I hate humidity / oil change
Last night I was under the Promaster draining the motor oil and installing a Fumoto F106N quick drain valve. I chose the valve:
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to simplify future oil changes
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to make future oil changes less likely to spill (a hose is attached to the nipple and run into the container)
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to make oil analysis samples easier to take
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to make small reductions in oil level easier to make, in case of overfill.
I was wearing eye protection and it was so humid out that the glasses were immediately filled with fog. I couldn’t see. That was ok because the oil pan and drain plug were simple enough to feel for.
I will not miss the humidity in this part of Texas. Right now it is 6am, 77F and 94% humidity. Seriously? Humidity in Dallas is within 3 percentage points of Portland, OR, fer pete’s sake.
Several years back the [now ex-]wife and I made a road trip to New Mexico in July. Highs each day were around 100F but it felt delightful, even effervescent. We were giggly; it was like a blanked of oppression had been lifted. Yes, we got nosebleeds after a week of it but a little saline and vaseline in the nose took care of that.
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