# Fixing a car with oatmeal

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/fixing-a-car-with-oatmeal/80920>\
**Category:** The Show\
**Created:** [August 15, 2013, 9:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fixing-a-car-with-oatmeal/80920 "2013-08-15T09:12:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![danr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@danr](https://community.cartalk.com/u/danr)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 9:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fixing-a-car-with-oatmeal/80920/1 "2013-08-15T09:12:19Z")

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After listening to a recent podcast that included a caller asking about fixing his car with oatmeal, I saw this old Hints For Happy Motoring sign at the Larz Anderson auto museum. Note the third item on the list.  
 ![](http://cdn.vanillaforums.com/cartalk.vanillaforums.com/FileUpload/45/c586dbf5467b89319c399917567e29.jpg)

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**Author:** ![jesmed1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jesmed1/32/2097_2.png) [@jesmed1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jesmed1)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 10:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fixing-a-car-with-oatmeal/80920/2 "2013-08-15T10:01:17Z")

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Have heard of oatmeal, and also raw egg…but the horse manure is a new one on me!

I guess you want manure from a horse that ate oats…

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**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fixing-a-car-with-oatmeal/80920/3 "2013-08-15T18:53:08Z")

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Those old cars did not have water pumps. Even a Model A rad leak could be fixed with oatmeal.

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**Author:** ![JoeMario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@JoeMario](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JoeMario)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fixing-a-car-with-oatmeal/80920/4 "2013-08-15T19:06:15Z")

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I’ve heard of bananas in the rear differential to quiet it up.

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fixing-a-car-with-oatmeal/80920/5 "2013-08-16T02:52:46Z")

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That’s a fun photo, thanks for posting.

“A windshield rubbed with sliced onion will stay clear on rainy days” ?? hmmm … sounds plausible, but …

Does this mean to rub the outside of the windshield, so the onion works like Rain-X?

Or does it mean to rub the inside of the windshield, so the onion works like a defogger?