phiba

Porsches are so weird. What other car do you have to remove the oil cap to check the dipstick? It took me weeks to find the dipstick in the first place!

quattrorunner

Scary.

Peter Zimmermann

Only wonderful cars equipped with the majic of a dry sump oil system, which allows for the elimination of water pumps, coolant, radiators, and a bunch of related crap that's usually really expensive to replace when it fails!
Pete

Edward

Hey iceman,

You'll forgive me, but your write up really got me cracking up! It was a comedy of errors, one mounting after the other. Oh so human, and a BTDT moment ...welcome to the human race! Glad all worked out well in the end!

Edward

theiceman

Just wanted to show you guys a pic of the evidence ... I wasn't going to let an oil cap keep me from my car ... a little persuasion and away I go !!!!

GothingNC

Ouch !!

Better the oil cap then your hand.

theiceman

.. Or the pulley !!!.. my hand will heal :-)

theiceman

Bumped to give Sarge something to read. You never stop learning things in life.

Montrealer

Nice story Ice ! As someone eslse said, I think we can all relate Thank god we're not working on airplanes ! LOL !

Reiver

that would be an easy thing to do as often as we check oil...with everything running...then rechecking after a top off. Oil level good, turn car off, close lid...I've done it too but have caught myself.
My cap holder was the top of the AC pump, now that that is gone it'll be the bumper where I can't miss it.

theiceman

Reiver that is EXACTLY how i did it .. i was checking the top up after an oil change ..

irobertson

Wow! Thanks for sharing Clive. It a good warning for the rest of us.
Your heart must have been in your throat for a moment for sure.
First day with my car, driving home from picking it up from the transport company in Hamilton, I filled it up along the way and left the cap sitting on the gas pump. Doh!!
Glad to hear you didn't get drenched.

cheers

Amochosto

SAAB 900 S had a dipstick attached to the oil cap. Of course SAABs are known as wierd cars too.

Iceman, you have convinced me to check my oil cap before I leave for Muskoka tomorrow!

theiceman

Of course the hidden message here is everyone should be comfortable enough with changing their fan belt in the dark before ever heading out. Should be some kind of ownership test

redridge

awesome story.... but yeah, the title sez it all.