Mechanics don't want you to know about this simple trick that will save you hundreds on oil changes

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• cmoney@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Something else I’ve learned that no mechanic will tell you, is you can connect a vacuum cleaner hose to the throttle body while the engine is running, have a friend mash down the gas pedal and you’ve got one heck of a vacuum cleaner.

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• BeUnique@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I watched that video for way too long

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• wjrii@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  If I’m ever in dairy bottling plant circa early November, and I’m being chased by villains who’ve drained the oil from my car, I will now be confident that replacing it with egg nog will facilitate my escape before killing the engine.

  And I have Australian Beavis and Butthead to thank for it.

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  • NathanRanch@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Fat = Oil , a modern engine can run on many kinds of oil for an indeterminate amount of time. It’s usually the contaminates that get in the way.

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    • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That and the fact that most of the readily available organic ones break down under the types of heat involved rather quickly.

      The oil film on the cylinders at least lasts a surprisingly long time provided the pistons in motion and you don’t try to restart the engine. You can famously drain the oil out of an already running engine and it’ll continue to run happily for quite some minutes afterwards — until you shut it off. This was a popular demonstration trick for engine additive snakeoil (literally) salesmen back in the '70s and so on. “See! Our miracle oil additive is so effective your engine can run without oil at all after treatment!” Never mind the fact that it would do so anyway, and don’t expect it to work twice.

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• lagg_mine@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I love garbage time, they make some entertaining stuff!

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• Nickelalloy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What the hell am i watching and why?

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  • NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    One of the best aussie content creators out there.

    Creator of the 1 grit, collector of drums and guardian of Frank.

    (Dankpods, Garbage Time and The Drum Thing are his channels, all top tier)

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  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Christmas is coming.

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    • Nickelalloy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      A good start of the christmas season!

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• realitista@lemmus.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  After the first check of the nog levels I thought it has a minute left max. I was very impressed.

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• AstroLightz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Great tips for working on your cars :)

  • Make sure to add pilk (that’s Pepsi + milk) to your cars and it’ll make them run better
  • Need to clean out your fuel? Stuff some bananas in there!
  • Little chunks of metal in your oil pan is probably fine.
  • Nutella is great for turning your car into a collection of parts.

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• thesohoriots@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Image

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  • Grostleton@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What in Nog’s name did you just show me?!

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• workerONE@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You don’t want to put eggnog with trans fats and emulsifiers in your engine

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  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I check my nog with lab nog analysis.

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