Oil Change & Lifting Points

[Fourwinds]

Thanks to all, for your info and ideas........... Will stick with the manufacturers 12mth/15000 schedule and purchase a hockey pucks for the sill lift point.


Cheers Fred

[Transporter]

Thanks to all, for your info and ideas........... Will stick with the manufacturers 12mth/15000 schedule and purchase a hockey pucks for the sill lift point.


Cheers Fred

Yes, especially if you don't plan to keep your car for longer than 3-5 years, don't drive under severe driving conditions or not going to a race track.

I've always changed our oils every 6 months, before summer and before winter.
Black colouring of the oil is caused by a suspended carbon particles.

[Fourwinds]

Yes, especially if you don't plan to keep your car for longer than 3-5 years, don't drive under severe driving conditions or not going to a race track.

I've always changed our oils every 6 months, before summer and before winter.
Black colouring of the oil is caused by a suspended carbon particles.

LOL I'm an old fart, "going to the race track" maybe 25-30 years ago

[brad]

don't drive under severe driving conditions

^^^^this is the important one.

[BottomScratcher]

Thanks to all, for your info and ideas........... Will stick with the manufacturers 12mth/15000 schedule and purchase a hockey pucks for the sill lift point.


Cheers Fred

Fred,
I've got family currently living/working in Canada. I had a few old practice pucks sent over, and went to town on them with all sorst of tools. I found that to get the depth needed to accommodate the sill into the puck so that it just clears the slot surface that the pucks weren't deep enough. Pucks are 25mm thick. The pinch weld to sill is only about 14mm on the outside, but is about 26-28mm on the inside, so a puck only puts force onto the outside of the sill lifting point.The pics in the link to the puck adapter shows a scissor jack with a slot that's a lot shallower than the jack in my car.

I decided not to bother with it, and just use a piece of wood with a router slot cut deep enough to contact both the sill on both sides of the pinch weld. I used the factory jack as a guide. Another tip. It's a lot easier and cleaner -and probably safer and healthier - cutting, chiselling, or routing wood than it is cutting or grinding compressed rubber.

[Fourwinds]

BottomScrather
Thanks, you have saved me some $ regarding the puck. Looks I am off to Bunnings for some wood. Been awhile since I put the router to use

Cheers Fred