Adding Oil to a C5
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You assumed I don't know how to read a dip stick. That's a little insulting if you ask me, but that's an opinion. A fact is that this is an unnecessary assumption, and it was also inaccurate. I have known for a while how to read a dip stick.
As far as asking if it goes in the same pipe where the dip stick is, let's be fair, logic points to that being a valid possibility. If the dip stick reaches your oil and can help you check your oil level, it could be a logical conclusion that you could theoretically add oil down the same pipe. Doesn't mean it's correct, but it validates the question.
You are also assuming that I have a shop add oil for me because you thought I was too incompetent to do it myself, and that's not the reason, and that is also insulting. The reason is I've seen quarts of mobil1 5w-30 synthetic go for $8 or $9 in shops some times and this shop only charges me $7 to add the oil. Cost effectiveness.
You guys really shouldn't assume someone is incompetent for asking a basic question. I've performed the rocking seat fix on my c5 myself, I fixed my headlight gear, I've swapped out all of my interior lighting halogen bulbs for LED's, I've repaired my own sidemarker light, I always get my oil changed on time, my friends have said I keep my car so clean it looks like a rolling, green mirror. I was the guy people cheated off of in high school. Graduated with a weighted GPA of 4.6. SAT score of 1830.
I know the stuff I've done on my car isn't all that advanced but it's definitely more advanced than adding some oil.
So in case you're wondering why I'm taking a little offense to your insane assumptions, this is why. I apologize if it bothers you that your assumptions were received as a little offending....
I probably should have mentioned I'm only 20 and this is my first car, maybe that would have helped lol (And before anyone asks, yes, I am paying for the Vette myself, not bought by Mommy and Daddy)
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I had to click in when I saw it took two pages to explain the task.
I would add, overfill is to be avoided. It is always best to fill to the top mark, but not critical. Going above the full mark is a mistake to avoid, and can be critical.
To the poster, all the best. My corvette repair skills are also low, so most of what I read here is news to me, and I learn. Others take a different approach, like my friend.
He was showing me his new truck, saying how he could have gone with bigger tires, but that would be a military size, etc. I asked him about something mechanical and he said , All I know is where the key goes in to start it up. All the other stuff, don't know, don't want to know.
THis hit me about the same as if he had said he had switched to devil worship, it just wasn't a possibility in my world. I struggled with the concept. However, sometimes when I am covered in dirt and oil and the job is not going well, I think he might be on the right track.
ON the other hand, I know where that track leads. I knew a girl that blew the engine on her new corvette , never changed the oil , and liked to blast out to the desert resort towns to party, where her car took exception to the treatment. Fortunately for her, the dealer the family always used replaced the car, so it worked out. I wondered what kind of deals through the years would motivate a dealer to start throwing corvettes around to keep people happy, but kept that to myself. ( engines were cheaper at the time)
P.s. nice to have some civility added to place. I often have to rework my posts to remove all the numerous name calling and death threats, and those are just the add oil posts. I alway try to stay positive. With a guy like me, some effort is occasionally required, I often sound preachy and long winded.
I would add, overfill is to be avoided. It is always best to fill to the top mark, but not critical. Going above the full mark is a mistake to avoid, and can be critical.
To the poster, all the best. My corvette repair skills are also low, so most of what I read here is news to me, and I learn. Others take a different approach, like my friend.
He was showing me his new truck, saying how he could have gone with bigger tires, but that would be a military size, etc. I asked him about something mechanical and he said , All I know is where the key goes in to start it up. All the other stuff, don't know, don't want to know.
THis hit me about the same as if he had said he had switched to devil worship, it just wasn't a possibility in my world. I struggled with the concept. However, sometimes when I am covered in dirt and oil and the job is not going well, I think he might be on the right track.
