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From: Bruce L. Bergman on 15 Oct 2007 02:43 On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:28:05 GMT, Scott in Florida <JustAskl(a)verizon.net> wrote: >On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:49:45 -0500, clifto <clifto(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>Scott in Florida wrote: >>> I personally don't do business with Target. >>> >>> They kicked out the bell ringers at Christmas time a few years ago. >>> >>> >>> Any enterprise that has no use for the Salvation Army gets none of my >>> business. >> >>I don't think you and I are the only ones. The Target stores within easy >>distance from my house are almost always sparsely populated. > >It is too bad, really. I like Target...but damend if I will give them >one red cent till they relent on the Salvation Army. Psst! They did. Amazing what happens after a publicly traded corporation gets a bunch of bad publicity... --<< Bruce >>--
From: Built_Well on 15 Oct 2007 07:59 For about a year, I've never noticed a change in the coolant level of the reservoir. Long ago, I marked the level with a pen, and I've never seen it deviate from that mark. But after the dealership replaced the Mobil 1 with the Pennzoil Platinum, I noticed the next day that the coolant level had dipped by about 3/4 of an inch. So I marked the new lower level with a pen. I'm not sure what has caused the change in coolant level, which used to be constant for the last year. Maybe it was the change in oil brands, or maybe it was that the oil tech put in exactly 4 quarts of Pennzoil Platinum this time whereas, in the past, he had always put in at least 4.25 quarts of Mobil 1. The last time, it was more like 4.4 quarts. He always returned the unused oil to me, so I know how much oil was put in each time. I added an extra 0.25 quarts of oil to see if that would return the reservoir's coolant level to the first pen mark, but it didn't. I also see that the reservoir's coolant level also varies now depending on if the engine is cold or hot. At cold startup, the coolant level is always lower by about a half-inch than at hot shutdown. But the cold startup level is 3/4-inch lower than it used to be. And I don't think the level used to vary with the engine's temperature.
From: C. E. White on 15 Oct 2007 08:18 "Built_Well" <Built_Well_Toyota(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1192449560.780805.155140(a)q5g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > > For about a year, I've never noticed > a change in the coolant level of the > reservoir. Long ago, I marked the level with > a pen, and I've never seen it deviate from that mark. > > But after the dealership replaced the Mobil 1 > with the Pennzoil Platinum, I noticed the next day > that the coolant level had dipped by about 3/4 of an inch. Coolant level? No way changing the brand oil affected the coolant level unless they managed to overheat the engine (unlikely). > > So I marked the new lower level with a pen. > I'm not sure what has caused the change in coolant > level, which used to be constant for the last > year. Maybe it was the change in oil brands, > or maybe it was that the oil tech put > in exactly 4 quarts of Pennzoil Platinum > this time whereas, in the past, he had always > put in at least 4.25 quarts of Mobil 1. The > last time, it was more like 4.4 quarts. > > He always returned the unused oil to me, so > I know how much oil was put in each time. I added an extra 0.25 > quarts of oil to see if that would return the reservoir's coolant > level to the first pen mark, but it didn't. > > I also see that the reservoir's coolant level > also varies now depending on if the engine > is cold or hot. At cold startup, the coolant > level is always lower by about a half-inch than > at hot shutdown. > > But the cold startup level is 3/4-inch lower than > it used to be. And I don't think the level used > to vary with the engine's temperature. The coolant level should have always varied with engine temperature, unless you had air space in the cooling system. Ed
From: EdV on 15 Oct 2007 10:27 On Oct 15, 8:18 am, "C. E. White" <cewhi...(a)removemindspring.com> wrote: > > The coolant level should have always varied with engine temperature, > unless you had air space in the cooling system. > > Ed Maybe that's it. Sometimes mechanics would open the radiator cap and inspect the fluid instead of looking at the reservoir. Air was probably released upon opening the cap.
From: Steve on 15 Oct 2007 11:20
> > > From the NIH (National Institute of Health): > > "Warning: continuous contact with used motor oil has caused skin cancer in > laboratory animal tests. Avoid prolonged contact. Wash skin with soap and > water. Launder or discard soiled clothing." > > Sheesh. Changing your oil once every 6 months doesn't constitute "prolonged contact" even if you're clumsy enough soak your arms up to the elbows in the stuff. Get a freakin' GRIP on reality, folks! |