9 qt oil change (1 Viewer)

[stayalert]

I've only changed the il in a car about ten zillion times....So...Yesterday I'm changing the oil and filter in the cruizer for the umpteenth time and as I pour in the first fresh quart I go..."DOH!" I didn't put the drain plug back in yet...So after a shoulder shrug and another minute I figure I'll put in the drain plug and add an other 8...First time I ever did that....I figure I just flushed some additional old oil out....oh well...At least I had the bucket under there so I didn't drain it on the driveway or anything....
Rob M

 

[concretejungle]

Rob, i'm about to admit something i thought i would never do. I changed the oil a month or two back and forgot to replace the fill cap. Oil fawking everywhere. What an idiot!

So.........you coulda done worse!

Alex
north by golly carolina

 

[stayalert]

Double "DOH!"

 

[photogod]

Don't ever tell anyone this but about ten years ago I did the same thing and forgot to replace the filler cap on wifes Corola. 1.5 hours later a call from the side of the road with two screaming kids -10F. and a connecting rod through the side of the block. It took me two hours to get to them as I spent a half hour slapping myself and kicking myself in the ass. As I opened the hood the first thing I saw was the filler cap wedjed between the trans and the block. So..... I put it back on and Toyota offered to rebuild the engine as the vehicle had only 16,000 on it.

 

[DRTDuck]

My oil change mishap didn't create a mess, just time and oil. I replaced the drain plug, but after quart 3 I thought, why the hell is that new filter sitting over there?

 

[concretejungle]

luckily for me i took it for a spin after forgetting to replace the filler cap. Stopped at a stoplight and smelled oil. I was like WTF, this baby must have blown a head gasket or something cause she's really burning oil. Went straight home, popped the hood and started cursing.

 

[dans67]

I forgot the filler cap on my girlfriends Saturn once. I didn't realize it until about the 2500 mile mark on that oil change, the oil light came on. When I went to add a qt, I saw the cap still on top of the intake, oops. It didn't lose much oil, it usually goes through a half a qt every change anyway, and I lucked out with the cap not falling out.
Dan