Oil Re-use ???

[T120]

no pics but here is what it looked like http://www.theautolog.com/uploads/tylerlieberman/2620/1998-Nissan-240sx-721.jpg

Hi Michael,With an experience owning a rocket like that - welcome to life in the slow lane

[michael.warshaw]

Bought some nylon drain plug gaskets at NAPA, think they are way to thick though. Anybody have any idea what is the correct gasket for the oil drain plug.

I have a bit of a leak coming from it now......HELP

on my oil plug is a piece of copper gasket, dont know if its right but it works, yes these cars are slow that was pulling low 8 in the .25 mile

[Disturbed]

There is several types of gasket on the market NAPA only offered the one to you ? you could even change the plug and get a rubber Oring plug type I find they work effectively .

As far as reusing the oil nothing wrong as long as you keep it clean like every one is saying , as Greg G pointed out it is the impurities that kill oil , one such impurity is Acid from combustion. the longer the oil has been in the motor the more chance it will be a higher ph reading , hence why you should change it every 3 months or 3 miles regardless of if it sat in the garage for the winter or not.

When I store my toys I drain and refill the oil when i bring them back out I drain and refill them again. (depending how much I care about them )

I am BIG on changing my oil my last truck had over 500K KM on it and still ran like a top and never twisted a wrench on that motor! not once ! in fact some dude is driving that truck still today ..

[B-Watson]

Does anyone here remember buying reused oil at the service station oil rack? This was the oil that was left in a can and placed upside down in a special part of the oil rack stand and dripped into a glass bottle inside the rack? We use this oil to make up for any losses we might occur on a shift at the gas station I worked at when I was a young guy. Jon

Not reused oil, but refined oil. Back in the 1950's there was a firm in Winnipeg called Refine Oil. They had a drive-through oil / lube business and they would take the oil drained from the engine and refine it - take out the dirt, water, etc. Their refined oil was cheaper than the new stuff, but it did the job. My father used their refined oil for years with no problems.

If you didn't want the refined stuff, they also sold all the major brands. Their business took a nosedive when the major oil companies opened up their own drive-through oil/lube stations. The oil company stores, in turn, became part of Mr. Lube and other chains.

Bill

Vancouver, BC

[Captain Neon]

on my oil plug is a piece of copper gasket, dont know if its right but it works, yes these cars are slow that was pulling low 8 in the .25 mile

Did you have a roll cage installed?

[Johnny 5]

no

[55 Fargo]

no

Is this a nay for the oil, I say to each his own. This oil was still pristine, 150 miles on it, double filtered, and back she is, will get changed at the 1500 mark, or possibly sooner.....

[Frank Elder]

Cheese cloth for a filter, to give it that Coggins flavor, just kidding Merle and Fred. I couldn't waste that oil myself..it's good to go!

As for open the wallet Mike, why throw away money when it is scarce these days?

Modern oil can go for 6000 miles easy these days, and very little goes to waste.

[Merle Coggins]

Cheese cloth for a filter, to give it that Coggins flavor, just kidding Merle and Fred.

Did I just get called Cheesy?

[Frank Elder]

Did I just get called Cheesy?

More like Wiscosinny..LOL, hey did they reopen the tourist trap back up yet,Dells?

[Merle Coggins]

Wisconsin Dells is open year around now, with their indoor water park/resorts now. But the big water parks and other main attractions usually open after Memorial Day.

Lake Delton is full of water again, so it's business as usual up there now.

Merle

[Frank Elder]

Thanks M.

[Captain Neon]

Having grown up in SE Minnesota, I never understood the allure so many of my peers had for the WI Dells. Wake up early, drive almost 4 hours, stand in long lines to get wet and cold, get car broken into or pickpocketed, and then drive an other 4 hours tired, wet, and feeling violated only to do it all again next year, and continue the tradition w/ one's own kids.

Shakopee's Valley Fair = too far a way and expensive

Wisconsin Dells = eagerly anticipated family vacation

Peers thought I was insane to spend the weekend of my birthday every year in Iola, and that wasn't nearly as far to drive nor the admission near as much. It was my annual opportunity to spend a weekend with 30,000 of my closest old car buddies.

[Dodgeb4ya]

I used to work at a chevy dealer detailing cars when I was 16. I had this buddy that worked with me, he had a '68 chevy truck with a really worn 307 in it. It was using alot of oil and we didn't make much money. One day a mechanic offered him some low mileage used oil to put in it. From then on everytime he got low he'd go hit him up and he was saving his cash. One friday night all the mechanics were gone, it was the weekend and his truck was dry. He went walkin through the shop and found a pan full and poured it in the truck. He told me later when he pulled up to the first red light the smell hit him. He had filled it with old gear lube and it stunk something awful. Took three weeks to burn it all out. You could smell when he pulled in to work everyday. Everytime someone mentions used oil I think about that. Now he did say it felt like it had more power.

My brother ran used 90 weight gear oil in a tired 1968 VW bug for over a year because of a real bad rear main seal leak and got t used 90 weight from a heavy equipment shop next to where he worked-never blew up till he got it fixed. Sure did stink too!

[Flatie46]

My brother ran used 90 weight gear oil in a tired 1968 VW bug for over a year because of a real bad rear main seal leak and got t used 90 weight from a heavy equipment shop next to where he worked-never blew up till he got it fixed. Sure did stink too!

Whew! I'd have loned him a car or some money or something!