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Norbie Forums Junkie Location: Brisbane Registered: May 2002	Re: stupid car things you have seen Thu, 21 July 2005 00:48 I remember the first oil change I ever did, on my 73 TA22 Celica (this is quite a while ago I might add). Everything seemed to go fine, but when I went for a test drive the engine started rattling after about 30 seconds, and the oil light came on! I quickly pulled over and lifted the bonnet - oil everywhere. There was also a visible trail of oil from the driveway to my car. Turns out I'd left the old oil filter gasket stuck to the engine block, which of course wasn't sealing very well against the gasket on the new filter. As soon as the engine had oil pressure it just spat it right out between them! Messy. A friend of mine who is a mechanic told me a ripper. He was teaching a female friend of his how to do basic car maintenence. So she has a go at her first solo oil change in her Hilux 4WD, but she is perplexed when it only takes about half a litre of oil to fill the engine after she drained the sump. She calls my friend and asks is this normal, he says no it should take more like six litres to fill it up. Are you sure you drained the sump properly? She says yes, I took the drain plug out and left it for an hour but not much came out. He says ok, bring it over and I'll have a look. So about half an hour later she calls from the side of the road, her Hilux has come to a grinding halt and won't move again. After a tow on a flatbed and much investigation, the mystery is solved - when draining the engine oil she went for the first drain plug she saw, which happened to be the front diff. Needless to say after driving with a dry diff it seized solid! That was an expensive lesson, she forked out for a brand new diff from Toyota which as your can imagine cost a small fortune. Live and learn eh? [Report message to a moderator]

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	stupid car things you have seen	kingmick	Wed, 20 July 2005 09:21
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	magicmitch	Wed, 20 July 2005 09:57
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Smokey228	Wed, 20 July 2005 10:31
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	BOCKA	Wed, 20 July 2005 10:37
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Smokey228	Wed, 20 July 2005 10:45
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	nightdevil	Wed, 20 July 2005 11:24
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	tricky	Wed, 20 July 2005 11:36
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Mookie	Wed, 20 July 2005 13:12
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	BlackSupra	Wed, 20 July 2005 13:13
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Merudo	Wed, 20 July 2005 13:31
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	havabeer	Wed, 20 July 2005 14:12
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Ribfeast	Wed, 20 July 2005 23:59
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Norbie	Thu, 21 July 2005 00:48
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	cannonball	Thu, 21 July 2005 00:49
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Merudo	Thu, 21 July 2005 00:51
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Henn	Thu, 21 July 2005 01:17
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	rthy	Thu, 21 July 2005 01:37
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	GZ20TT	Thu, 21 July 2005 02:10
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	lumpy	Thu, 21 July 2005 02:51
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	cannonball	Thu, 21 July 2005 03:14
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	bubbles	Thu, 21 July 2005 03:37
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	towe_001	Wed, 27 July 2005 09:37
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Darren	Thu, 21 July 2005 03:34
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	72PASSEDU	Thu, 21 July 2005 03:49
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	cannonball	Thu, 21 July 2005 03:54
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Corona RT142	Thu, 21 July 2005 04:15
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Thruan	Thu, 21 July 2005 05:53
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	86DRFT	Thu, 21 July 2005 06:20
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Yumbo	Thu, 21 July 2005 08:34
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Benjamin	Thu, 21 July 2005 09:22
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Benjamin	Thu, 21 July 2005 09:26
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	xolent	Thu, 21 July 2005 09:34
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Farkurnell	Thu, 21 July 2005 10:50
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	kingmick	Thu, 21 July 2005 11:45
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	kingmick	Thu, 21 July 2005 11:54
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Mookie	Thu, 21 July 2005 12:01
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	kingmick	Thu, 21 July 2005 12:11
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	smashed_wombat	Thu, 21 July 2005 13:38
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	smt_007	Thu, 21 July 2005 14:51
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Phyro	Thu, 21 July 2005 15:27
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Hi-Ace	Thu, 21 July 2005 22:25
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Merudo	Thu, 21 July 2005 23:42
