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auto store parts guy returned oil comments
so i dropped off a cubie of used motor oil m-1 5-40.
the counter guy takes the container in back and i fill out the log. he comes back..... "have you gone a long way on that oil'? he asks. 'maybe 5000 miles. I added a couple quarts(should have been one, ooops) recently, why?" "it looked thin" "thin" "yeah maybe next time you should add a quart of 60 wt to bring up the thickness" "o, okay but it is synthetic, from a diesel engine(i thought it was the soot he was gonna tell me about) 'no it was too thin for that long" actually it was 44hundred miles. isn't m-1 5-40 supposed to be thin? i thought thick was bad. help me.
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Your problem is that you are listening to and and relating comments from a
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That's why he works in a PARTS STORE and doesn't actually work on cars.
I wonder what he would say if somebody brought in some Mobil1 0W20....... Might have to use some 90wt to thicken that up.... |
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It is a shame that you didn't get a sample from what you turned in. It would be worth the cost to have it by an oil lab and go back to him with the results.
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kip, i tried to send blackstone results but the local post ofice wouldn't take it. i will try again maybe with ups or the feds.
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currently [1981 300 td tdidi 165500 dark brown/palamino-Brownie-mine-3k miles of ownership 1983 240d 162+++ Anthricite grey w/ henna red interior and hella lights-wifes car-Red the above two cars are for sale and can be seen on the cars for sale thread here. pix also available. 240d-144+ Manilla Yellow w/ palmino interior-greasecar kit-Blondie-the college kids car 23" gt 21 speed still on original tires-still got the nubs 21" khs tandem |
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If it's a prepaid sample bottle/box, they have to take it.
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Its simple, the guys an idiot. Very often at least in my area the counter guys at say Autozone have an IQ of 2.
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I am sure that tool has sent many a person in the wrong direction, in
caring for there car. People like that should be beaten with a rubber hose for every pice of bad advice they give. Jay |
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Oh, all this reminds me that I have a sample bottle I'm planning to fill this weekend. I better run print a Blackstone 'splaination form just in case! here: http://www.blackstone-labs.com/postal_letter.html
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Yeah people at the auto stores are rarely helpful aside from pointing out where things are or ringing up everything. Oh well.
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What store do you goto where they are capable of that?
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My inline fuel filter clogged the day i needed to drive the car 200 miles to school, so I went to advance to pick up whatever they had so I could make it down. The guy at advance auto parts tried to tell me that I had an oil filter and an air filter, but not a fuel filter.
When I was getting a torx driver for the transmission drain plug, I was told by the help at Home Depot that there was no such thing as a "torques head" and the proper term was "torque wrench."
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[QUOTE=pleiades;1299452]........When I was getting a torx driver for the transmission drain plug,........QUOTE]
The transmission drain plug is a hex drive. (Unless you have a stripped out plug and trying a "unique" removal method. )
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When trying to find out if those bozos actually carried an air filter I could use for the 300D, the guy launched into the whole spiel about K&N filters, trying to get me to buy one. Should have seen the look on his face when I said "No thanks, I'll pass for now, but when I'm ready to completely trash my engine I'll order one", and then walked out.
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Rule of thumb measurement of automotive intelligence.
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Hello All I have run into all kinds at the parts counter. I liked the one that told me I should have " bench top tested " the brake master cylinder I was returning. So I would know if it was bad or not before I installed it. I am sure I looked like a deer in headlights for a few seconds afterward. I just did not know what to say to him. Images ran through my head of a completely functional braking system laid out on a table with adapters of various sizes to fit the several thousand different brake masters in use today. Finally I responded. All that I could manage was a confused " what ? " I even wondered for a second if I was asleep and dreaming this. I just sood there kinda stunned while he walked back to the parts racks behind the counter. Then is when I first noticed. The kids clothes were completely clean. Not an oil stain to be found anywhere. Then a quick glance at his hands. They looked as if they had never held a greasy wrench in their lives. No little knucle buster scars, none of the teltale grease you just cant seem to get out from under your fingernails. I thought about asking him what kind of hand lotion he used, but I didn't. Thats when I decided that it probably not a good idea to take automotive advice from someone that looked more like a librian's assistant than a mechanic. Love you all. Untill next time, I bid you peace. RichC
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