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Elle wrote:
> On Sep 10, 11:24 am, Brian Smith
>> Elle wrote:
>>> Do you check all your fluids before every engine start?
>> No, I don't.
>
>
> The owner's manual's counsel is fine.

It's good of you to edit my entire response to your question.

As far as the Owners Manual goes, it is fine, but it does not hurt to
excel at anything one undertakes in life.

"Brian Smith" <Halifax@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote:
> The proper way to check fluid levels is to do so before the engine has
> been started. Failing to check first could result in severe damage to
> the engine, if there was a fault that allowed the oil (or any other
> fluid) to drain out since the vehicle was parked.

It makes eminent sense though I'm fairly confident that such an
overnight loss of oil would be noticed in the garage by the pudle it
caused. Of course, it might be a different story if the vehicle was
parked outside.

Cameo wrote:
>
> It makes eminent sense though I'm fairly confident that such an
> overnight loss of oil would be noticed in the garage by the pudle it
> caused. Of course, it might be a different story if the vehicle was
> parked outside.

In the example I used, the tractor is parked outside in the yard.

On Sep 10, 12:31*pm, Brian Smith wrote:
> Elle wrote:
> > On Sep 10, 11:24 am, Brian Smith
> >> Elle wrote:
> >>> Do you check all your fluids before every engine start?
> >> * * * * No, I don't.
>
> > The owner's manual's counsel is fine.
>
> * * * * It's good of you to edit my entire response to your question.

It was a concise way to point out you do not follow your own
advice. ;-)

Elle wrote:
>
> It was a concise way to point out you do not follow your own
> advice. ;-)

If you were paying attention I said it was a tractor that I used in the
example, not a small vehicle. It is a legal requirement that commercial
vehicles have a Pre-Trip Inspection and Post-Trip Inspection performed
on them every day. Are you up to speed now, or do you require the
service of a tow truck?

On Sep 10, 2:49*pm, Brian Smith <Hali...@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote:
> Elle wrote:
>
> > It was a concise way to point out you do not follow your own
> > advice. ;-)
>
> * * * * If you were paying attention I said it was a tractor

Look back to the post where you first responded to my posts. No
tractor, just lousy advice.

Elle wrote:
>
> Look back to the post where you first responded to my posts. No
> tractor, just lousy advice.

You're obviously having a blonde moment.

"Cameo" <cameo@cameo.invalid> wrote in news:h88t21$ea6$1@news.eternal-
september.org:


>
> When I went there to pick up my car, the mechanic just finished the oil
> change and for whatever reason, he also ran the engine for a few seconds
> and then to prove his point, showed me the dipstick that the 4 qts oil I
> gave him did not fill the engine to the upper mark. Well, because the
> oil was so clear at that point, it was hard to see for me how far the
> oil went on the dipstick, but I took his word for it. I told him not to
> worry because I can always refill any missing oil at home.
> Only later occured to me that the measuring discrepancy must have
> occured because he looked at the dipstick right after running the engine
> and thus some of the oil was still not drained down to the pan. Since
> the engine wasn't very warm at that time, the drain would have taken
> even longer than at normal operating temp. Needless to say that when I
> measured the oil level next morning in my garage, it was right at the
> upper mark.
>
> As I've been generally satisfied with that independent shop specializing
> in Japanese cars, this incident however was quite a disappointment for
> me. How could a mechanic not know something so elementary?
>



It's frightening that somebody so ignorant would be working on your car.
I've had more experiences with such individuals than I care to remember.

He's obviously so ignorant, uninquisitive and incurious that he's never
bothered to do any sort of experimentation for himself, or to make any
other attempt at (dis)proving his own theories. That's scary. And
distressingly common. And part of the reason auto mechanics have such a
lousy reputation in general.


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"Tegger" <invalid@invalid.inv> wrote in message
news:Xns9C82D458E4416tegger@208.90.168.18...
> It's frightening that somebody so ignorant would be working on your
> car.
> I've had more experiences with such individuals than I care to
> remember.
>
> He's obviously so ignorant, uninquisitive and incurious that he's
> never
> bothered to do any sort of experimentation for himself, or to make any
> other attempt at (dis)proving his own theories. That's scary. And
> distressingly common. And part of the reason auto mechanics have such
> a
> lousy reputation in general.

At least the guy would read forums such as this one ... I find it
invaluable.

On Sep 10, 3:49*pm, Brian Smith <Hali...@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote:
> Elle wrote:
>
> > It was a concise way to point out you do not follow your own
> > advice. ;-)
>
> * * * * If you were paying attention I said it was a tractor thatI used in the
> example, not a small vehicle. It is a legal requirement that commercial
> vehicles have a Pre-Trip Inspection and Post-Trip Inspection performed
> on them every day. Are you up to speed now, or do you require the
> service of a tow truck?

Hey, I thought this was an Accord group. Does Honda make an Accord
tractor now?