Paul Lamar wrote:

Mazda put a bunch of safe guards in the RX7. They took the very unusual
step of installing an oil level sensor in the oil pan on second gen
and maybe third gen engines. They could do the same thing for an aux
apex seal lube tank. Even cut the ignition in the car. Not the airplane:-)
When you run out of gas the car stops. The same could happen
when you run out of oil. Once or twice would be all it would take for
most people.

Yeah, right up until some monkey puts ATF, brake fluid, antifreeze, or windshield
fluid in it.   Your average car owner wouldn't know a brake master cylinder
reservoir from the windshield washer fluid tank. There's a lot of work needed to
make a system truly idiot resistant.

Russell Kent

 
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