DIY: Extra Bottle of Oil Under The Hood
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DIY: Extra Bottle of Oil Under The Hood
Simple:
Stuff a bottle of oil beside the washer fluid reservoir. Make sure not to force it against wires/insulation/etc. It wants to snag on the firewall insulation if you're not careful, but it really does fit nice and securely. No bottles in the trunk!
Stuff a bottle of oil beside the washer fluid reservoir. Make sure not to force it against wires/insulation/etc. It wants to snag on the firewall insulation if you're not careful, but it really does fit nice and securely. No bottles in the trunk!
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Why do you guys keep an oil bottle in the trunk or in the engine bay??
isnt it just easier to check the oil before you leave home?
isnt it just easier to check the oil before you leave home?
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Originally Posted by mikefrombarrie
Why do you guys keep an oil bottle in the trunk or in the engine bay??
isnt it just easier to check the oil before you leave home?
isnt it just easier to check the oil before you leave home?
It is just easier to check the level while filling up with gas, then you have the bottle RIGHT there.
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Originally Posted by lethologica
It is just easier to check the level while filling up with gas, then you have the bottle RIGHT there.
So what about engine heat? Can those plastic oil containers handle it without melting?
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The heat issue is a good point. A fire would make for a very bad day. I guess I thought it was better than the bottle flying around in the truck. A spill of oil in the truck would also be a bad day. I keep a quart because I live and drive often in the middle of nowhere and many small gas stations don't carry 5w20. Is all the other plastic in the engine bay like hoses, housings, fluid vessels constructed of different materials?
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Originally Posted by alleycatinheaven
The heat issue is a good point. A fire would make for a very bad day. I guess I thought it was better than the bottle flying around in the truck. A spill of oil in the truck would also be a bad day. I keep a quart because I live and drive often in the middle of nowhere and many small gas stations don't carry 5w20. Is all the other plastic in the engine bay like hoses, housings, fluid vessels constructed of different materials?
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I don't want to get off point in this thread but my subject of interest have moved a bit, to the heat in the engine bay. I'm already rethinking the oil storage but, where we live it routinely reaches 110-120 degrees in the summer. Is there sufficent cooling in the engine bay to keep the OEM components, electronic and plastic cool?
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Originally Posted by alleycatinheaven
The heat issue is a good point.
No, it's not.
First off, the plastic bottles aren't THAT susceptible to melting. I've set bottles on HOT engines while doing oil changes before.
Second, it's *well* away from the engine, against the firewall insulation/washer fluid tank/fender. There are plenty of other plastic & rubber parts (some even carrying <gasp>gasoline</gasp>) closer to or right against the engine itself.
If your washer fluid were hot enough to make coffee with, then you'd have a point.
It's a non-issue. If you don't want to keep a bottle there, don't, but this imagined problem is killing me....
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Originally Posted by alleycatinheaven
where we live it routinely reaches 110-120 degrees in the summer. Is there sufficent cooling in the engine bay to keep the OEM components, electronic and plastic cool?
Somebody call Mazda Japan quick and tell them! I'm sure they *never* thought of that! Better pack some dry ice around the 'Renesis' logo to keep the engine cover from melting!
Please....
All winter people were hand-wringing about anything less than 50degF being so "cold" that their precious RX-8 would flood and die, now it's going to be a summer of worrying about the engine compartment becoming drenched with melted polymers?
Damn, sorry I brought it up now.
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I didn't check but I think the engine bay is vented through the front fender vents. The FD3S had the same type of venting for the engine bay. The bay will get hot under idle and cool down close to ambient when the car is moving. It's a clever place to put the oil.
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Originally Posted by JM1FE
OHMYGOD!
Somebody call Mazda Japan quick and tell them! I'm sure they *never* thought of that! Better pack some dry ice around the 'Renesis' logo to keep the engine cover from melting!
Please....
All winter people were hand-wringing about anything less than 50degF being so "cold" that their precious RX-8 would flood and die, now it's going to be a summer of worrying about the engine compartment becoming drenched with melted polymers?
Damn, sorry I brought it up now.
Somebody call Mazda Japan quick and tell them! I'm sure they *never* thought of that! Better pack some dry ice around the 'Renesis' logo to keep the engine cover from melting!
Please....
All winter people were hand-wringing about anything less than 50degF being so "cold" that their precious RX-8 would flood and die, now it's going to be a summer of worrying about the engine compartment becoming drenched with melted polymers?
Damn, sorry I brought it up now.
To many variables to consider when placing it there. Possible piercing the bottle, not tightening the cap enough, bottles are "thin" enough material as it is.
For me it goes like this:
- Oil bottle wrapped in the trunk and get crushed, I have some clean up to do.
- Oil bottle in engine bay and leaks, beside oil burning smoke, there could be way more problems and more of a PITA to clean up I might add.
So it's a no brainer for me.
I mean my finger fits in my @ss but I still don't put it there!) :D
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JM1FE...Show a little ingenuity to others and what does it get you? Melting plastic and 'my oil is only low at home'. I think there are actually a lot of people wondering the same thing...where to stow the emergency oil container, without it rolling around? We especially need an extra for the 8's abundant thirst for oil and, as someone else aptly mentioned, very few gas 'stations' carry 5W-20.