Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Process Analysis Essay
How to do your own Oil Change
Charles Walker
Written Com 2
Professor Staples
In todays world it seems like everything is expensive especially when it comes to maintaining a working car. If you were able to do some of the maintenance yourself, you could save some money. In this essay, I am going to explain how to do your own oil change.
Before you get started it’s a good idea to gather up everything that you will need to get the job done.
What You'll Need
• Ratchet or open end wrench
• Oil filter wrench
• Oil recycle container
• Funnel
• New oil filter
• New Oil
• Clean rag
The first step in an oil change is to remove the old oil. The oil drains out of the oil pan at the very bottom of your engine, it is held in by a drain plug that looks like a big bolt at the bottom of the pan. Before you remove the drain plug, make sure that the oil recycle container is positioned underneath the oil drain.
When you remove the drain plug, let it drop into the top of the recycling
container. There should be a screen on top that will keep it from dropping into the used oil. Let all of the oil drain out, then replace the drain plug. Put the cap on the oil recycling container so you can drop it of at a location that accepts used oil, then remove the container from underneath the vehicle.
It is now time to remove the old oil filter. Using an oil filter wrench, turn the filter counterclockwise until it's free. Please handle the used filter with care, there will be used oil still in it and it can spill and make a mess. Some oil filters can be reached from the top, but for most you'll have to be under the car. You are now ready to install the new oil filter.
Before you install the new filter, you will need to prep it. Lubricate the rubber
gasket on the end of the filter with some new oil then pour a little oil into the filter. Only fill it about two-thirds of the way, it’s ok if you go a little over but it may spill as you are installing the new filter. Carefully screw the new oil filter into place.
You will not need a wrench to install the new filter as in can be done by hand. Be
carefull, over tightening the oil filter can strip its threads and cause a leak. Of course, not tightening it enough can cause a leak. So screw it on as tight as it will go with one hand,but no more. It is now time to fill the engine with new oil.
Locate the oil fill cap, unscrew it and insert your funnel. Check your owner's
manual to find out what kind of oil you will need and how much the engine will hold. It is a good idea to only put about ¾ of the recommended amount of oil into the engine. For example, if your car only holds 4 quarts of oil, add 3 ½. There should be something on the side of the container of oil that will help determine how much you have poured into the engine. The reason why you shouldn’t add all of the oil from the container is because there may still be oil in the engine even after you drained it. When finished, check the oil level in the engine to make sure you are at the right level. Don’t forget to put the oil cap back on! An oil spray can cause a fire!
You are done! Congratulations! You have just changed the oil in your car! It
really is a lot easier then it looks and can save you a lot of money!
A paper I wrote for New Testament Literature
Charles Walker
New Testament Literature
BIBL 216
Prof McCabe
When I started my freshman year in high school, I also started my first
Year participating in a group that went by the name His Witness. We were a group of high
school students from around the thumb area of Michigan that toured different churches and we
gave testimonies and performed different songs. My first deep experience with the New
Testament came from writing testimonies for these concerts. I always tried to link them with
whatever I was going thru at the time. I have always looked towards the New Testament for
words of comfort and hope. The last five years of my life have been the most challenging that I
have ever experienced and the words in the New Testament have always helped me get through.
It’s difficult to single out one single part of the New Testament that I can
say is my most favorite. I have heard a lot of people say that the Sermon on the Mount is their
favorite, while I do like the Sermon on the Mount I would have to say that John 10:1-21 is
favorite part. It talks about how Jesus was telling his followers about a shepherd who knew each
one of his sheep by name. When the shepherd called his sheep by name, they stopped being
afraid and even followed him away from the safety of their fenced in yard. Of course this meant
that they could get lost or hurt, but because the shepherd knew their names, they trusted him. The
sheep knew and trusted their shepherd’s voice even when they couldn’t see him. Its comforting
there for me.
I am not sure of the impact the New Testament has on our current culture.
