I decided yesterday at lunch to change my wife's new Jeep to synthetic (Mobil 1). There's a Jiffy Lube next door to where she works, so at lunch I took her Jeep over. I stood talking to the manager while the technician was pouring the oil into the crankcase. The manager was telling me how expensive the Mobil 1 is, I calmly mentioned that if it was so expensive that he should have his tech put the drain plug in before filling the engine with oil. Yep - he was pouring in quart after quart with no drain plug in. I got a nice synthetic oil flush of the crankcase.
Have a great day friends.
-------------------- Hawkeye: SSOA F98-C98
1998 SS - Black All Options - Mods Whisper Lid, K & N, Lou's Short Stick, Shift Light, Skip Shift, SLP Y, Borla, 4:10's, BMR STB, SLP SFCs, Granatelli MAF, Hypertech III, 160 Stat, Mallory Billet Pedals, Metco Aluminum LCAs,Fast Toys Ram Air Mod, Spohn Panhard Bar, BMR Torque Arm, free EGR mod,power antenna, BMR LCA brackets, Gentex Temp/Compass Auto Dim Mirror, AllMaxx Strobe and Wig Wag, BAER Eradispeed rotors,PPC Headers with Random Technology Hi Flow Cats, BMR Drive shaft Loop,FAST 78MM Throttle Body, FAST 78MM Composite Intake, Mobil 1 & lots of Zaino.
-------------------- Tom Mackesy 98-SS #2365 With Stuff and things!! One of these days I'll learn to drive it!! Posts: 1632 | From: Rindge NH, formerly Boylston MA | Registered: Feb 2000
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You want me to take care of these guys for you?
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Good morning! Nice and sunny today. Going to take the SS to work. Yeea! Posts: 1413 | From: Wappingers Falls,NY | Registered: Jun 2000
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Mid 70's with a chance of showers/thundershowers today. Possible flurries tomorrow
Hawkeye ... that'd be funny if it wasn't for the possibility that if you had been in the vehicle, there would have been chance of you driving out of there without a drain plug, or oil
Y'all have a great day, eh!!
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Just received a Carbra car bra yesterday, for the SS. First impressions are very good - good quality and a relatively thick inner liner to prevent scratches.
Hey Brian;
What model of Jeep did you get? I'm on my 3rd Grand Cherokee and have used synthetic in all of them. The first two had the 5.2 liter and the current one has a 4.7l. All of them ran great (it must have been the synthetic) but left a little bit to be desired in gas mileage.
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Good morning everybody.........I was too busy to check in yesterday!!! Happy hump-day. Working on Ryan's SS from Seattle today, then going to dinner with a bunch of local SSOA people & Ryan! mmmmmmm Damons! (BBQ ribs, etc!). Posts: 1443 | From: Lake Oswego, Oregon | Registered: Dec 2001
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What model of Jeep did you get? I'm on my 3rd Grand Cherokee and have used synthetic in all of them. The first two had the 5.2 liter and the current one has a 4.7l. All of them ran great (it must have been the synthetic) but left a little bit to be desired in gas mileage.
There's a story to it, but I bought her a TJ Sport. It's my fourth, my first was a 1966 Kaiser with a flat head 4, my last I ordered new in 1985, my favourite was my 1980 CJ7 - V8 stick. That one rocked!!
Art, they always show you the oil dip stick before you drive off. They'd have shown my a "clean" stick. I never just sit in the car. I always get out and watch. I use the time to do my own visual inspection.
-------------------- Jim Mac '98 Silver SS #108 Posts: 1907 | From: I hope I'm not repeating myself. Again. And Again. Stop picking on me! Waaahhh!! | Registered: Feb 2000
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Evening all, beautiful day here. Took the SS in to work, watched the parade of ships right outside my window, was in a meeting during the f-16 flyby, hard to focus on the subject at hand!
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