Re: Oil change
Before I drain my engines oil I drive the car around for 15 minutes or so, to heat up the oil. Oil drains a LOT easier when it is warm. It drains faster and more thoroughly. While the oil is draining, I stand on the running boards (one at a time) and 'jiggle' the car from side to side to help 'slop' the oil from cavities, etc.
I then kick myself when I discover that I forgot to put the drain pan down !
I then collect the used oil and put back into quart oil containers, to 'repurpose' it as chainsaw bar oil. Lots of 'kick' about how this is NOT a good thing to do. But then some people go to the end of the block, looking for a crosswalk to cross the street. I just wait for the traffic to clear and then walk across the street - without the crosswalk. And I have been using 'repurposed' engine oil on my chainsaw bar-chain for 50 years, without incident.
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