ROIL - The motor saver
I added Roil to the motor of my car after my friend Daphne Gentle told me how she drove her 4-wheel drive vehicle 35 kms through the Daintree Rainforest without oil to a garage without damaging the engine.
"We cracked the sump on a paritcularly rough stretch and consequently lost all of the oil. We were in an isolated spot and 'I said to my husband, Reg, we've got Roil in the motor and if its anywhere near as good as I've heard it is we'll get öut of this without hurting the motor."
And they drove that car for a couple of years after that. Reg and Daph had a job which took them to all of the remote Aboriginal Communities in North Queensland and in the Gulf Country.
Additionally they drove backward and forewards to Coffs Harbour once every six months. So that car of those racked up a lot of miles.
I was glad I followed Daph's advice when I drove my 1980 Toyota Corona on two occasions on the same day. I had difficulty starting the car on both occasions and was about to call the NRMA when it started and off I went on my merry way.
On the last occasion I drove some 30kms to a hospital to see a friend. I thought "there"s something wrong with this car. I wonder if its low on oil."
I lifted the bonnet in the hospital car park I was taken back by the horrible smell which came from the motor.
I took out the dip stick and there wasn't a skerick of oil on it. All up I must have driven 70kms on that day.
I let the car cool down. Put some oil in the motor and have not had an ounce of trouble since. Which is amazing. By rights I should have cooked it.
I found out just how really lucky I was about a month later.
I hadn't driven the car for a few weeks as I was away. When I came back I took it to the mechanic for a general service and he said "there's hardly any oil in the motor. Has it been leaking?" I said it hadn't. He went on a major search for the cause. Luckily, he looked at the oil pressure switch and found it was faulty. He commented that when that happened oil usually went everywhere as there was a buildup of 40lbs pressure behind it ..but in my car's case it just went somewhere and as far as I knew I wasn't driving along blowing vast clouds of smoke.
Roil costs $50 for 480ml.
You can order it by emailing maggie_mccue@hotmail.com
"We cracked the sump on a paritcularly rough stretch and consequently lost all of the oil. We were in an isolated spot and 'I said to my husband, Reg, we've got Roil in the motor and if its anywhere near as good as I've heard it is we'll get öut of this without hurting the motor."
And they drove that car for a couple of years after that. Reg and Daph had a job which took them to all of the remote Aboriginal Communities in North Queensland and in the Gulf Country.
Additionally they drove backward and forewards to Coffs Harbour once every six months. So that car of those racked up a lot of miles.
I was glad I followed Daph's advice when I drove my 1980 Toyota Corona on two occasions on the same day. I had difficulty starting the car on both occasions and was about to call the NRMA when it started and off I went on my merry way.
On the last occasion I drove some 30kms to a hospital to see a friend. I thought "there"s something wrong with this car. I wonder if its low on oil."
I lifted the bonnet in the hospital car park I was taken back by the horrible smell which came from the motor.
I took out the dip stick and there wasn't a skerick of oil on it. All up I must have driven 70kms on that day.
I let the car cool down. Put some oil in the motor and have not had an ounce of trouble since. Which is amazing. By rights I should have cooked it.
I found out just how really lucky I was about a month later.
I hadn't driven the car for a few weeks as I was away. When I came back I took it to the mechanic for a general service and he said "there's hardly any oil in the motor. Has it been leaking?" I said it hadn't. He went on a major search for the cause. Luckily, he looked at the oil pressure switch and found it was faulty. He commented that when that happened oil usually went everywhere as there was a buildup of 40lbs pressure behind it ..but in my car's case it just went somewhere and as far as I knew I wasn't driving along blowing vast clouds of smoke.
Roil costs $50 for 480ml.
You can order it by emailing maggie_mccue@hotmail.com
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