[PLUG-TALK] DIY Garage Bay Rental

[Gregory Salter]

Um, you DO know that auto parts stores sell pans that can be placed where the oil is going to pour out? The more expensive models, (we are still talking under ten dollars most of the time here) have closeable lids and spouts you can use to pour the waste oil into bottles. you can do the entire job without getting the floor oily. I can do the same job for my beetle and not get my parking spot oily. 

and it's closer to the ground than any big old SUV. 



On Thursday, June 5, 2014 5:53 PM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
 

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>On Thu, 5 Jun 2014, Gregory Salter wrote:
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>> Why would you need that?
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>   Do they also sell a flat driveway? Mine's rather steep.
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>> Jiffy lube costs money. as does the oil you are going to buy.
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>   They use Pennzoil or Ohio State and those have too much parafin in them
>for me. I use Valvoline in the gas engines and PetroCanada DuronXL in the
>diesel.
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>> Why bother a garage for something you can do on a nice day?
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>   I can fit the Pathfinder and the Escort part way into the garage; the
>former is high enough but the latter needs to be lifted. In both cases I end
>up cleaning oil off the floor. My diesel pickup I do across the sidewalk,
>with the right front tire on the driveway. It, too, tends to be messy,
>especially when the oil filters are replaced.
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>   On a lift with a can/pan underneath to catch all the oil it's a lot
>quicker (no cleanup) and easier.
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>
>Rich
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