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06-25-09, 06:02 PM
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|  The "Exxon Valdez" Oil Spill!!!!!!
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06-25-09, 06:05 PM
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| | rockin' a 2WD 80...
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| Whoops! Can't say I haven't done that... 
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06-25-09, 06:07 PM
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|  I have to laugh a little on that one, well put.
But that does really suck. $$ and cleanup. Hopefully no animals were harmed during this change. 
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06-25-09, 06:09 PM
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06-25-09, 06:13 PM
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| Wouldn't that be the "Mobil Vazquez" oil spill?? 
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06-25-09, 06:29 PM
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| thought you must clean your engine bay coz the oil was all around .?
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06-25-09, 06:32 PM
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| Well, tomorrow I will clean the engine bay, boy what a mess!!!! | |
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06-25-09, 06:48 PM
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06-25-09, 07:26 PM
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| Damn. If that happened to me the neighbors probably would've ended up calling the cops | |
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06-25-09, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by lilevo Damn. If that happened to me the neighbors probably would've ended up calling the cops | I was quick on the clean up! | |
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06-25-09, 08:14 PM
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| shoot thats childs play . I chamged filters and oil on a Chris Craft cruiser I refubbished with twin screw 350's in it. The filters are hard to reach on these ,esp the port side and I thought I did a great job - heh heh.The port filter came off but left the gasket in the block. I had 8 qts of oil in the bilge in minits and the bilge pump was very quick to pump it into the water at the marina, talk about a nite mare
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Originally Posted by Joe Egolf shoot thats childs play . I chamged filters and oil on a Chris Craft cruiser I refubbished with twin screw 350's in it. The filters are hard to reach on these ,esp the port side and I thought I did a great job - heh heh.The port filter came off but left the gasket in the block. I had 8 qts of oil in the bilge in minits and the bilge pump was very quick to pump it into the water at the marina, talk about a nite mare |  | |
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06-25-09, 10:35 PM
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| Been there on the Valdez thing. At least you had an excuse with the wire interfering. I drained, put new filter on and poured two gallon jugs of Rotella T Synthetic in it. As the last drips went in I realized I could hear a draining sound under the truck. Yep, didn't put the plug in - went right through the engine into the oil catch pan. A $ 45 engine oil flush!
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06-25-09, 11:58 PM
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Originally Posted by IdahoDoug Been there on the Valdez thing. At least you had an excuse with the wire interfering. I drained, put new filter on and poured two gallon jugs of Rotella T Synthetic in it. As the last drips went in I realized I could hear a draining sound under the truck. Yep, didn't put the plug in - went right through the engine into the oil catch pan. A $ 45 engine oil flush!
DougM | Did the same thing 'cept I only wasted a gallon of oil. 
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| Tell her "she" is lucky it was clean oil.
I know "a guy" who did his first oil change on a dry sump Porsche. It takes exactly 2 seconds for 11 quarts of hot oil to exit an 1" dry sump oil line!  Tip of the week: Use a big catch pan and go slow. | |
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06-26-09, 09:31 AM
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| Cleaning up oil
I used to have a nasty commute. 125 miles per day with 75 minutes on the road. For that I drove a '91 Ford Escort. Since I was changing the oil every 3-4 weeks on it, I had it down to a pretty good science. Ramps, drain, change filter, fill, drive it off the ramps and out the garage the next morning.
So, one morning after an oil change I jumped in the car, fired it up, backed out of the garage and there was a monster spill all over the floor. I was wearing a suit.
Inside, call work that I would be a half hour late, change, pull the filter and... Two O rings. Fix it, fill with oil, shower, suit up. I had to leave the mess on the floor to clean up 10 hours later.
Now... how I was taught is the best way to get oil out of concrete (at least that I know of).
HiDry - pile on liberally to the spill. Wait 15 minutes. Sweep. Big blackish stain remains.
HiDry - just a thin layer. Then use an old paving brick (the solid kind with no holes) and get on your hands and knees and grind the HiDry into the concrete using the brick. Sweep. Stain gone.
Double garbage bag the used HiDry.
IMHO YMMV
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06-26-09, 09:32 AM
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| Ah, it brings back memories, like the 1st time I did an oil change on my 80. Eight quarts! Ah, that's a typo. I found out it weren't no typo when my normal sized catch pan was overflowing 3/4 of the way through the drain process! Wow, some oil company struck oil - under my truck! 
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06-26-09, 05:32 PM
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| Oops!!! At least you did not leave the drain plug out when you refilled...Ask me how I know. If your as old as me (late fortys) and are a car guy that has always done your own maintence, you have done it too....C'mon admit it...
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Help me, I do not think I am losing it yet...
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06-26-09, 06:07 PM
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| That's called a thorough engine flush. Great idea!
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