ON the other hand, I know where that track leads. I knew a girl that blew the engine on her new corvette , never changed the oil , and liked to blast out to the desert resort towns to party, where her car took exception to the treatment. Fortunately for her, the dealer the family always used replaced the car, so it worked out. I wondered what kind of deals through the years would motivate a dealer to start throwing corvettes around to keep people happy, but kept that to myself. ( engines were cheaper at the time)
P.s. nice to have some civility added to place. I often have to rework my posts to remove all the numerous name calling and death threats, and those are just the add oil posts. I alway try to stay positive. With a guy like me, some effort is occasionally required, I often sound preachy and long winded.
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I was the guy people cheated off of in high school. Graduated with a weighted GPA of 4.6. SAT score of 1830.
I know the stuff I've done on my car isn't all that advanced but it's definitely more advanced than adding some oil.
So in case you're wondering why I'm taking a little offense to your insane assumptions, this is why. I apologize if it bothers you that your assumptions were received as a little offending....
I probably should have mentioned I'm only 20 and this is my first car, maybe that would have helped lol (And before anyone asks, yes, I am paying for the Vette myself, not bought by Mommy and Daddy)
I know the stuff I've done on my car isn't all that advanced but it's definitely more advanced than adding some oil.
So in case you're wondering why I'm taking a little offense to your insane assumptions, this is why. I apologize if it bothers you that your assumptions were received as a little offending....
I probably should have mentioned I'm only 20 and this is my first car, maybe that would have helped lol (And before anyone asks, yes, I am paying for the Vette myself, not bought by Mommy and Daddy)
If one doesn't know how to do one of the first things most of us knew how to do after figuring out how to open the hood of a car by what sane logic should we assume that you knew how to do other things?
Congrats to making good grades and having a nice SAT score. Those things got me into engineering school.
A word of advice, getting up your high horse when people assume you don't know something is only going to stop those same people from wanting to help you in the future. Applies to about all situations from internet forums to the workplace. You asked for help and got it, and also received some unsolicited suggestions, like it or not.
In the end you get what you pay for...
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Really? That's all you said? Because I'm definitely reading a lot more than that in your comment.
You assumed I don't know how to read a dip stick. That's a little insulting if you ask me, but that's an opinion. A fact is that this is an unnecessary assumption, and it was also inaccurate. I have known for a while how to read a dip stick.
As far as asking if it goes in the same pipe where the dip stick is, let's be fair, logic points to that being a valid possibility. If the dip stick reaches your oil and can help you check your oil level, it could be a logical conclusion that you could theoretically add oil down the same pipe. Doesn't mean it's correct, but it validates the question.
You are also assuming that I have a shop add oil for me because you thought I was too incompetent to do it myself, and that's not the reason, and that is also insulting. The reason is I've seen quarts of mobil1 5w-30 synthetic go for $8 or $9 in shops some times and this shop only charges me $7 to add the oil. Cost effectiveness.
You guys really shouldn't assume someone is incompetent for asking a basic question. I've performed the rocking seat fix on my c5 myself, I fixed my headlight gear, I've swapped out all of my interior lighting halogen bulbs for LED's, I've repaired my own sidemarker light, I always get my oil changed on time, my friends have said I keep my car so clean it looks like a rolling, green mirror. I was the guy people cheated off of in high school. Graduated with a weighted GPA of 4.6. SAT score of 1830.
I know the stuff I've done on my car isn't all that advanced but it's definitely more advanced than adding some oil.
So in case you're wondering why I'm taking a little offense to your insane assumptions, this is why. I apologize if it bothers you that your assumptions were received as a little offending....
I probably should have mentioned I'm only 20 and this is my first car, maybe that would have helped lol (And before anyone asks, yes, I am paying for the Vette myself, not bought by Mommy and Daddy)
You assumed I don't know how to read a dip stick. That's a little insulting if you ask me, but that's an opinion. A fact is that this is an unnecessary assumption, and it was also inaccurate. I have known for a while how to read a dip stick.
