Re: pedants corner: owners manual on honda oil level checking procedure

> While I agree it is clear and unequivocal to me, it also seems and > excessive and a ridiculous requirement. Would you really want a car > that needs to have the oil checked every 300 miles? > > This seems like a sorty of "I told you so," "cover my ass sort of > requirment." Do you think the engineers at Honda expect the vast > majority of owners to checek their oil every 300 miles (or less)? If > so, then they are idiots who should not be designing cars. And if the > product is so failure prone, that checking the oil that often is > actually necessary, who would be dumb enough to buy one?

Here is what 2006 Chrysler Sebring owners manual states about checking oil:

{quote]

Checking Oil Level

To assure proper lubrication of your vehicle?s engine, the engine oil must be maintained, at the correct level. Check the oil level at regular intervals, such as every fuel stop. The best time to check the oil level is about 5 minutes after a fully warmed engine is shut off or before starting the engine after it has sat overnight.

[end quote]

-jim

Reply to
jim
Loading thread data ...

the scientific method according to seat-sniffing school bus drivers:

  1. hatch your uninformed preconception

  1. shop around until you find something that can be argued as agreement

  2. disregard anything else however contrary - like calibration that takes into account thermal expansion, drainback and environment.

  1. post as above to newsgroups while waiting for the afternoon run to roll around.

Reply to
jim beam

You apparently lack any common sense. How hard is it to check what the oil level is about 2 minutes after a fully warmed engine is shut off and then check it again before starting the engine after it has sat overnight? How hard is it to compare the result of those two checks?

-jim

Reply to
jim

how hard is it for you to acknowledge that people in alaska and people in nevada don't have the same thermal environment? how hard is it for you to acknowledge that engines operate at pretty much the same temperature all the time, regardless of location? how hard is it for you to acknowledge that some oil filer drain-back valves suck, still get used anyway, but that it doesn't matter if you dip hot?

oh, wait, you're not interested in actual reality or facts because you're too busy sniffing school bus seats. and because you're just a twisted desperate argumentative retard that never had the brains to contribute a damned thing in their pathetic twisted desperate argumentative retarded life.

Reply to
jim beam

Yes absolutely. For someone with no common sense there can be insurmountable problems. If you have flat tire it may also affect the accuracy of oil level check. For someone with no common sense this might be an insurmountable problem, but most people have a little common sense and therefore it isn't a problem worth mentioning.

If you have common sense you might actually know whether you are in Alaska or Nevada. And you might be able to determine if your filter or any other engine component was not functioning properly. Checking the oil cold is one way to confirm that the filter is malfunctioning if you notice the oil pressure doesn't come up quickly on cold starts.

Reply to
jim

42
Reply to
Tony Harding

MotorsForum website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.