Z-Car » drain plug http://www.z-car.com/blog Gary's Ramblings about everything from Cars to the idea of US Energy Independence Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:32:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 My Bad… http://www.z-car.com/blog/2008/01/18/my-bad http://www.z-car.com/blog/2008/01/18/my-bad#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:49:52 +0000 gsmith http://z-car.com/blog/2008/01/18/my-bad I have been changing the oil in my cars myself for years.  In fact, I don’t think I have ever had a dealer or repair shop change my oil.  Why do I do this?

1) I like to use full synthetic oil (Mobil 1) and a quality oil filter (K&N or Mobil 1)
2) I don’t trust a shop to use the oil and filter I provide
3) Gives me a chance to do a look over the whole vehicle (other fluid levels, brake pad left, etc)
4) I know the job will be done right!

So, a couple weeks ago, I change the oil in my Lotus as usual.  All appeared fine for several days, but this past weekend I noticed a small puddle of oil under the Lotus in the garage.  After pulling the under-tray, it was clear that I was getting a steady drop from the drain plug.  Apparantly the oil plug gasket had a slight leak.   I normally do not replace these washers on a regular basis, but I will be from now on.  Although this is the first time I have ever had one leak, it certainly seems like cheap insurance.  Think about it….

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