Engine/Transmission (1998.5 - 2002) Oil Change Warning....Must Read !!!!

[DWeiler]

just a test of the shorter sig ,thanks for all your help dieselminded/nutndun,i'm one of those computer illiterate guys,only time i use the computer is for e-mails and theTDR

 

[DieselMinded]

Your SIG only show once per page... .



ONCE YOU CHANGED IT it has changed on all your post so your COOL



DM

 

[wtfd6]

Just gotta like those OHIO boys... ...

what do ya mean machinest? arent you from ohio? lol



i would like to see them stop people from changing their own oil.



mark

 

[HeavyHauler]

I was changing the oil in a fella's little Case IH tractor once and the stud threads for the oil filter were so crudded up that I only thought that I had the filter tight on there...



Started the thing up and 2 1/2 gallons of Rotella poured out all over the ground. LOL, I don't think he ever knew. :-laf

 

[Duluth Diesel]

"I then went to the curb ... I Mean to my OSHA APROVED OIL DISPOAL CONTAINER... . "





I hope you, and others, don't dump your oil and antifreeze in the storm sewer drains at your curb. This water DOES NOT get routed to a water treatment system. Water that flows into storm sewer drains does directly to outfalls that flow, either directly or indirectly via ditches, to our streams, rivers, and lakes. One drop of oil can make 1000 gallons of water toxic to people and animals. in 99% of municipal water systems in this country, storm sewers and completely separate from sanitary sewers (that handle effluent from your homes). Sanitary sewer water is treated before being discharged back to the environment, but loading these systems with oil can overload them and force municipalities to treat water longer (expensive) and be forced to use more chlorine to stabilize the contaminants. The only way to properly dispose of vehicle oils and coolants is to contact your local city or county waste disposal office. Most cities/counties, even if you do not live inside city limits, have hazardous waste disposal programs that will accept your oil, batteries, and other wastes FREE OF CHARGE and they will ensure that these materials are properly disposed of. Why would anyone be so lazy to knowingly pollute the crap out of the world we all have to share and pass to our children when there is a FREE alternative that lets you do it right. Please know that one person dumping oil in the wrong place hurts all of us. What if everyone did it? Please think.



That's my rant. Thanks.

 

[DieselMinded]

Figgering I live about 5 miles from any kind of curb you'll have to realize I was joking.



Geeesh



Chill out man



DM

 

[Duluth Diesel]

I wasn't attacking you, DM, I just wanted to say my peice about oil disposal. Dumping it on a dirt road is just as bad. I work in environmental consulting, and I sampled drinking water on a farm for some people that lived near a natural gas pipeline. The gas company wanted us to prove that they weren't contaminating the drinking water that these folks were pumping from their private well. We had used a gas chromatograph to profile the oils that were used in the pipeline (for pigging) so that any contamination found in the well could be compared. Kinda like DNA identification for petroleum contaminants. We proved that no material used by the gas company was in the well water. What was found in the well water was diesel and oil dissolved phase contaminants. Turns out that years of duming used engine oil and sloppy refueling practices on the farm, which had its diesel tank and equipment storage building very close to the well head, were the cause of the contamination. Anyway, if you've even read this far, I was not attacking anyone in particular. Its just that I see so much of this that I wanted to try and educate people to do better. I remember when I was a kid, my dad and I would change the oil on our John Deere and he'd take it out to the gravel road and dump it. That stuff doesn't just magically disappear. It shows up in what you drink, and what your livestock drinks, which in turn show up in your hamburger. I'm not intending to come across as being all fired up and excited, DM. I just want to make a point. We all have diesel truck, and most of us enjoy climbing under them and changing our own oil. I just want to make sure we're all doing it right.



Thanks.

 

[master1578]

Hey Duluth, I'm in the same field... . on the drill rig side of things. Not running a rig anymore though. Office boy now Have you ever done any work in New Jersey?



Sorry for the off topic post... DM

 

[Duluth Diesel]

No Jersey for me, man. Not yet anyway.

 

[mpaulson]

Opps

MY FRIENDS SISTER HAD A BOYFRIEND BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT WAS TRYING TO BE A NICE GUY AND CHANGE HER OIL IN HER FIREFLY. HE DRAINED THE TRANSMISSION AND THEN ADDED THE NEW ENGINE OIL. THEY FOUND OUT THE HARD WAY WHEN THE transmission WAS FRIED.