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TSM 27-09-06 08:08 AM
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I don't go anywhere near a torque wrench when a steel nut is going into alloy.
Yup, but you know what you're doing. Most folks don't know how tight to make a sump bolt, without a torque wrench and a manual...
Then they strip it. I always take a fair bit of torque figures that are in the haynes manual.

northwind 27-09-06 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Kinvig
Now it's still legal to put old engine oil down teh drain as long as it's between 2330 - 0600, right? ;o)
Please don't do that... Apart from anything else oily stuff is a good way to block your drains ;) But most council waste sites have the ability to deal with used engine oil.

Kinvig 27-09-06 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by northwind
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Originally Posted by Kinvig
Now it's still legal to put old engine oil down teh drain as long as it's between 2330 - 0600, right? ;o)
Please don't do that... Apart from anything else oily stuff is a good way to block your drains ;) But most council waste sites have the ability to deal with used engine oil.
Nah - onyly joking as I've got a compost heap in my back garden.

jambo 27-09-06 10:48 AM
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Nah - onyly joking as I've got a compost heap in my back garden.
:lol: Just imagining all the lovely earth worms WTF!? "It was like a thousand screams all stopped at once" Honey, I've made Tar!

northwind 27-09-06 10:56 AM
Future generations will thank you for creating new fossil fuel deposits :)

mburnstead 27-09-06 06:03 PM
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Future generations will thank you for creating new fossil fuel deposits :)
Not really. Engine oil (except cheapo pure mineral oil) is a synthetic chemical, not related at all to the stuff that gets sucked out from the ground to make petrol etc.

northwind 27-09-06 07:19 PM
That was a joke, son, did ya hear me a joke, son

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Sid Squid 27-09-06 08:40 PM
Re: Changing oil - do I *really* need specialist tools?
 
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Originally Posted by Kinvig
...my gears are really hard to change after 20 mins or so of London riding I figure it can't harm if I change the oil myself.
An oil change is never the wrong thing to do, but in this circumstance I'd adjust the clutch first.

Razor 27-09-06 09:48 PM
Used oil goes to the local dump, they'll have a special container for it.

adburn 28-09-06 07:00 PM
can u really put engine oil on a compost heap? don't wanna kill all my plants when i mulch the borders in spring.


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