[DML] Re: Changing Oil

["therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxxxxx>]

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Chris Shepherd <chrisau79@xxxx> wrote:
> I finally got smart and removed that cheezy plastic screen in the 
oil fill hole. After years of having to put the oil in VERY slowly I 
got out a flashlight and looked in. What the hell is the function of 
that thing? Only thing it will keep out is gravel. Am I the last one 
to discover this?
<SNIP>

The purpose is to keep you from dropping stuff in. But I've got to 
say, I've never had a problem with oil flow from it. Most modern 
engines that I've seen usually have some sort of metal plate right 
there, that the oil flows around, rather than a screen.

Another nice function is that it's made from cheap plastic that melts 
easily. So, if your engine overheats, that screen melts. And if that 
screen is melted on a car that you look at, then you know that it's 
been overheated at some point in it's life.

-Robert
vin 6585 "X"




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