You know you are a obsessive compulsive oil nut (ocon) when....

1. You have a hard time passing the oil isle in your favorite parts house with out reading the back of every single bottle.

2. You dream about oil sales.

3. You have several mason jars of old oil waiting to get sent off to Blackstone.

4. When you recieve your Blackstone kit, you rush home to open it like a 5 yr old at Christmas.

5. Your wife hates shopping with you at any store that has either oil or oil filters, cause you spend at least 1-2 hours comparing oil or oil filters.

6. You start stupid threads like this , only to do nothing.

7. You view Slick 50 as kryptonite to your motor.

8. You can't wait to get out and change your oil, even if it's -10F and snowing outside, and you don't have a garage.

9. You find your self trying to inform people that swear up and down that their Ford Modular motor really doesn't need 20w50 oil and 2 qts of Lucas despite what the counter-top-commando has told them (you know who you are).

10. You have a really, really hard time waiting to 5000 mi to change your oil.

I can't think of anymore....

 

My additons:

1 You dream of oil sales
2 You spend ridiculous amounts of money per qt because it says it gives more protection, yet you've never had an oil related problem with cheapy junk.
3 The high dollar oil, you have no clue what extra protection it has but it has it- or so they say and you'll swear by it.
4 You can't wait to get the results from your oil analysis yet you have no clue what it says.
5 You are the first to try some new magic oil additive because it is better and offers more benefits yet you have no clue what the real benefits are.
6 You dream of oil sales
7 Your goal in life is to be like jschira, the King of Cheap. I like this guy!
8 When you change oil, it has to be filled EXACTLY on the full mark
9 You HAVE to pay more for a good oil filter- the rest are junk or so says the advertizing
10 You dream of oil sales

My .02

 

Add one more:

You top up your oil when its only a couple ounces low.

 

Just like to add another that I've witnessed

You use a contractors level to make sure that the vehicle is perfectly level before adding oil (I'm dead serious).

 

I view this as perfectly normal!

 

Mine: 1) You smile conspiculacy to yourself when you check your oil, and it is so clean and clear on the dipstick, you have to look closely to see where the oil level actually is.
2) Your wife has to come and find you at check-out time, when she's ready to go. Of course she knows right where to find you: In the oil isle, with 3 or 4 opened oil filter boxes "for comparisons". She rolls her eyes in knowing, disbelief...
3) You never have to refer to the catalog, to find the correct oil filter part #, or air filter part #, for any vehicle in your family fleet.
4) You remember what oil filter you used on your first car (in 1975!).
5) See #1. For your lawnmower and edger, Briggs and Stratton gas...
6) You NEVER had to add a full quart of oil, when the oil was low at the "add" mark. Even in old beater winter rides, rusted fenders, you checked your oil frequently enough to avoid this.
7) You insist on when you install a new oil filter, your hands have previously been just washed. Then you wipe off the oil filter... to remove possible fingerprints...
8) You smile and chuckle when you see the long line of cars, SUV's and trucks lined up at Iffy Lube, when you are running early Saturday morning errands.
9) You have never had an overpriced Iffy lube or similar work order written up on your own vehicle.
10) you never stripped, overtightened, or undertightened a drain bolt or oil filter, as opposed to 1:15 Iffy Lube customers, have experienced, with grimy oil hand prints on the new "iffy" oil filter.
ED

 

You "SNIFF" every bottle of lube you open, BEFORE you pour it in!!!!!

You like the smell of stuff like 3-In-One oil & WD-40 so well, that you perfume all your fishing lures with it!!!!!

Don't laugh, it WORKS!!!!

I even used Preperation-H,( you remember, the reciepe that had the "shark liver oil" in it) on a cotton ball & hook, to prove a point once.

YUP it worked too, bluegill loved it & we all got a mighty good laugh!!!!!

So, just no telling what length we lube nuts might go to!!!!

 

 

One more.
You sit and read post like this one and you realize that 95% of what is typed here is about you!

 

when you only have 2k miles and you are allready wanting to change your oil

 

when you check youroil, you wipe the dipstick clean with your fingers and dab a little behind your ears!

I always shake my containers before pouring. Thoughts on this?

 

How about when you have an "oil stash" of a few hundred quarts, enough to last a couple years. And then you take pictures of your stash and post them on forums for other enthusiasts to admire. (not knocking here, I am one that admires a stash)

And, you're an oil nut if you enjoy changing the oil in your family members' or friends vehicles, at no charge for your labor.

My name is DGreen and I'm an oilaholic.

 

I am one that photographed and posted my stash. Click here to see it. It has grown since then.

 

Tall Paul, I was clueless! I thought when I had an "extra" case of oil, of 2-3 gallons of coolant, etc. I was "stocked up". Now seeing your inventory, I feel like a sap! You, truly know what you speak of, and I am absolutely amazed at your inventory! Great job, and I'll refer back to it often. Ed

 

Ha! Bob the Oil Guy says FYI our stash does not exist! Bob must'a took it, that why he's the oil guy and you are not, LOL!