Pluggers by Rick McKee for December 14, 2018

I know nothing about automobile mechanics, but isn’t that a bit too much oil?

It prob’ly leaks and or smokes a lot. A true Plugger car.

500 miles to every quart ! That’s not smoke that’s bug repellent ;-)

Given where he is pouring it, that oil filler point is either way, way out of place, or he’s pouring oil into the radiator… you usually pour it into the fill hole on the valve cover, which on an old truck, should be further back than this…

Back when gas stations were full service:

“Fill the oil and check the gas.”

Had an old oil-eater, I was taking care of two other cars at the time, so I saved the old oil from their changes and put it in the Volvo as needed. I did change the Volvo’s oil filter annually.

We once had an old car that the only thing that didn’t leak was the air in one of the tires.

Some take more than a gallon, depends on the vehicle.

I once had an old jeep,every day it took 2 qts of oil, left a blue fog behind us.

I remember driving a truck for a company. we had some down time so they had my check the truck out. I looked at the dipstick and nothing on it. ended up adding 4 to 5 quarts before something even showed on the dipstick. How that motor did not blow up amazed me.