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Date:         Sat, 15 Sep 2001 12:02:10 -0500
Reply-To:     Larry Alofs <lalofs@ENTERACT.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Larry Alofs <lalofs@ENTERACT.COM>
Subject:      Re: type of oil and washer
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Chuck Mathis wrote:

> Honestly, Horace, I don't either but at 25 cents a pop for a new washer I > don't intend to test it either. I've got a pile of new washers and use a > fresh one every time. > > Chuck > '85 Wolfsburg Westy - 'Roland the Road Buffalo' > > In a message dated 9/14/01 10:27:18 PM, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > > << Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 21:24:58 -0400 > From: "Horace K. Sawyer" <hksawyer@CATT.COM> > Subject: Re: type of oil and washer > > >Tony, > >I used to be cavalier about using a new CU washer for the drain plug. If I > >didn't have a new one, I would lap and anneal the old one and reuse it. I > >got away with doing this many times. It only took a stuck drain plug one > >time to cure me of this bad habit. > >Rich > > Okay. I don't understand. How can a soft CU washer make a large diameter > drain plug stuck? > I don't see the physics or the mechanics of the scenario. > > hk >>

In 30 years of changing my own oil I don't think I ever used a new washer. Never had a leak. Recently I bought oil filters from a list vendor and new washers were included so I used one. It isn't leaking, but I'm a little uneasy. :-)

Larry A.


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