12-Mar-2003, 11:28 AM
John, You just rang a bell. Colin... I forget his name, lived in Heckmondwyke, bought a car. He was a bit notorious for buying things and not knowing anything about them, anyway, his wife who worked with us said Colin had bought a car and couldn`t get it to start, could I have a look? Went to look. He had the bonnet up, and oil filler cap off. He said he`d filled it with oil, but it wouldn`t turn over. I saw two five litre cans of oil, empty, and one full, Castrol GTX. Asked how much he had put it , and he told me he`d put two big cans and a bottle and it still wasn`t full,. I stopped him putting the third can in, he was filling it until oil came out of the dipstick hole on the crankcase. I drained it all off, and put the right amount in, showed him where the level should have been, and started his car. Result - one happy motorist with a lot of spare oil. Cheerio, Bill.