As far as asking if it goes in the same pipe where the dip stick is, let's be fair, logic points to that being a valid possibility. If the dip stick reaches your oil and can help you check your oil level, it could be a logical conclusion that you could theoretically add oil down the same pipe. Doesn't mean it's correct, but it validates the question.
You are also assuming that I have a shop add oil for me because you thought I was too incompetent to do it myself, and that's not the reason, and that is also insulting. The reason is I've seen quarts of mobil1 5w-30 synthetic go for $8 or $9 in shops some times and this shop only charges me $7 to add the oil. Cost effectiveness.
You guys really shouldn't assume someone is incompetent for asking a basic question. I've performed the rocking seat fix on my c5 myself, I fixed my headlight gear, I've swapped out all of my interior lighting halogen bulbs for LED's, I've repaired my own sidemarker light, I always get my oil changed on time, my friends have said I keep my car so clean it looks like a rolling, green mirror. I was the guy people cheated off of in high school. Graduated with a weighted GPA of 4.6. SAT score of 1830.
I know the stuff I've done on my car isn't all that advanced but it's definitely more advanced than adding some oil.
So in case you're wondering why I'm taking a little offense to your insane assumptions, this is why. I apologize if it bothers you that your assumptions were received as a little offending....
I probably should have mentioned I'm only 20 and this is my first car, maybe that would have helped lol (And before anyone asks, yes, I am paying for the Vette myself, not bought by Mommy and Daddy)
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I guess insane is in the eye of the beholder. Why wouldn't we think you were incompetent if a guy as smart as you didn't know how to do something that probably most of us were doing years earlier in our lives.
If one doesn't know how to do one of the first things most of us knew how to do after figuring out how to open the hood of a car by what sane logic should we assume that you knew how to do other things?
Congrats to making good grades and having a nice SAT score. Those things got me into engineering school.
A word of advice, getting up your high horse when people assume you don't know something is only going to stop those same people from wanting to help you in the future. Applies to about all situations from internet forums to the workplace. You asked for help and got it, and also received some unsolicited suggestions, like it or not.
In the end you get what you pay for...
If one doesn't know how to do one of the first things most of us knew how to do after figuring out how to open the hood of a car by what sane logic should we assume that you knew how to do other things?
Congrats to making good grades and having a nice SAT score. Those things got me into engineering school.
A word of advice, getting up your high horse when people assume you don't know something is only going to stop those same people from wanting to help you in the future. Applies to about all situations from internet forums to the workplace. You asked for help and got it, and also received some unsolicited suggestions, like it or not.
In the end you get what you pay for...
Use the rule to not make assumptions instead of looking for a reason to assume anything about me at all based on one question I asked on the internet.
Yeah I also got into engineering school, but that's not what I want to do with my life so I left it.
I don't really view my self or my replies as getting up on my high horse, more so just invalidating the assumptions and validating the inaccuracy of said assumptions. If a few people don't want to help me because I chose to invalidate assumptions that were made about me because I found them bothersome, then fine. I will accept help from others and silence from them.
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I had to click in when I saw it took two pages to explain the task.
I would add, overfill is to be avoided. It is always best to fill to the top mark, but not critical. Going above the full mark is a mistake to avoid, and can be critical.
To the poster, all the best. My corvette repair skills are also low, so most of what I read here is news to me, and I learn. Others take a different approach, like my friend.
He was showing me his new truck, saying how he could have gone with bigger tires, but that would be a military size, etc. I asked him about something mechanical and he said , All I know is where the key goes in to start it up. All the other stuff, don't know, don't want to know.
THis hit me about the same as if he had said he had switched to devil worship, it just wasn't a possibility in my world. I struggled with the concept. However, sometimes when I am covered in dirt and oil and the job is not going well, I think he might be on the right track.
