Is my automotive course teacher right?

[XS650]

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Originally posted by KieferS:
maybe i gave a bad impression- he's not a bad guy. He's a cool guy- and for the most part he knows what he's doing- and he has owned an oil change buisiness- so i do listen to what he has to say- if he owned an oil change shop- he obviously knows something about oil. However- i think that he has fallen victim to some of the less outrageous myths

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You have a good start on Real Life 101. You can learn a lot from people who are dead wrong part of the time. Your Real Life 101 course assignment is to figure out when they're right and when they're wrong.

Also try occasionally thanking your teachers when they have done partcularly good job of giving you some worthwhile insight into something, or cause you to think about something in a different way. You will both shock them and make their day.

 

[javacontour]

Yes, RL-101 includes knowing when it is worth it to speak up when someone is wrong.

In this situation, it's probably not worth it. If you are a bomb expert and your teacher is defusing a bomb and about to "blow it" then yeah, speak up.

That's part of RL-101, learning how to respectfully inform those in senior positions that you believe there is a better way to do something.

Realizing that they get to make the decision is key. Sometimes it's difficult to accept.

 

[UncleS2]

As above- yup, keep quiet & learn all you can. Remember that many mechanics know precious little about motor oil &/or lubrication in general, and some of those same guys are truly excellent mechanics.

 

[Quest]

Heee..hee.. Welcome to RL101 KieferS-

That's why some mechanics stay on in becoming mechanics all their life, while others(such as yours-truely) decided to move on.

automotive lubricant is a highly complex issue that I must say that while I don't know everything inside, one thing I do know is to work on it conservatively, and keep an openmind as many technologies, inc. lubricants, will evolve in a major way every 10 years or so. Compounded with the facts that there are many myths, urban legends and housewives/horse tales out there, that's what makes this board so interesting (information also).

Cheers!

 

[Patman]

Hey BOB, it's great to see you posting here again!

 

[BOBISTHEOILGUY]

thanks patman

 

[buster]

Hi Bob!

 

[KieferS]

it's THE bob. Member numero- uno. on my thread. well i'll be dam'd

 

[Ron AKA]

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Originally posted by BOBISTHEOILGUY:
first off let me tell you, some fuel additives do work.(such as lucas, chevon techron,schaeffers and someothers) they usually dont improve mileage as per say but clean up the carbon on an engine and clean up the fuel system. that in turn will help the fuel mileage.

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Not so sure about the mileage part, but I do think it is worthwhile to put in some fuel injector cleaner when you change oil. (Into the gas of course). I do it when I remember. Not a believer however in putting it in all the time.

 

[obbop]

It's the "Oil Guy"!!!!!!

 

[rpn453]

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Originally posted by KieferS:
Is my automotive course teacher right?

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My short answer would be no!

 

[gtoracer]

Hi Bob, Great to see you on the board again...Pete

 

[DJStillman]

Hey Bob, great to have "the boss" back and posting a storm here!! We have all missed you. It is ironic, I was reading a thread from about 4 years ago, and clicked your post count out of curiosity to see how long it had been - and it had not been long at all!!

How are you feeling these days? Life treating you well?

 

[gtx510]

how many teeth is your shop teacher missing?

 

[KieferS]

err...... None..

 

[bottgers]

All Fram filters are garbage.

I've yet to use any fuel additive that's made any improvements.

Syns and dinos are not the same. If your instructor doesn't believe that, tell him to try running dino for a 12K OCI and then doing a UOA on it.

Switching from dino to syn or vise versa hurts nothing.

 

[KieferS]

You've never felt improvements from a fuel additive? You must be using the wrong ones.