hyundaitech

Making sure the old gasket comes off cannot be stressed enough. We had a
customer who had to pay for a new engine in his Tiburon (V6 no less)
because he did his own oil change, double gasketed the filter, had it
start leaking later, and didn't stop driving when the oil light come on.

jtees4

On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:48:34 -0500, "Bob" <bobsjunkmail@bellsouth.net>
wrote:

>
>"jtees4" <jtees4@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:0ele12dpnal9haj1tfh65v9brp50ggn83p@4ax.com.. .
>> On 14 Mar 2006 11:42:45 -0800, "Bini" <babsbini@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I have an 03 and an 05 Elantra GT. I've been changing my oil since,
>> let's see...about 1977..so that's 29 years. Damn I was hoping it was
>> 30. 30 Sounds better. Ramps work best for me. I bring the old oil to
>> the town dump once in awhile. In the meantime I fill up old laundry
>> soap platic containers which I save for this purpose.......
>
>If you use old laundry containers, etc., don't leave them out in the sun for
>more than a few weeks - filled or not. They degrade fairly rapidly, and get
>brittle. Tends to make a mess......
>
>I buy the 5 quart jugs, and refill them.
>

I've left them out for a good month or maybe even two at times. Never
had a problem, but thanks for the warning anyway.

jtees4

On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:48:34 -0500, "Bob" <bobsjunkmail@bellsouth.net>
wrote:

>
>"jtees4" <jtees4@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:0ele12dpnal9haj1tfh65v9brp50ggn83p@4ax.com.. .
>> On 14 Mar 2006 11:42:45 -0800, "Bini" <babsbini@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I have an 03 and an 05 Elantra GT. I've been changing my oil since,
>> let's see...about 1977..so that's 29 years. Damn I was hoping it was
>> 30. 30 Sounds better. Ramps work best for me. I bring the old oil to
>> the town dump once in awhile. In the meantime I fill up old laundry
>> soap platic containers which I save for this purpose.......
>
>If you use old laundry containers, etc., don't leave them out in the sun for
>more than a few weeks - filled or not. They degrade fairly rapidly, and get
>brittle. Tends to make a mess......
>
>I buy the 5 quart jugs, and refill them.
>

I've left them out for a good month or maybe even two at times. Never
had a problem, but thanks for the warning anyway.

jtees4

On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:48:34 -0500, "Bob" <bobsjunkmail@bellsouth.net>
wrote:

>
>"jtees4" <jtees4@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:0ele12dpnal9haj1tfh65v9brp50ggn83p@4ax.com.. .
>> On 14 Mar 2006 11:42:45 -0800, "Bini" <babsbini@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I have an 03 and an 05 Elantra GT. I've been changing my oil since,
>> let's see...about 1977..so that's 29 years. Damn I was hoping it was
>> 30. 30 Sounds better. Ramps work best for me. I bring the old oil to
>> the town dump once in awhile. In the meantime I fill up old laundry
>> soap platic containers which I save for this purpose.......
>
>If you use old laundry containers, etc., don't leave them out in the sun for
>more than a few weeks - filled or not. They degrade fairly rapidly, and get
>brittle. Tends to make a mess......
>
>I buy the 5 quart jugs, and refill them.
>

I've left them out for a good month or maybe even two at times. Never
had a problem, but thanks for the warning anyway.

Jozef

That is why you should run the engine for 3 - 5 minutes after the oil change
while looking under the car for leaks.



"hyundaitech" <notpublic@not.public.com> wrote in message
news:f93088178f95f602230c2abfe5562360@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
> Making sure the old gasket comes off cannot be stressed enough. We had a
> customer who had to pay for a new engine in his Tiburon (V6 no less)
> because he did his own oil change, double gasketed the filter, had it
> start leaking later, and didn't stop driving when the oil light come on.
>

Jozef

That is why you should run the engine for 3 - 5 minutes after the oil change
while looking under the car for leaks.



"hyundaitech" <notpublic@not.public.com> wrote in message
news:f93088178f95f602230c2abfe5562360@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
> Making sure the old gasket comes off cannot be stressed enough. We had a
> customer who had to pay for a new engine in his Tiburon (V6 no less)
> because he did his own oil change, double gasketed the filter, had it
> start leaking later, and didn't stop driving when the oil light come on.
>

Jozef

That is why you should run the engine for 3 - 5 minutes after the oil change
while looking under the car for leaks.



"hyundaitech" <notpublic@not.public.com> wrote in message
news:f93088178f95f602230c2abfe5562360@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
> Making sure the old gasket comes off cannot be stressed enough. We had a
> customer who had to pay for a new engine in his Tiburon (V6 no less)
> because he did his own oil change, double gasketed the filter, had it
> start leaking later, and didn't stop driving when the oil light come on.
>

Matt Whiting

hyundaitech wrote:

> Making sure the old gasket comes off cannot be stressed enough. We had a
> customer who had to pay for a new engine in his Tiburon (V6 no less)
> because he did his own oil change, double gasketed the filter, had it
> start leaking later, and didn't stop driving when the oil light come on.

It is funny as I've never had this happen in more than 30 years of
changing my own oil, but I keep hearing the stories. I always check the
old filter when I remove it and wipe the mating surface on the engine
clean as well, so it is incredulous to me that someone could miss this.
I mean, who puts a clean filter on a dirty mating surface.

Anyone as stupid as this person deserves to pay for a new engine!
Driving with the oil light on is about as dumb as it gets.


