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1. Oil Questions? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 08:49:39 -0400; Hello all When performing my first ever oil change (yay!), I did a stupid...I looked in the owners manual, which said "refill oil from wet, 12 US quarts"...so I dutifully put in 12 quarts without che; /html/triumphs/2001-10/msg00003.html (8,151 bytes)
2. Oil Questions? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 09:44:56 -0400; Message text written by "Freeman, Noah" in the owners manual, which said "refill oil from wet, 12 US quarts"...so I dutifully put in 12 quarts without checking the dipstick...I think I must have reta; /html/triumphs/2001-10/msg00005.html (8,669 bytes)
3. Re: Oil Questions? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 10:01:50 -0400; Geez, as another side note, I bet the "D" PO never put 12 quarts of oil in your car! (Though you didn't say which one it is...) But I'll bet the 7 extra quarts of oil might have had something to do; /html/triumphs/2001-10/msg00007.html (7,719 bytes)
4. Re: Oil Questions? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 09:29:28 -0700; Just to be contrary, I like synthetic oil, and feel it offers increased protection over dino juice. On my Chevy with 250,000 miles, it drastically cut oil burning. On the TR, oil consumption stayed a; /html/triumphs/2001-10/msg00012.html (7,873 bytes)
5. Re: Oil Questions? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 13:06:20 -0400; I've never used synthetics, but this testimonial runs contrary to that of a number of listers, who in the past have said it falls through their various oil seals. finds /// triumphs@autox.team.net ma; /html/triumphs/2001-10/msg00015.html (8,720 bytes)
6. Re: Oil Questions? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 13:16:44 EDT; << Although this is not terminal in the short term it certainly isn't what the designers had in mind. I figure you have about 7 qts too many in there >> Drain the excess oil into a clean container, t; /html/triumphs/2001-10/msg00018.html (8,240 bytes)
7. Re: Oil Questions? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 10:46:49 -0700; Not to belabor the point, but I wonder if they were also using lighter weight oil ? I can well imagine that 5W15 would run through the rear seal like water ... My TR definitely leaks oil, and I've ce; /html/triumphs/2001-10/msg00019.html (8,004 bytes)
8. Re: Oil Questions? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 17:40:55 -0400; Noah: Don't raise the bridge, lower the river! Get out and under, and drain the oil. If you use a clean (as in clean enough to eat out of) drain pan, you could reuse the proper amount of oil. Might; /html/triumphs/2001-10/msg00026.html (9,372 bytes)

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