ON the other hand, I know where that track leads. I knew a girl that blew the engine on her new corvette , never changed the oil , and liked to blast out to the desert resort towns to party, where her car took exception to the treatment. Fortunately for her, the dealer the family always used replaced the car, so it worked out. I wondered what kind of deals through the years would motivate a dealer to start throwing corvettes around to keep people happy, but kept that to myself. ( engines were cheaper at the time)
P.s. nice to have some civility added to place. I often have to rework my posts to remove all the numerous name calling and death threats, and those are just the add oil posts. I alway try to stay positive. With a guy like me, some effort is occasionally required, I often sound preachy and long winded.
I would add, overfill is to be avoided. It is always best to fill to the top mark, but not critical. Going above the full mark is a mistake to avoid, and can be critical.
To the poster, all the best. My corvette repair skills are also low, so most of what I read here is news to me, and I learn. Others take a different approach, like my friend.
He was showing me his new truck, saying how he could have gone with bigger tires, but that would be a military size, etc. I asked him about something mechanical and he said , All I know is where the key goes in to start it up. All the other stuff, don't know, don't want to know.
THis hit me about the same as if he had said he had switched to devil worship, it just wasn't a possibility in my world. I struggled with the concept. However, sometimes when I am covered in dirt and oil and the job is not going well, I think he might be on the right track.
ON the other hand, I know where that track leads. I knew a girl that blew the engine on her new corvette , never changed the oil , and liked to blast out to the desert resort towns to party, where her car took exception to the treatment. Fortunately for her, the dealer the family always used replaced the car, so it worked out. I wondered what kind of deals through the years would motivate a dealer to start throwing corvettes around to keep people happy, but kept that to myself. ( engines were cheaper at the time)
P.s. nice to have some civility added to place. I often have to rework my posts to remove all the numerous name calling and death threats, and those are just the add oil posts. I alway try to stay positive. With a guy like me, some effort is occasionally required, I often sound preachy and long winded.
Thanks for your input
I like your anecdotes, they were very interesting to read, and nice to see both perspectives.
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Assumptions are a fact of life and are in fact a necessary fact of life. I make assumptions every day, particularly when behind the wheel regarding other drivers. Has literally saved my life by anticipating via assumption that someone was about to do something really stupid.
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I have read this entire thread, Mr. OP if you think this was bashing or belittling you must not read many threads here. This was mild to non-existent, Ask about driving your vette though a car wash, ask if you should run regular fuel, which wheels black or chrome, try a wing on the back ?????????????????
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Really? That's all you said? Because I'm definitely reading a lot more than that in your comment.
You assumed I don't know how to read a dip stick. That's a little insulting if you ask me, but that's an opinion. A fact is that this is an unnecessary assumption, and it was also inaccurate. I have known for a while how to read a dip stick.
As far as asking if it goes in the same pipe where the dip stick is, let's be fair, logic points to that being a valid possibility. If the dip stick reaches your oil and can help you check your oil level, it could be a logical conclusion that you could theoretically add oil down the same pipe. Doesn't mean it's correct, but it validates the question.
You are also assuming that I have a shop add oil for me because you thought I was too incompetent to do it myself, and that's not the reason, and that is also insulting. The reason is I've seen quarts of mobil1 5w-30 synthetic go for $8 or $9 in shops some times and this shop only charges me $7 to add the oil. Cost effectiveness.
You guys really shouldn't assume someone is incompetent for asking a basic question. I've performed the rocking seat fix on my c5 myself, I fixed my headlight gear, I've swapped out all of my interior lighting halogen bulbs for LED's, I've repaired my own sidemarker light, I always get my oil changed on time, my friends have said I keep my car so clean it looks like a rolling, green mirror. I was the guy people cheated off of in high school. Graduated with a weighted GPA of 4.6. SAT score of 1830.
I know the stuff I've done on my car isn't all that advanced but it's definitely more advanced than adding some oil.
So in case you're wondering why I'm taking a little offense to your insane assumptions, this is why. I apologize if it bothers you that your assumptions were received as a little offending....
