Crisp n Dry eh?

Probably a very accurate description of the state of his Big End bearings.

Does anybody remember Castrol R, lovely smell when high powered motorbikes whizzed past you? I seem to recall it was based on some kind of natural oil, Castor oil I think. That seemed to work okay!!

Does anybody remember Castrol R, lovely smell when high powered motorbikes whizzed past you? I seem to recall it was based on some kind of natural oil, Castor oil I think. That seemed to work okay!!

Yes ,some of our local Rockers used it in their Norton Commandos and Triumph Bonnevilles.

Used to smell like a mobile Chippy.

First world war Biplane rotary engines used Castor oil I believe.

Yes ,some of our local Rockers used it in their Norton Commados and Triumph Bonnevilles.

Used to smell like a mobile Chippy.

First world war Biplane rotary engines used Castor oil I believe.

Trouble is you couldn't mix it. If you went from mineral oil to R you had to clean every drop out of the engine first, and vice versa. Round our way is was mostly Gold Stars and Venoms I think.

Doesn't castor oil give you the sh*ts???

Well, looks like Crisp'n'Dry does as well if it results in a six grand bill!

Doesn't castor oil give you the sh*ts???

Well, you had to pour it in the right hole..............................

Does anybody remember Castrol R, lovely smell when high powered motorbikes whizzed past you? I seem to recall it was based on some kind of natural oil, Castor oil I think. That seemed to work okay!!

Yes, It's produced from Castor bean seeds.

It has quite unusual properties including being very resistant to degradation at high temperatures at high engine speeds, hence it's use in some racing engines etc....although usually mixed with fuel to act as an upper cylinder lubricant......nut put in the sump! It's very different to Sunflower or oil seed rape oil.

Serves him right for trying to service his Sopwith Camel & his car on the same day. Obviously you're going to get to get them confused!

Lol!

I watched someone one day topping up their oil on one of our European trips in Italy & put in 1/2 a litre of brake fluid. Thankfully spotted before the car was started & we towed it to the local BMW dealer who when he had stopped laughing felt sorry for her, put it straight on the ramp drained, flushed & refilled it. Great service

Perhaps he saw this...

Old cars are bulletproof for this sort of malarkey though!

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Perhaps he saw this...

Old cars are bulletproof for this sort of malarkey though!

Jesus how old was that video!?

I watched someone one day topping up their oil on one of our European trips in Italy & put in 1/2 a litre of brake fluid.

Perhaps she felt the engine was going too fast? :think:

A friend of mine used to work in a Rover dealer and had a car brought in with suspected head gasket problems. Not an uncommon fault on those, and the gasket was replaced under warranty. A couple of weeks later it came back with same problem, apparently losing water and lots of gunge in the oil. They apologised to the customer and Rover even agreed to replace the complete cylinder head this time. A month or so after that the car was back in yet again with the customer complaining that there had been no water in the engine last time she collected it from the garage, and she'd had to fill it right up again. When asked to show where she had been putting the water she pointed to the oil filler cap. She had been diligently filling the cam cover to the top with water once a week from a garden hose

She had been diligently filling the cam cover to the top with water once a week from a garden hose

A friend of mine used to work in a Rover dealer and had a car brought in with suspected head gasket problems. Not an uncommon fault on those, and the gasket was replaced under warranty. A couple of weeks later it came back with same problem, apparently losing water and lots of gunge in the oil. They apologised to the customer and Rover even agreed to replace the complete cylinder head this time. A month or so after that the car was back in yet again with the customer complaining that there had been no water in the engine last time she collected it from the garage, and she'd had to fill it right up again. When asked to show where she had been putting the water she pointed to the oil filler cap. She had been diligently filling the cam cover to the top with water once a week from a garden hose

I wonder what she pumped the tyres up with? :wonder:

A friend of mine used to work in a Rover dealer and had a car brought in with suspected head gasket problems. Not an uncommon fault on those, and the gasket was replaced under warranty. A couple of weeks later it came back with same problem, apparently losing water and lots of gunge in the oil. They apologised to the customer and Rover even agreed to replace the complete cylinder head this time. A month or so after that the car was back in yet again with the customer complaining that there had been no water in the engine last time she collected it from the garage, and she'd had to fill it right up again. When asked to show where she had been putting the water she pointed to the oil filler cap. She had been diligently filling the cam cover to the top with water once a week from a garden hose

As I said in an earlier post, we do get owners trying to fill the engine to the bottom of the oil filler cap. Fortunately, they don't usually have enough oil. We also get calls saying something like "I've added an extra litre of oil and the level is still so low that parts of the engine are exposed".

As I said in an earlier post, we do get owners trying to fill the engine to the bottom of the oil filler cap. Fortunately, they don't usually have enough oil. We also get calls saying something like "I've added an extra litre of oil and the level is still so low that parts of the engine are exposed".

Or at the opposite extreme "I've tried checking the oil level but the dipstick seems to be too short, it doesn't reach down to the oil any more....."

Jerk. Suppose he's been watching a re-run of Fifth Gear's Merc 190D that "allegedly" ran on the stuff for a year or so without issue or fry up.

should be an easy fix thoughmost dealers would just take the sump off, have a poke round then refill it with oil then send it back out to the customer.... totally legit

Or at the opposite extreme "I've tried checking the oil level but the dipstick seems to be too short, it doesn't reach down to the oil any more....."

Sounds here more like some of the dipstick's are in the driving seat instead of the engine.

Guy at work complained it took nearly an hour to put a litre of oil in his engine. He was putting it down the dipstick pipe.

Guy at work complained it took nearly an hour to put a litre of oil in his engine. He was putting it down the dipstick pipe.

Well at least it was getting to the right place! Wonder where he puts his petrol....................

Oh, the cooking oil and dipstick tales made me laugh and laugh and... cry at the end. For I think of the "damages" made by technological progress.

In the "good ol' days" of Pleistocene these guys/girls would have been the ones getting into a cave without checking first or going to the water source without taking a good spear/axe with them, therefore becoming the first off to serve as dinner to the lion/tiger/cave bear and having a good chance of not having time to give birth to others like them.

Today they are protected by seatbelts, ABS, rollcages, etc. so not only they have time to generate similarly "short-brained" descendants but they constantly represent a menace for the "normal" people who have little defence agaist them (a friend of mine was run over by a car while waiting for the bus ON THE BOARDWALK!)

Anyway, re. these particular oil/dipstick cases, I think there's and English saying (not sure about it, I'm Italian): The stupid and his money are quickly departed.

Is that correct?

Anyway, re. these particular oil/dipstick cases, I think there's and English saying (not sure about it, I'm Italian): The stupid and his money are quickly departed.

Is that correct?

Near enough! Actually it's "A fool and his money are soon parted."

(Now I know why I'm always broke...........................!)