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  • Having once upon a time overfilled my oil by almost a quart, I think you are mostly right.

    Engine oil should stay in the crankcase. During normal operation, some of it is pumped elsewhere to lubricate the crankshaft, cams, and other mechanical components. The rest of the oil sloshes and splashes around the crankcase keeping everything slippery. If there is too much excess in the crankcase, components moving can push the oil somewhere it shouldn’t be.

    In my case, when turning left, the excess oil was pushed passed the piston rings and burned in a huge cloud of blue smoke. It wasn’t a proud moment, but stopping in a random service station and having Bruce try to drain a quart of oil out of the engine, because I couldn’t afford a full oil change was awkward.

    … Anyway: all of that to say this:

    If you have too little, your oil pressure light will probably come on. If you have too much, you’ll notice it somewhere else.







  • waz@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldCar
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    28 days ago

    If you are used to driving a manual, you don’t rest your foot on the foot rest area, you keep it just about to push the clutch. Also, saying the brake pedal is the full width of two pedals is wrong, but it is certainly wider. I have gone for the clutch in an automatic once and just barely caught the edge of the brake pedal. The results were very confusing, and without exaggerating it took me 5-10 seconds to figure out what I had done. It was while driving my mom’s car with her in it and she looked at me with the most “what the fuck are you doing?” look she has ever made.

    This was all over twenty years ago but yes, it is definitely possible.














  • What are you suggesting should be considered early?

    I used to work nights 11pm to 7 am. Typically I would sleep noon to 8 pm. Regardless of my effed up sleep schedule, I still understood that “early” meant “early in the day”, and that whenever I slept wasn’t really related to what was considered “early” for most people. You’ve stated your waking time, bit not what you consider “early”.