High Na level in oil resolved

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by jayman, Jan 14, 2006.

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  1. galaxee

    galaxee mostly benevolent

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    sorry to hear about your loss, jay.


    bulk oil kinda freaks us out. we haven't used it at all, not even in his car. each dealer gets their oil delivered by a bulk distributor- so anything in the transporting, transferring, storage or dispensing process could be causing that. skip all that and get your own bottled oil, that's what we do. :)
     
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    Thank you. At least there wasn’t any suffering, she apparently had a massive stroke in her sleep. The timing kind of sucked though, it happened Christmas Day. I doubt my dad will like Christmas ever again.

    I agree there are many variables between the mystery refiner of the oil, transportation, and storage. And most of those variables are completely beyond the control/oversight of the dealer.

    Oh, one thing I noticed on the dealer tote bin: the breather/vent is just a pipe that has a 180 bend in it. So that probably explains the moisture in the oil and some of the dirt as well.

    I casually mentioned they had better switch to a desiccant breather element, like this one:

    http://www.des-case.com/HowItWorks.html

    I didn’t even charge them for that bit of good advice! How’s that for being charitable?
     
    #22 jayman, Jan 15, 2006
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