Stupid Stupid Me

Geo-TH,In · Sep 10, 2014

I changed the oil and forgot to put the dipstick back in engine. Used it for a few hours, rain made me quit. Good thing, 25% of the oil was all over the engine. It has an oil shut off sensor which didn't shut the engine down. I wouldn't have known I had a problem if it hadn't started raining.

STUPID, STUPID, FORGETFUL, LUCKY ME.
George

JMOR · Sep 10, 2014

(quoted from post at 15:11:30 09/10/14) I changed the oil and forgot to put the dipstick back in engine. Used it for a few hours, rain made me quit. Good thing, 25% of the oil was all over the engine. It has an oil shut off sensor which didn't shut the engine down. I wouldn't have known I had a problem if it hadn't started raining.

STUPID, STUPID, FORGETFUL, LUCKY ME.
George

ot to worry...............many have drained & re-filled without replacing the drain plug! :roll:

paul · Sep 10, 2014

dad drained out the oil on his Ollie 88.

Trucker came to load cattle, got stuck on the snowy hill. Dad got the 88, hooked up chain, pulled him out, and drove back in the shed. Where he saw the oil plug laying on the block beside the tractor.... Said he never noticed any damage from it, but certainly took a few hours off the engine.

Me, I drove to Target store years ago, hit a bump in the parking lot and heard something thunk a bit underneath, looked in the rear view mirrow and something was rolling away.

My brain clicked, and I parked, got out, picked up my oil fill cap, and this time put it back on. It made a 7 mile trip at highway speeds on whatever flat surface I left it lay on until it fell off in the parking lot at 4 mph.

paul

JerryS · Sep 10, 2014

I once changed the oil in my Snapper rider and forgot to replace the oil. Know how long a B&S engine will run with no oil before it goes "Pow!"? Approximately 45 seconds.

rrlund · Sep 10, 2014

I forgot to put the oil fill cap back on my pickup one time. I went and got a new one,then found the old one embedded in the foam on the inside of the hood where I had slammed the hood down on it after I laid it down by the latch.

JMOR · Sep 10, 2014

(quoted from post at 15:50:07 09/10/14) I forgot to put the oil fill cap back on my pickup one time. I went and got a new one,then found the old one embedded in the foam on the inside of the hood where I had slammed the hood down on it after I laid it down by the latch.

etter than seeing a raised dimple in the hood!

Dave H (MI) · Sep 10, 2014

I'm pretty sure that more than once I have forgotten to put the drain plug back in before refilling the oil. If we don't do things like that from time to time then we would run out of things to talk about.

Nancy Howell · Sep 10, 2014

My dad was changing the oil our 1965 Buick Riviera (it was one great car). Had it drained, but hadn't put the new filter & oil in when Mom called supper.

After supper, mom decided to go shopping. My dad was on the phone when she walked back through the door and said "the Buick quit". She had made it several blocks.

I can still remember the sick look on my dad's face.

He put the oil and filter in one of the other cars and went to where it had quit. He put the filter on and added the oil. The car cranked right up and didn't seem to have any damage. We drove that car many thousands of miles after this incident. Got lucky on that one.

Wemedeeres · Sep 10, 2014

My uncle back I the 60's had T series Ford Tandem gravel truck, I cant remember the size engine it had in it I think it was a 534 but not sure, my grandpa said it went like a streak of sh!t even loaded. My uncle always had it serviced at the local oil Co-op, one time he had it in there they forgot to add the oil, he made it about a mile out of town and it locked up on him. They towed it back to town the Co-op wouldn't stand behind their mistake stating it had over 100,000 miles on it and the engine could have locked up for many different reasons. Needless to say they lost a customer that day and a few of his close relatives.

fixerupper · Sep 10, 2014

The dip stick tends to blow out of some of the newer truck engines. They run higher crank case pressures for some reason. Makes a heck of a mess under the hood and along side the truck.

Mike (WA) · Sep 10, 2014

I have a tilt-bed car trailer that uses 2 regular tractor 3 point lynch pins to hold the front down. Of course, with something on it, the front stays down because of the weight.

I can't remember how many times I have removed the lynch pins and put them on the truck rear bumper, loaded the trailer, and drove off without putting the pins back on the trailer. And even after a long trip, they'll still be sitting on the rear bumper.

Jiles · Sep 10, 2014

(quoted from post at 21:30:09 09/10/14) My uncle back I the 60's had T series Ford Tandem gravel truck, I cant remember the size engine it had in it I think it was a 534 but not sure, my grandpa said it went like a streak of sh!t even loaded. My uncle always had it serviced at the local oil Co-op, one time he had it in there they forgot to add the oil, he made it about a mile out of town and it locked up on him. They towed it back to town the Co-op wouldn't stand behind their mistake stating it had over 100,000 miles on it and the engine could have locked up for many different reasons. Needless to say they lost a customer that day and a few of his close relatives.