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Corona RT142	Thu, 21 July 2005 23:46
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Phyro	Fri, 22 July 2005 01:08
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Mookie	Fri, 22 July 2005 01:45
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	4DaDrift	Sat, 23 July 2005 16:29
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	scrote	Sat, 23 July 2005 17:38
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Lukass	Tue, 26 July 2005 05:05
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Merudo	Tue, 26 July 2005 05:17
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	WantaTurbo	Thu, 21 July 2005 23:56
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Corona RT142	Fri, 22 July 2005 00:03
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Corona RT142	Fri, 22 July 2005 01:14
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Corona RT142	Fri, 22 July 2005 01:19
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Toobs	Fri, 22 July 2005 01:20
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	davedave	Fri, 22 July 2005 01:39
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Merudo	Fri, 22 July 2005 02:30
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	RedLiner	Fri, 22 July 2005 01:57
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	berad	Fri, 22 July 2005 02:20
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	berad	Fri, 22 July 2005 02:24
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Corona RT142	Fri, 22 July 2005 02:32
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	TRD_Supra	Fri, 22 July 2005 02:28
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	TRD_Supra	Fri, 22 July 2005 02:32
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	adamb131	Fri, 22 July 2005 06:35
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	adamb131	Fri, 22 July 2005 06:38
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Norbie	Fri, 22 July 2005 07:02
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	old_mr2	Fri, 22 July 2005 21:27
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	havabeer	Fri, 22 July 2005 06:39
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Corona RT142	Fri, 22 July 2005 06:40
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	adamb131	Fri, 22 July 2005 06:50
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	adamb131	Fri, 22 July 2005 07:01
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	tricky	Fri, 22 July 2005 09:43
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	kingmick	Fri, 22 July 2005 21:53
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Hi-Ace	Fri, 22 July 2005 22:49
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	skellator	Sat, 23 July 2005 05:01
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	brett_celicacoupe	Sat, 23 July 2005 10:59
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Mookie	Sun, 24 July 2005 07:05
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	DFECTD	Sun, 24 July 2005 10:16
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	ndgcpr	Wed, 27 July 2005 13:08
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	havabeer	Wed, 27 July 2005 14:18
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Merudo	Wed, 27 July 2005 22:55
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	AW11 no Jitsu	Wed, 27 July 2005 14:50
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	deeps	Wed, 27 July 2005 15:58
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	decoyslikecurves	Wed, 27 July 2005 18:24
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	#Fiend#	Thu, 28 July 2005 12:14
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	#Fiend#	Thu, 28 July 2005 12:34
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	oldcorollas	Thu, 28 July 2005 20:08
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	towe_001	Fri, 29 July 2005 01:12
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	b1gb3n	Fri, 29 July 2005 04:47
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Squid	Fri, 29 July 2005 05:40
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	towe_001	Sat, 30 July 2005 02:20
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	towe_001	Sat, 30 July 2005 04:51
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	kingmick	Fri, 29 July 2005 02:32
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Corona RT142	Fri, 29 July 2005 02:36
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Merudo	Fri, 29 July 2005 02:56
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	deeps	Fri, 29 July 2005 03:14
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Merudo	Fri, 29 July 2005 03:17
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	b1gb3n	Fri, 29 July 2005 04:44
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	havabeer	Fri, 29 July 2005 06:26
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Ribfeast	Fri, 29 July 2005 07:21
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	clubagreenie	Fri, 29 July 2005 11:31
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	Flynnos	Fri, 29 July 2005 13:35
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	b1gb3n	Fri, 29 July 2005 18:37
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	havabeer	Sat, 30 July 2005 01:03
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	havabeer	Sat, 30 July 2005 01:04
	Re: stupid car things you have seen	havabeer	Sat, 30 July 2005 01:05

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