Get an EV, no oil to leak! Or don’t derive on your driveway LOL.
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Get an EV, no oil to leak! Or don’t derive on your driveway LOL.
Know how that feels. My small fortune has gone to keep it running - the only 'up to scratch' on it are the actual scratches.Quote:
Originally Posted by trout1105
Might be time to pull the motor and reseal it.
I know a bloke who might be able to assist.
EVs still have oil, so can still leak.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeros
Not really Mick. Obviously it depends on the vehicle, but most full EV vehicles only require very small quantities of lubricant, mostly grease. ...Driveways will be a lot safer from staining :)Quote:
Originally Posted by DiscoMick
"electric vehicles (EV’s) need very, very little “oil” to operate. Oil is needed to lubricate some of the same things as on an ICE vehicle: wheel bearings, drive shafts, door hinges and so on. But an electric motor does not require an “oil bath” anywhere near what a regular car requires, nor does it require “oil changes” like a traditional car, and most EVs do not have gearboxes: The wheels are driven right off the center shaft of the motor or through a simple reduction gear. They use nothing like the enormously complex drive train/transmission of a traditional ICE car or truck. It’s just completely different. They also uses a different kind of oil; it’s thick, more like axle grease (because it is used on axles and such)."
See: How are vehicles going to lubricate gearboxes, etc. without oil? When electric vehicles are compulsory will oil still be needed? - Quora