I can’t help but think that many people today don’t want to take the time to open up the Bible
themselves and actually read it. We have become so consumed by our busy lifestyle that we
would rather have someone tell us what to think in regards to God and the afterlife then actually
open up the Bible and discover it ourselves. So I suppose the argument can be made that it’s not
making as much of an impact as it did back when my great grandparents were alive and well. I
have to admit I am troubled by that. Before I moved to this area, I lived in Vassar Mi. The pastor
at the church I attended would give his sermon on Sunday morning but after he was done would
always remind us that what we just heard was his interpretation and would encourage us to open
up our Bibles and read it ourselves. I wish more pastors would do that.
I have been to numerous churches during my thirty two years on this
planet. I have heard numerous interpretations of different passages out of the Bible. I have been
to churches that I have felt feed at and those that I haven’t. The ones that I haven’t felt fed at are
ones that focus mainly on the fact that we are all sinners and deserve our punishment. These
churches seem to fill their attendees full of so much anger. I use to live with all that anger and
sadness inside of me and it nearly destroyed me. I have always thought of the writings in the
It is my prayer that those who proclaim themselves to be Christian would
provide a better witness to those that do not. There are two people in my life right now that
proclaim themselves to be Christian but have been acting very ugly to me lately. I believe that
we need to be a good witness in what we say and how we conduct ourselves. But I will admit
that I don’t always adhere to that myself but I do try. Some people try to project themselves as
perfect Christians but deep down inside they need help. It reminds me of a play that I saw. It
takes place when Christ has returned and is placing judgment on people. This one person comes
before God and she believes that she will get into Heaven because she was a perfect Christian.
but come to find out she was just going thru the motions and didn’t truly believe. She in the end
didn’t get into Heaven. I can’t help but think that some people are missing the point of the New
Testament.
I would think that the Hellenization movement had to have been a huge
challenge to the early Christians. The two people that I spoke of earlier think that I should
believe and act a different way than I do now. They are trying to force there way on me through
making me fell bad and making threats and calling me names. But I cant imagine a way of life
being forced upon you by the edge of a sword.
is something my Grandmother taught me. I graduated from high school in 1996 and moved to
minneasota to start college. I went for a degree in computer networking even though that wasn’t
what I wanted to do. I chose that degree because I was told that was where the money was. I was
there for only a year and then dropped out. I got married and was involved in a lifestyle that
really wasn’t me and it nearly destroyed me. So I have decided that from now in I need to remain
truthful to who I am as that is how God Made me.
Widespread immorality is a huge problem today as it was back then. It is a
huge challenge for us Christians today as it was also back then. That way of life is being forced
on all of us today thru mass media and also through, as I spoke of before, people missing the
point of not only the New Testament but the Old Testament also. It seems that today’s mass
media is our version of the edge of the sword. It seems as if sensualism is alive and well in
todays society. It is alarming to me what is being allowed on TV and to attend a movie at the
theaters that a young child shouldn’t be allowed to see and notice that a parent has brought their
children with them.
Out of the first three chapters, I would pick the start of the Second Temple
Judaism out of which Christianity arose as an important development for the beginning of
Christianity. A typical synagogue service consisted of many of the practices that are used at a
church service today; Examples are prayer, singing of the psalms, the sermon and the
benediction. There was a freedom in the wording of the liturgy. Qualified visitors were invited to
speak, a practice that opened many opportunities for Jesus and Paul to preach the gospel in
many synagogues .Not only was the synagogue a center for religious worship every Sabbath.
During the week it also became a center for funeral services and the study of the Old Testament.
I have been very much looking forward to this class. It looks to be a
challenging yet exciting class. As I mentioned earlier the past five years of my life have been the
most difficult of my life. I had indeed gotten involved in a lifestyle that wasn’t me and in doing
so I had fallen way from God. The group that I was involved in high school was a rewarding
experience but I think I could honestly say that I was only going thru the motions and was
projecting the image of a perfect Christian on stage but in my private life I was in trouble. When
I was in Minnesota that trouble became worse.
Lately I have been on the rebound, I have found comfort in the words in
the not only the New Testament but in the Old Testament as well. I look forward to what I will
learn in this class.