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Until the 1980s, most cars came with a mandatory oil leak. Look at pictures of 1970s freeways, with a dark band down the center of each lane. It wasn't until th
by Animats 2y ago
Until the 1980s, most cars came with a mandatory oil leak. Look at pictures of 1970s freeways, with a dark band down the center of each lane. It wasn't until the 1980s, when Japanese cars got good, that it became abnormal for automobiles to leak their working fluids.
Restoring really old, rare cars means paying for custom part manufacturing. Or having your own machine shop. There are still parts for 1957 Chevys, but a 1929 REO, no.
- OptionOfT 2y agoWhen you drive to 'certain' parts of towns there is always an uptick in stained parking spots from oil leaks.
- bluGill 2y agoThose cars are much more used. as a kid my dad had a car turn 100k miles - he called all his friends to see. He added oil as he left, drove off in a cloud of blue smoke (burning oil was blue) and when he returned a ten miles latter he already had to add more oil. Now I have a car with 200k miles and I rarely check the oil.