That's the very reason that as long as I am able to do any maintenance on my vehicles, I will not trust ANYONE to do it for me---even if it was free!

IaGary · Sep 10, 2014

Friend of mine runs a contest at the towns annual festival where he drains the oil out of an engine on a push mower then starts it.

People pay to guess the length of time the mower will run at an idle. Closes guess wins the money.

Some have run 10 minutes some will run out of gas before locking up. He refuels it and starts it again.

Longest is about 5 hours.

Gary

Stephen Newell · Sep 10, 2014

Don't feel bad, I've had a professional garage forget to put the drain plug back in. I stopped less than a block away and walked back and told them I had no oil pressure. The guy looked back and saw all the oil on the floor and said Oh Oh.

Doug in Illinois · Sep 10, 2014

That is why I won't use a "speedy" oil change place. I have been burned by them too many times. For instance, a 84 Jeep Cherokee. This was in Denver, CO. I was going up in the mountains, and had them change all the fluids. They forgot to install the rear axle plug. 100+ miles from home by the time I knew it. Made it back home, but they denied my claim. That was the day I junked the Jeep.

It has happened again and again. Why should I have to check to be sure everything is right?

W_B · Sep 10, 2014

Trying to be a hero to my girl friend, now wife, I offered to change the oil in her Corvair. Got it changed and she took off for home. Made it about half way when she called and said the car quit. She had it towed to a garage her family used. The guy said it had no oil in it and was locked up and ruined, apparently the filter cup (cartridge filter like a Ford 9/2/8 N) and the bolt that holds it on have little gaskets that I didn't replace, under pressure they leaked and blew all the oil out. She said I killed Buttercup (her name for the thing). She married me anyway, 38 years tomorrow (yea, Sept. 11th, you can calculate on your own what anniversary it was in in 2001).

fixerupper · Sep 10, 2014

In the winter if 1973 I had the oil changed in my 62 Rambler at a local gas station. He drained the oil, screwed the plug back in with his fingers and the bell rang out by the pumps. Remember full service? Anyway, when he came back from pumping gas he put the car back down and filled it with oil without wrench tightening the drain plug. A few weeks later while driving this car to church the oil idiot light came on so I shut it down right away and coasted to the shoulder. The drain plug had vibed it's way out. No damage done and a passerby gave us a ride to church. Jim

RodinNS · Sep 10, 2014

You're still doing better than the guy around here years ago that changed the oil in his tandem and forgot to put the drain plug back in. Locked her solid... and put it up for sale. LOL

Rod

paul · Sep 10, 2014

So, leave the oil out of the engine, but - its possible, nay
probable any number of reasons the engine locked up, the
lack of oil might just be coincidence?

That had to be hard for the manager to say with a straight
face?

Paul

gab · Sep 10, 2014

I was outside with a cup of coffee one morning when I remembered I wanted to ask my neighbor something,got in my truck and couldn't find my coffee cup, looked every where, gave up and drove away. A mile down the black top to a stop sign, another half mile on the highway and a sharp turn into his driveway, stopped, got out walked around behind the truck and there's my coffee on the rear bumper.
That's a smooth riding GMC.

bison · Sep 10, 2014

(quoted from post at 13:48:44 09/10/14) [b:dc57c2d162]The dip stick tends to blow out of some of the newer truck engines. [/b:dc57c2d162][b:dc57c2d162]They run higher crank case pressures for some reason[/b:dc57c2d162]. Makes a heck of a mess under the hood and along side the truck.

ou have other problems there.
Must be a blockage in the PVC or CDR valve or you have excessive blow by.
Engines crankcases today are suppose to run a slight vacuum.

CenTex Farmall · Sep 11, 2014

Don't feel too bad.

We took off from DFW one time in one of our trusty Saab 340's. At about 400 feet we got an oil pressure warning for #2 engine. We immediately turned into a downwind leg to come back for a landing, shutting down that engine on the way.

After stopping off the runway there was a widening pool of oil on the ground and oil all over the right wing. Come to find out the mechs had done part of an inspection phase on that engine the night before. There's a plug you can remove so as to be able to rotate the inner spool of the engine (N1). Well they forgot the snap ring that secures the plug. The O-ring was enough to hold it for run-up and taxi, but under full power it popped out and there went the oil. It was a low time engine on top of everything.

We later found out that they fired 3 guys over that deal. Not really fair to them as that particular aircraft was very well know for being jinxed will all manor of unusual and un-timely mechanical calamities and had acquired the name of "Christine".

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