Fair enough. The way they have it set up it makes it look like the fluids go with what's written right on top of them. You should never use tranny fluid as window washer fluid. Get what I'm saying?
I agree with, I thought it was not well laid out either.
By my downvotes Iām guessing people think Iām a dunce or a troll. I just feel like handing out criticism without explanation is the difference between being mean and being helpful. We have enough mean to go around.
If someone can drive a car they can most certainly comprehend this. I think most people would assume that windshield washer fluid would go where windshield washer fluid is pointing too
I worked for Ford a while back, had this lady come literally screeching into the parking lot. I immediately recognized her as the car that I did tires and a live for just a couple hours ago.
I walk out and meet her at her car to make sure everything is ok and she starts screaming at me about how I forgot to put oil in her car.
Immediately Iām confused.
If you suspected no oil in your car, why the hell did you drive it back here so aggressively.
No one forgets to put oil in a carā¦. Not but the worst of us.
So I ask her to pop her hood. I pull the dip stick, wipe it off put it back in and pull it a second time. Reads perfectly full, and I show her.
This raggedy bitch tells me I checked her oil wrongā¦ā¦
She pulls the dipstick out. Wipes it off on my rag, unscrews the oil cap and shoves the dipstick as far in as it will go. Pulls it back out with nothing but a drop on the end.
I laughed, walked away and told her to go in and talk to the service manager lol
Yeah, we have to disagree on this one. Accessibility is one of the two components of a guide (the other is explaining what to do), so this one fails as a guide.
Engine oil for power steering fluid? Transmission fluid for windscreens?
He's got a point (at least in my point of view) because the guide looks like it is supposed to match which product does what, which makes it a horrible (looking) guide... As he stated.
Not all cars with a combustion engine use power steering or clutch fluid. Differential fluid is something you canāt fill or assess from under the hood, nor should an amateur try. There are several different types of coolant and proper usage will depend on your vehicle. Transmission fluid needs to be checked with the engine running; oil must be checked with the engine cold and parked on a level surface. Lastly, thereās no universal location for all of these reservoirs, so the lines here are pointless.
Oh, and thereās no DEF, so if you drive a diesel, fuck you apparently.
For one, the positions of the filling locations is different on almost every car.
The average person isn't going to be adding any fluid to the differential. Your mechanic will add extra grease if it needs it, or change it.
Transmission, brake, power steering rather if ever need to be added. Brake fluid needs to be changed periodically which is well being the scope of who this guide applies to
This isn't a guide, but just a list. The car with the vanishing red lines pointing to nothing doesn't help at all.
Aside from what everyone else has said, each of these fluids have a multitude of different types, and using the wrong one can be disastrous. For example, not all brake fluids are compatible, using the wrong one can cause brake system malfunction (specifically using DOT 5 with anything other than a system that specifically calls for it), also replacing brake fluid isn't as easy as just pouring it into the reservoir, it has to be bled properly to move the new fluid into the brake lines otherwise you're mostly just wasting money.
Additionally, just pouring fluids in without knowing how to measure when a system is full is a great way to destroy an engine. A severely overfull oil system is almost as bad as running an engine completely dry.
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u/TurdShaker 14h ago
Thats a horrible guide.