Re: [alfa] Quarts, pints, litres etc

["Guy Weller" <Guy.Weller@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In the UK people still commonly refer to topping up with a pint of oil,
despite the fact that it has for some while been sold in 500 ml and 1 litre
containers.

I still prefer to use an absolute measure (pint, gallon, litre) rather than
be determined by package sizes chosen by the marketing department of some
multi-national!

Whist we are on USA / UK / European  conventions and terminology.  Why the
term lug-nut? what is the origin of this one when you mean wheel nuts. (or
the nuts that hold on a wheel)

Guy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Katos" <john_katos@domain.elided>
To: "John Fielding" <johnf@domain.elided>; <alfa-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:26 PM
Subject: RE: [alfa] Quarts, pints, litres etc


> I believe the primary reason oil capacity in refered to in quarts is
quarts
> are the
> almost exclusive manner in which oil is sold to the consumer in the U.S.
>
> John Katos
>
> -----Original Message-----
> I know that the Alfa Digest is predominately an American thing, but when I
> read some of
> the posts I wonder?
>
> Recently a digestee stated:
>
> "The empty Alfa four cylinder will hold 7 1/2 to 8 quarts, including
> the cam galleys.  Pour half a quart in there before you replace the valve
> cover."
>
> Now half a quart is a pint.  There are 8 pints to a gallon, 2 pints to a
> quart  and hence
> 4 quarts to a gallon.
>
> Seems to me when using units you should use the smallest one.  Nobody says
> "half a
> hundred" they call it "fifty".  Maybe it is an American thing?  What is
the
> correct unit
> for a half  gallon?  Two quarts or 4 pints?  (The American gallon is quite
a
> bit shy of
> the Imperial gallon, it being only worth 80% of the real one!)
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