pp000830

You have caught on video the allusive "oil related engine failure" we hear about in fear mongering oil advertisements?

Or was it just a loose fuel line fitting?

Mister C

Worst oil change story I've heard:

My brother in law changed the oil on my sisters car. But the gasket had galled onto the block and it didn't come out when he removed the filter. He puts a new filter on, fills her up with oil and tells his wife the job is done.

She is driving to work over a long causeway bridge (no shoulder) when she notices the car won't go so well. She gives it more gas. Car goes even slower. Then the engine stalls and the wheels lock up at around 35mph. She skids to a stop.

The new filter gasket on top of the old one didn't seal up too well. Car lost its oil and the engine seized. Car was totaled.

race911

Never forget my worst oil change story, customer version, back when I was working at the general repair/sometimes race ship. One of our customers buys himself a brand new Mazda (piston engine) sedan. Figures he'd change the oil himself. Forgets to tighten drain plug. I think we went .030 on that crank to save it--there were no crate engines at that time, and really no parts for non-rotary Mazdas. To this day I think that was the closest to new engine I've ever had apart.

Flash forward to a week ago. Change the oil on the 996 Turbo before I head down to Phoenix. Can I keep from making a mess? NOOOOOOOO. Damned (engine mounted) sump tanks let it gush out so fast it overwhelmed my oil catch setup. Spent as much time cleaning the shop floor as I did with the oil change + other checks.

996scott

I've had a few oil changes where I thought to myself, "why the hell didn't I just bring it to the dealer and pay the $ so I wouldn't have to deal with the clean up?? I always stuff a big old towel around the filler tube just in case I make a mess. I also now have a big piece of old carpet ( like 5'X5') that I throw on the ground under the car incase I have a lot of oil that misses the drain pan. Changing the oil on a 993 is a pain/messy job IMO, but I still like doing it.

Mahler9th

Yikes... good reminder. My 993 is long gone, but I now remember that filler neck.

Have to do an oil change soon on a '95 C4 that is hydrolocked with oil. The car has less than 7k miles. We'll have to remove and clean the catalytic converter as part of the project. 't will be exciting to work on the car and we'll have to make sure we have a bunch of oil pans.

Thinking about this makes me think of the old Imparts ad that you could find in Pano... never forgot that ad. Oldtimers will remember.

Pretty sure that type of drain pan is hard to find in these modern times.

mpruden

I've spilt so much oil in my garage, I finally switched to one of these. It's a "pond liner" and holds 9 gallons.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_93171-1569-P...d=1112805&pl=1

bobboinski

When I was in high school I worked at a Chevron Station. We had bulk oil that came out through a nozzle with a clock-like meter. I didn't notice the small graduations around the circle. Thought each 360 degrees was one quart. Put 5 gallons of oil in my first victim. Lots of smoke on startup, luckily no damage.

NC TRACKRAT

I bought one of those pans from IMPARTS years ago and it's still my favorite. It's low profile and with that nice spout, it's EZ to dump into a 5 gal. plastic drum.

sand_man

I pretty much use all open top, low profile catch containers. So now, the only worry of a spill is in attempting to transfer the used oil to gallon jugs for disposal! UGH! I think that's another topic/thread...

orangecurry

You guys.... there is only one proper way to change oil.

JDHertz11

I was researching some things for my new/ old 356 and came across this:


By far one of the funniest and matter of fact videos ever!

bobbyp

Great video. Who hasn't ever had one of those days?

Foxman

Here's a photo I took of the funnel connected to oil cap. Not as much fun to look at as the French maids, but pretty ingenious.

JDHertz11

I just love the way you can't be sure if he's serious or not!

pp000830

I once ran over some road debris in my 86' Carrera. Cut the oil line in the front wheel well. Pumped all the oil out of the car in seconds! Coated the entire bottom of the car!