Matt

Matt Whiting

hyundaitech wrote:

> Making sure the old gasket comes off cannot be stressed enough. We had a
> customer who had to pay for a new engine in his Tiburon (V6 no less)
> because he did his own oil change, double gasketed the filter, had it
> start leaking later, and didn't stop driving when the oil light come on.

It is funny as I've never had this happen in more than 30 years of
changing my own oil, but I keep hearing the stories. I always check the
old filter when I remove it and wipe the mating surface on the engine
clean as well, so it is incredulous to me that someone could miss this.
I mean, who puts a clean filter on a dirty mating surface.

Anyone as stupid as this person deserves to pay for a new engine!
Driving with the oil light on is about as dumb as it gets.


Matt

Matt Whiting

hyundaitech wrote:

> Making sure the old gasket comes off cannot be stressed enough. We had a
> customer who had to pay for a new engine in his Tiburon (V6 no less)
> because he did his own oil change, double gasketed the filter, had it
> start leaking later, and didn't stop driving when the oil light come on.

It is funny as I've never had this happen in more than 30 years of
changing my own oil, but I keep hearing the stories. I always check the
old filter when I remove it and wipe the mating surface on the engine
clean as well, so it is incredulous to me that someone could miss this.
I mean, who puts a clean filter on a dirty mating surface.

Anyone as stupid as this person deserves to pay for a new engine!
Driving with the oil light on is about as dumb as it gets.


Matt

Matt Whiting

Jozef wrote:

> That is why you should run the engine for 3 - 5 minutes after the oil change
> while looking under the car for leaks.
>
>
>
> "hyundaitech" <notpublic@not.public.com> wrote in message
> news:f93088178f95f602230c2abfe5562360@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
>
>>Making sure the old gasket comes off cannot be stressed enough. We had a
>>customer who had to pay for a new engine in his Tiburon (V6 no less)
>>because he did his own oil change, double gasketed the filter, had it
>>start leaking later, and didn't stop driving when the oil light come on.

The trouble is that this situation might not occur until you have fairly
high oil pressure. If you do an oil change correctly, your engine is
quite warm after the change. And if the engine is idling and fairly
warm, the oil pressure is at its lowest. The worst case is during a
cold start and driving away with a cold engine and cold oil. I rev the
engine and idle it for a few minutes after each change as you do, but I
also take a close look at it after I drive it the first time after a
completely cold start. I've never had a leak, but there's always a
first time!


Matt

Matt Whiting

Jozef wrote:

> That is why you should run the engine for 3 - 5 minutes after the oil change
> while looking under the car for leaks.
>
>
>
> "hyundaitech" <notpublic@not.public.com> wrote in message
> news:f93088178f95f602230c2abfe5562360@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
>
>>Making sure the old gasket comes off cannot be stressed enough. We had a
>>customer who had to pay for a new engine in his Tiburon (V6 no less)
>>because he did his own oil change, double gasketed the filter, had it
>>start leaking later, and didn't stop driving when the oil light come on.

The trouble is that this situation might not occur until you have fairly
high oil pressure. If you do an oil change correctly, your engine is
quite warm after the change. And if the engine is idling and fairly
warm, the oil pressure is at its lowest. The worst case is during a
cold start and driving away with a cold engine and cold oil. I rev the
engine and idle it for a few minutes after each change as you do, but I
also take a close look at it after I drive it the first time after a
completely cold start. I've never had a leak, but there's always a
first time!


Matt

Matt Whiting

Jozef wrote:

> That is why you should run the engine for 3 - 5 minutes after the oil change
> while looking under the car for leaks.
>
>
>
> "hyundaitech" <notpublic@not.public.com> wrote in message
> news:f93088178f95f602230c2abfe5562360@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
>
>>Making sure the old gasket comes off cannot be stressed enough. We had a
>>customer who had to pay for a new engine in his Tiburon (V6 no less)
>>because he did his own oil change, double gasketed the filter, had it
>>start leaking later, and didn't stop driving when the oil light come on.

The trouble is that this situation might not occur until you have fairly
high oil pressure. If you do an oil change correctly, your engine is
quite warm after the change. And if the engine is idling and fairly
warm, the oil pressure is at its lowest. The worst case is during a
cold start and driving away with a cold engine and cold oil. I rev the
engine and idle it for a few minutes after each change as you do, but I
also take a close look at it after I drive it the first time after a
completely cold start. I've never had a leak, but there's always a
first time!


Matt

accent

On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 06:09:36 GMT, "Victor A. Garcia"
<vgarcia1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

>You sure ???? ... for what I know Canada has joined the civilized countries
>and switched to metric too, so nobody is using Imperial Gallons anymore.
>The only barbarians using Gallons are the folks at the U.S.A., their gallon
>is the US Gallon (smaller than the Imperial), and their quarts are smaller
>than the Litre.
>

1 quart [US, liquid] = 0.946 352 95 liter

hehe
gives meaning to the phrase "talking out of your ***"

accent

On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 06:09:36 GMT, "Victor A. Garcia"
<vgarcia1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

>You sure ???? ... for what I know Canada has joined the civilized countries
>and switched to metric too, so nobody is using Imperial Gallons anymore.
>The only barbarians using Gallons are the folks at the U.S.A., their gallon
>is the US Gallon (smaller than the Imperial), and their quarts are smaller
>than the Litre.
>

1 quart [US, liquid] = 0.946 352 95 liter

hehe
gives meaning to the phrase "talking out of your ***"