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#11 (**permalink**) 21 Aug 2006, 05:30 pm

"High Tech Misfit" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>I have been carrying a container of oil in the trunk of my car for a few
> years now. I don't do my own oil changes, and I have the container on
> hand
> in the event that the oil gets a bit low in between oil changes (which has
> not happened since I replaced the PCV valve 5 years ago).
>
> Anyway, there is no expiry date on this container and I wanted to know if
> the oil would still be good to use at this point. I ask because it has
> been
> in the trunk the whole time, including during some extremely cold winters.

Jeez, you worry about a $2 quart of oil ?
Throw it out and buy a fresh quart.

#12 (**permalink**) 21 Aug 2006, 08:20 pm

High Tech Misfit wrote:
> Timothy J. Lee wrote:
>
>
>>>It's Castrol GTX 5W-30, API spec. is SJ.
>>
>>Means it is a few years old. If you get a newer car, be sure that your
>>spare oil is up to spec for the newer car (i.e. if it requires API SL or
>>SM, the API SJ rated oil may not be suitable for it).
>
>
> I appreciate that advice, especially considering that I may be in the market
> for a newer car possibly next year. My Accord has been great, but it does
> not have A/C. And given how extremely hot it has been at times the last
> couple of summers here, it's at the point where I feel I need A/C. :-)

You realize that as soon as you buy a new car with A/C, it will snow all the
next summer?

#13 (**permalink**) 21 Aug 2006, 08:32 pm

Matt Ion <soundy@moltenimage.com> wrote in
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> High Tech Misfit wrote:
>> Timothy J. Lee wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>It's Castrol GTX 5W-30, API spec. is SJ.
>>>
>>>Means it is a few years old. If you get a newer car, be sure that
>>>your spare oil is up to spec for the newer car (i.e. if it requires
>>>API SL or SM, the API SJ rated oil may not be suitable for it).
>>
>>
>> I appreciate that advice, especially considering that I may be in the
>> market for a newer car possibly next year. My Accord has been great,
>> but it does not have A/C. And given how extremely hot it has been at
>> times the last couple of summers here, it's at the point where I feel
>> I need A/C. :-)
>
> You realize that as soon as you buy a new car with A/C, it will snow
> all the next summer?

>

And if you buy a brand-new snowmobile, it won't snow all winter.

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#14 (**permalink**) 21 Aug 2006, 09:07 pm

"TeGGeR®" wrote:
>
> Matt Ion <soundy@moltenimage.com> wrote in
> news:eZsGg.436563$Mn5.376765@pd7tw3no:
>
> > High Tech Misfit wrote:
> >> Timothy J. Lee wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>>It's Castrol GTX 5W-30, API spec. is SJ.
> >>>
> >>>Means it is a few years old. If you get a newer car, be sure that
> >>>your spare oil is up to spec for the newer car (i.e. if it requires
> >>>API SL or SM, the API SJ rated oil may not be suitable for it).
> >>
> >>
> >> I appreciate that advice, especially considering that I may be in the
> >> market for a newer car possibly next year. My Accord has been great,
> >> but it does not have A/C. And given how extremely hot it has been at
> >> times the last couple of summers here, it's at the point where I feel
> >> I need A/C. :-)
> >
> > You realize that as soon as you buy a new car with A/C, it will snow
> > all the next summer?

> >
>
> And if you buy a brand-new snowmobile, it won't snow all winter.
>
>

During the Blizzard of '78 in southeastern New England where average
snowfalls average nearly 40 inches, pickups with snowplows became a very
hot item. We didn't get squat for snowfall for the next several years...

JT

(I know that Marcus Murphy is alive and well somewhere..)

#15 (**permalink**) 23 Aug 2006, 08:39 am

in Texas, they no longer require windshield wipers on new cars.
"TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
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Matt Ion <soundy@moltenimage.com> wrote in
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> High Tech Misfit wrote:
>> Timothy J. Lee wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>It's Castrol GTX 5W-30, API spec. is SJ.
>>>
>>>Means it is a few years old. If you get a newer car, be sure that
>>>your spare oil is up to spec for the newer car (i.e. if it requires
>>>API SL or SM, the API SJ rated oil may not be suitable for it).
>>
>>
>> I appreciate that advice, especially considering that I may be in the
>> market for a newer car possibly next year. My Accord has been great,
>> but it does not have A/C. And given how extremely hot it has been at
>> times the last couple of summers here, it's at the point where I feel
>> I need A/C. :-)
>
> You realize that as soon as you buy a new car with A/C, it will snow
> all the next summer?

>

And if you buy a brand-new snowmobile, it won't snow all winter.

--
TeGGeR®

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

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