Hubby asks: did you put the oil ''bouchon'' back on? (''bouchon'' in French can mean either cap or plug...)
Thinking to myself, does he think I'm stupid enough to put oil without the drain plug back on...I reply: ''Yes Dear''
Hubby: ''OK''
Hubby drives off...
5 minutes later, hubby calls: ''the car runs like crap!''
I go to the garage... oh-oh oil fill cap on the shelf
Festiva makes it home. Hubby puts oil cap on
Me: ''Honey check the oil before you put the oil cap back on''
Hubby: ''Yes Dear''
4 uneventful months go by... interceted by a few
Me: ''Honey, you check the oil in the car once in a while, don't you?''
Hubby: ''Yes Dear''
Lat night, I take the time to check myself..
Dipstick: dry
Start the car, back-up into drive-way
Add some Castrol 10W-30 lying around, glug, glug glug
Dipstick: dry
Call Hubby: ''Honey, when was the last time you checked the oil?, it's a bit low''
Hubby, after a long pause: ''You know hon, I really wanted to, but I forgot''
Today: take the car, after a 10 minute drive, check oil, add more Castrol, glug-glug-glug
Dipstick: A weebit at the end of the dipstick
Me and mechanically inclined work colleage check if it smokes, rev car: no smoke.
Engine-block: dry
Driveway: stainfree
Check dipstick again, barely any oil
Me, trying to be enthusiastic:''See, there's a wee-bit oil!''
Work colleage: ''It looks to me like you're a litre short''
Me: ''But I justed added lots of oil'' and proceed to show the Castol jug, which looks at least a litre short.
Change oil: A little less than 2 litres come out. 3.6 litres go in.
Oil cap: ON
Dipstick: F line
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