Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 20:05:39 -0600 From: "Charles Stoyer" <cstoyernopsamrpex.com> Subject: Conservation of Oil?
Not conservation in the tree-hugger sense, but in the physics sense. There is a law of Conservation of Energy. Conservation of Mass. Mass cannot be created nor destroyed. Then Einstein showed us how mass could be converted into energy, but it takes so little mass to make so much energy no one noticed before. Then there's Conservation of Momentum. Well, you know.. So why, when I change my oil, I get less than 4 quarts out and put 4.5 quarts back in? I check the oil before changing (every 2,500 miles or so) and it's full. And this has been going on for more than 30 years, even with my '96 V4's (the 93B was a 2-stroke, so you just dumped the oil down the gas tank before filling...) I drain the oil filter into the oil drain pan and the filter absorbs some, but a quart? I don't think so. Yesterday, I changed the Tranny oil in the '85 and '86 900 Turbos. Same thing. They both take 3 liters (or litres if your French or English). They were right up to the line (Full) when I started. Took 2 liters (well, two totally full quart bottles, which should be about 2 liters) and that was it. Now, there's no oil filter here, so you can't blame it on that. And the car didn't get really hot or blow up or take off, so it wasn't converted into energy. And I waited a while for them to drain and the garage floor is level. So where does the extra quart or so go? Do the Trolls get it? Why don't they take it all, saves me a trip to Checker to dump it... Just wondering, Charles.
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