I'm leaving blinker fluid to the professionals.. The last time I changed that myself, I wound up driving down the highway for 25 miles with my left turn signal on.
I went to autozone, and they had some Castrol synthetic blinker fluid. But I read somewhere that this isn't a true full synthetic, like the european Castrol blinker fluid BMW recommends, and if I use this, my blinker warranty won't be covered by BMW. But my MINI dealer won't change my blinker fluid under warranty until the car hits 10,000 miles, and waiting that long is just an invitation for disaster, IMHO. I already sent some of my blinker fluid for analysis, and it came back with elevated pectin and whale spermatozoa levels, which I'm pretty sure isn't normal, but my MINI dealer won't budge. I read somewhere that Royal Purple blinker fluid is a full synthetic, and not only does it make the light from the blinker smoother and quieter, but actually increases the velocity of the speed of light, and there is a dyno plot of this somewhere in Guatemala that proves this beyond a reasonable doubt. And someone recently smashed the record at SOW (ran a 1:15 or something) with a 15% pulley and Royal Purple blinker fluid. Anyone tried this stuff yet?
Yeah, but can you get that at Autozone? Heard they only had cheap pigeon guano there, and the viscosity of that isn't quite right for blinker fluid.
In Canada we club baby harp seals for their Blinker Fluid. It doesn't last as long as those full synthetic blends, but I can relax in the thought that when I have to change the fluid I wont be causing the environment any damage cuz its 100% biodegradable. It lets me sleep easier at night knowing I'm doing my part to save the environment.
Wow, baby seals...I know that documentary "The Cove" is about the Japanese killing dolphins for blinker fluid, and it's really been a PR nightmare for Japan, despite Nissan and Toyota's best efforts to keep it quiet. But hats off to you canadians (Oh, wait, it's too cold to take your hat off up there), you've gone up the food chain and got a proper mammal to make your turn signals work, something with hair at least, and kept it all under the radar. Makes me really sorry we made that "South Park" movie about you all...
The real reason for the song "Blame Canada" is found in the last 2 lines. We must blame them and cause a fuss Before somebody thinks of blaming us! :cornut: Mark
"Shut your F***ing Face Uncle F***er!" We sing it during Hockey Games! Especially at the younger ages...it's what makes watching minor hockey games fun! Also, it desensitizes our young from having to go and harvest the blinker fluid themselves...because it is a rite of passage up here in Canada... Once a adolescent can Club a Seal and fetch his own Blinker Fluid...only then may they be considered for the Canadian Hockey Team...oh ya, and they have to use a hockey stick to do it too...
Sadly, we don't have any harmless creatures left in the U.S. to harvest blinker fluid from, we've already eaten all of them. We tried domesticated animals, like cats, but they fought back too much. Especially those siamese ones, those things are psychotic. Sheep held promise for awhile, but too many folks became, well, "attached" to those, so those are pretty much out now too. Oh sure, you can still dice the occasional defenseless Manatee with your outboard motor in Florida and get a little blinker juice here and there, but there aren't very many of those left, and it gets boring waiting around all day for one to come by so you can run it over.
No, just more smoothly. However, with all of this baby seal fluid I've been hearing about I think I may have to switch to minimize my Carbon Footprint...
Not sure who it was that brought up cats, but cats do hold promise in getting high grade blinker fluid. The trick with cats, you really need to cook them properly. Mark
Actually cats are easy. Couple of minutes on each side in a hot cast iron pan will do the trick. Dogs on the other hand take a while. I prefer the slow braise method. And on the bone, of course.
There is a way to get cat to taste like dog. Pour gas on them, strike a match, and they go WOOF. Mark
Dogs are no good. They have to marinate for at least an hour, by that time I've lost all interest and gotten a big mac at Mcdonald's. And of course then one of my kids sees the family pet sitting in a vat of Sweet Baby Ray's, and they get all pissed off and teary eyed, and it ruins the entire culinary experience. Cats taste like chicken, but I never can get all the hair out of my teeth. And then my wife gets all pissed and teary eyed, and I lose half my possessions...
You need to get the dog to be more like cat. Freeze the dog, then run it through a bandsaw, and it will go meeooow. Mark
This thread got me thinking, does anyone know of a way to use the waterpump off a mid 60s Corvair to make a meth-injection system work? And Muffler bearings are funny, except that the Mazda 929 and Millenia and the Mitsubishi 3000GT had them for real.
I tried sudafed taped to the intercooler. Didn't help engine temps one bit, but I haven't had any sinus issues lately.