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#16

11-25-2012, 11:35 AM

GS997S

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TTCarrera

Both oil volume and tire pressure increase with heat.

It's physics.

I'm pretty sure I said that.

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#17

11-26-2012, 07:29 PM

DBYT

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They overfilled my tyres today too....

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#18

11-26-2012, 07:43 PM

chance6

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whenever I get my car serviced, they fill the oil to the top peg on dash readout. The tires, it depends, sometimes they gimmie 37/44 and other times 34/42. In either case, as long as they don't OVERFILL my oil, I'm cool with it.

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#19

11-26-2012, 08:01 PM

adias

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Quote:

Originally Posted by rnl

...You can measure the oil level when the engine is off.

No you cannot. A 9A1 engine must be idling to measure oil level.

And incidentally... it's far better to have oil slightly lower than max, than overfilled.

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