I probably should have mentioned I'm only 20 and this is my first car, maybe that would have helped lol (And before anyone asks, yes, I am paying for the Vette myself, not bought by Mommy and Daddy)
You assumed I don't know how to read a dip stick. That's a little insulting if you ask me, but that's an opinion. A fact is that this is an unnecessary assumption, and it was also inaccurate. I have known for a while how to read a dip stick.
As far as asking if it goes in the same pipe where the dip stick is, let's be fair, logic points to that being a valid possibility. If the dip stick reaches your oil and can help you check your oil level, it could be a logical conclusion that you could theoretically add oil down the same pipe. Doesn't mean it's correct, but it validates the question.
You are also assuming that I have a shop add oil for me because you thought I was too incompetent to do it myself, and that's not the reason, and that is also insulting. The reason is I've seen quarts of mobil1 5w-30 synthetic go for $8 or $9 in shops some times and this shop only charges me $7 to add the oil. Cost effectiveness.
You guys really shouldn't assume someone is incompetent for asking a basic question. I've performed the rocking seat fix on my c5 myself, I fixed my headlight gear, I've swapped out all of my interior lighting halogen bulbs for LED's, I've repaired my own sidemarker light, I always get my oil changed on time, my friends have said I keep my car so clean it looks like a rolling, green mirror. I was the guy people cheated off of in high school. Graduated with a weighted GPA of 4.6. SAT score of 1830.
I know the stuff I've done on my car isn't all that advanced but it's definitely more advanced than adding some oil.
So in case you're wondering why I'm taking a little offense to your insane assumptions, this is why. I apologize if it bothers you that your assumptions were received as a little offending....
I probably should have mentioned I'm only 20 and this is my first car, maybe that would have helped lol (And before anyone asks, yes, I am paying for the Vette myself, not bought by Mommy and Daddy)
Now:you started your question by,this might be a dumb question .you knew it was.but I understand some things you can't learn from books.im not impressed by your GPA,I'll take common sense over book smarts any day.ill answer your question again.pop the hood,the handle is inside the drivers compartment,by your left foot.under the hood you will find the motor.on the right side of the motor( passenger side)on top to the front,you will see a cap that has the word oil on it.thats where the oil goes if your daddy will let you use his funnel,if not maybe your mommy will let you use her turkey baster and you can pull it in the dip stick tube.hope this helps.
ops sorry your not old enough to drink
have some popcorn .
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[QUOTE=akapounder;1592152070]I have read this entire thread, Mr. OP if you think this was bashing or belittling you must not read many threads here. This was mild to non-existent, Ask about driving your vette though a car wash, ask if you should run regular fuel, which wheels black or chrome, try a wing on the back ?????????????????[/QUOTE
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The OP was right to ask the question if he didn't know. He could have poured oil in the master cylinder, coolant tank or the power steering reservoir. Then he would have big problems. If he learns anything here, it should be to get to know his car.
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Alright, I got my answer, I had some fun debating with some of you about assumptions, but I'm unsubscribing from the thread. Thank you to all of you who contributed. To those who specifically came to attempt to insult me or make yourselves feel superior in someway, I hope you accomplished whatever it is you desired and that you have a great day. Don't worry, in all seriousness, if I have any other questions that I think are dumb, I will still ask so we can all benefit - I can gain more knowledge and you guys can poke more fun at me 
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Alright, I got my answer, I had some fun debating with some of you about assumptions, but I'm unsubscribing from the thread. Thank you to all of you who contributed. To those who specifically came to attempt to insult me or make yourselves feel superior in someway, I hope you accomplished whatever it is you desired and that you have a great day. Don't worry, in all seriousness, if I have any other questions that I think are dumb, I will still ask so we can all benefit - I can gain more knowledge and you guys can poke more fun at me
amazing what you might learn in there ??????
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Not a very good debater.just a thin skinned kid,that's mom & dad never told NO.got his panties in a wad when somebody challenged his intelligents.kids got a lot to learn.ill keep my common senses.
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witch part