How often do you pop the hood

[demarpaint]

Originally Posted By: fdcg27
Rarely.
If a car is leaking anything, you'll see it where you park it.
If anything odd is going on, you'll hear it.
For engines that leak or burn oil, you'll know it and will check as needed.
Operating the hood release obsessively will only wear out the cable prematurely and cause it to break.
Good luck with that.


That's pretty much how I view it. If the car isn't leaking or using oil, no odd sounds there's no reason to obsess over it. OTOH if you have a problem you check more often.

 

[yesthatsteve]

Since we received the TSB from Honda regarding oil consumption in the 8th gen Accord, I check under the hood of both cars every 4 weeks.

 

[3800Series]

Depends on my mood I guess, I've checked it several times before i take the vehicle anywhere. I've gotten up just to check it for no real reason beyond checking it and I've went weeks without checking it. I guess I check it when ever i think about it.

 

[Stewie]

Originally Posted By: dave1251
About once a month.


The normal people +1

 

[Doog]

Once a week

 

[MrQuackers]

Daily

 

[Garak]

It's probably once a week for me, give or take, but the G37 never needs anything in the way of top up. That being said, I check because I don't want a nasty surprise someday, particularly if it's one that was only creeping up.

 

[Colt45ws]

Couple times a week, give or take if I don't go anywhere for awhile.

 

[daves87rs]

Depends on what I am doing and time of year, but usually once a week...

 

[KrisZ]

About once a week here as well, usually during the weekend. But during winter if it's really cold out, I stretch it to several weeks.

 

[supton]

Depends. The current fleet, probably once a month. Maybe twice. Neither are using appreciable amounts of oil.

Older cars, once a week? Maybe twice? In warmer weather it's a great excuse to go outside while at work.

The oil has drained back down and it's a quick check.

We do upwards of 500 miles/week on each vehicle, so I could say I check every 500 to 2,000 miles instead.

 

[DriveHard]

every other fill up...so about every 3 weeks or so.

 

[Bgallagher]

Originally Posted By: Stewie
Originally Posted By: dave1251
About once a month.


The normal people +1


+2 It is usually when I check the tire pressure and condition I will pop the hood and check out the fluids etc.

 

[Malo83]

Every weekend, all my cars are looked over

 

[Merkava_4]

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Ok, but what about your car?

LOL!

 

[andrewp1998]

monthly at the least, then when oil starts to go down after 2k or so its once per week

 

[finmile]

Every 1,550 miles (2,500 km) to top up the oil. That's once a month.

If the engine wouldn't burn any oil, I would check the fluid levels at halfway of the OCI.

 

[Jetronic]

Originally Posted By: Shannow
every week...


I did too,but it became boring to see nothing changed... every 2 months now, give or take.

 

[Lightninrod]

Every time I return home and park it in the garage. I leave it open to discourage our Ocicat from sleeping on it.

Dan

 

[Yah-Tah-Hey]

Every Sunday. Haven't discovered an evolving problem in twelve years but don't want Murphy to jump up and bit me in the ***.