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Old 08-07-2016, 01:31 AM   #9 (permalink)
ME_Andy
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Originally Posted by oil pan 4 View Post
That has been around since at least the 1950s on diesel engines. Detroit diesel used a needle valve to meter engine oil into the fuel to burn it off. Then the operator would add more.
By the 1960s they had auto oil fillers installed on engines.
Cool. Now integrate it with software so the car knows how much to burn off (or store) and give the driver an indicator to add more on the dashboard. It sounds like any patents on this stuff should have expired by now.
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