| Re: [GMCnet] How To Change Your Oil [message #176736 is a reply to message #176329 ] |
Sat, 14 July 2012 19:55   |
 Bob de Kruyff
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""Personally, I think we should get every drop out, flush it, and change the
oil EVERY 1000 miles!
Ken "Just Gave the S-10 Its Annual Oil Change" H.
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I just took my 2012 Caddy in again for a recurring problem with the remote start function. Cadillac has all maintenance included for 5 years and I now have had 3 free oil changes in 3500 miles. Every time I take it in, they decide they can screw GM into an oil change.
Bob de Kruyff
78 Eleganza
Chandler, AZ
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| Re: [GMCnet] How To Change Your Oil [message #176759 is a reply to message #176751 ] |
Sat, 14 July 2012 22:19 |
midlf
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| Kosier wrote on Sat, 14 July 2012 21:28 |
Amazing. And yet, they still managed to build the best engines.
Gary Kosier
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob de Kruyff
Silly isn't the right word--idiots or compulsive behavior may fit the
description. During those years, Cadillac had by far the fewest engineering
resources and capabilities.
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Bob de Kruyff
78 Eleganza
Chandler, AZ
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The saying "too many cooks can spoil the broth" may explain why the "fewest" had the "best".
Steve Southworth
1974 Glacier TZE064V100150 (for workin on)
1975 Transmode TZE365V100394 (parts & spares)
Palmyra WI
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| Re: [GMCnet] How To Change Your Oil [message #176786 is a reply to message #176751 ] |
Sun, 15 July 2012 09:08 |
Matt Colie
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Bob,
Then I guess the engineers at Cadillac that designed the 500 were all "silly" when they put a drain in the front section of the pan! 
Regards,
Rob M.
Silly isn't the right word--idiots or compulsive behaviour may fit the description. During those years, Cadillac had by far the fewest engineering resources and capabilities.
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Bob de Kruyff
Amazing. And yet, they still managed to build the best engines.
Gary Kosier
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From My point of view..
Cadillac of the day was interesting. They had a very different Engineer/Bean Counter relationship. They knew that they were Cadillac and the flagship of General Motors, so, they copied a lot to cut engineering cost, but also had validation test specifications that were better than most others. That all meant that they got to do some things better than others - like separating the exhaust ports. They worked very hard - starting on the late 70's - to make round bores and other important things better. They also bought very high end piston rings and bearings, used as high a nickel content block/crankcase as they could manage, and did not go with the lowest cost gaskets and seals. But, they still had to get the UAW to assemble it correctly.
This is why they got to hire outside engineering for more test and development than any other group at GM. That is why I know about this.
Matt
Matt & Mary Colie
'73 Glacier 23 Chaumière (say show-me-air)
Now with 4 working Rear Brakes
SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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| Re: [GMCnet] How To Change Your Oil [message #177117 is a reply to message #176181 ] |
Wed, 18 July 2012 06:21 |
Johnny Bridges
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Now you guys got me to wondering. I buy two gallon (I think) or ten gallon buckets of Rotella, cos I use it in the toad and the GMC. I just drain, fill and replace the filter, and then fill to the full mark, leak check, and then double check full. I don't know if I end up using five or six quarts. It will hold at full for the better part of two thousand miles, which I figure is about par for a 90K plus engine in 95 degree plus heat and road speeds. I guess I'll habve to measure it now just to b ehappy. It appears to have the stock dipstick.
--johnny
'76 transmode norris
'76 palm beach
From: Matt Colie <matt7323tze@gmail.com>
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Sent: Monday, July 9, 2012 8:30 PM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] How To Change Your Oil
Ken Burton wrote on Mon, 09 July 2012 19:47
> Five quarts, after a filter and oil change, fills mine to the full line on the dip stick.
And the same will fill mine to the ADD mark. If I add the extra quart, it will be gone in less than 1000 miles, but the level stays at the ADD mark after that. Go Figure??
Matt
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Matt & Mary Colie
'73 Glacier 23 Chaumière (say show-me-air) Just about as stock as you will find
SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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