Dose anybody else oil cap say OEL on it??

[Dane Brown]

just wondering why mine says OEL and not OIL??

[Jrboulder]

Oel is German for oil.

[Dane Brown]

ahhh got it, Thats funny how thats the only thing like that that is spelt in German. all the rest of the lids/caps are written in english.

[Gawernator]

Everything in my engine bay is German pretty much

[Gawernator]

Check the side of your engine. And all the warning/electrical hazard stickers.

[VOTS89]

Mine says 730, I always thought it was the part number!

Bruce

[Slam]

My fave is ZUNDFOLGE - firing order.

[Volhv]

Originally Posted by Slam

My fave is ZUNDFOLGE - firing order.

That's my favourite one also.

The cap should have said "ÖL", since that's how it's spelled in german. But I guess "OE" replaces the vowel "Ö".

[AaronM]

Originally Posted by Volhv

That's my favourite one also.

The cap should have said "ÖL", since that's how it's spelled in german. But I guess "OE" replaces the vowel "Ö".

"Ae," "oe," and "ue" are transliterations of the three umlauted German vowels when they have to be represented in a character set that lacks umlauts. Just like how "ss" will replace the "ß" character in many modern typefaces.

The "ß," by the way, seems to be gradually disappearing from German in a similar way to how the "long s" ("ſ," originally used in place of the "s" character for all instances except when the "s" was at the end of a word) fell out of use in English typography around the beginning of the 19th century.

[Stephen03]

Im always waiting for a pilot to ask me what the L10 cap is for...keep in mind these guys will fill up the oil tank soo much that it looks empty... then complain they are out of oil.

[Dane Brown]

dang AaronM you must be german?
I dont know why i have never noticed that alot of the stuff is written in german. i need to open my eyes more haha

[Dane Brown]

or the 710 cap lol
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[Slam]

Umlauts can be fun. In our crew there's 'stupid', 'stooopid', und zen 'schtooopid mit ze umlauts' which, of course, means collosally stupid...

[AaronM]

Originally Posted by Dane Brown

dang AaronM you must be german?

My father's parents are both German and I spent some time studying the language because of that heritage, but personally I'm a corn-fed Midwesterner.