Quick Lube charges extra for this kind of thing

[roccit_53 at hotmail.com (C Boyko)]

This is exactly the kind of problem sovling you won't find on the A4 forums.
"My car's bent, and I need to change the oil since I'm still gonna drive it, 
dammit"
Excellent! And I think we are all trapped in the "Rocco Bizarro Universe" 
together, and what a great place to be trapped.
Cathy


>From: Wolfsbrg8v@aol.com
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Quick Lube charges extra for this kind of thing
>Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 18:18:16 EDT
>
>
>
>For anyone who ever gets stuck in the Rocco Bizarro Universe,
>as I have recently, let it be known: it is possible to change the
>oil in an 84 without opening the hood.
>
>The situation is, I'm waiting for a slot to open at the body shop
>to get the rocc's front end straightened, and have been driving
>an old slowww toyota truck in the meantime.  So I wanted to
>take the rocc out for some fun, (driveability is unaffected by the
>front end damage) but having no way to check the oil, since the
>hood is stuck shut,  I pondered .. hmm is there a way .. so I put
>the front wheels up on ramps, slid under the engine and found
>that I could reach up next to the right front wheel, up and over
>the valve cover just far enough to remove the oil filler cap.
>
>But could this work? .... double checking to make damn sure I
>can remove and replace the filler cap, several times, yup, can do.
>
>So I drained the old oil, new filter etc, and then I took a squeeze-bulb
>siphon hose, reached up and inserted one end into the filler hole,
>and the other end below into a quart of oil, and pumped it full, quart by
>quart, plus a little extra equalling the amount needed to fill the siphon's
>vertical length, ~1/8 qt.
>
>Now I can drive my baby for another week, anyway, without worrying
>about the oil level.
>
>Fair warning -- I got long skinny arms so maybe this isn't a good
>solution for everyone who has this problem.
>
>"Everyone", ha ha.  :)
>
>Leo
>
>
>
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