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by **malc** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:16 pm

mine kicked the bucket on the drive home this evening :cry:

so now I have a car that is of no use to man nor beast.

so make sure you replace yours if it has been a while.

by **20v_rollaboy** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:38 pm

and remember to check your oil levels BEFORE your engine starts making a knocking noise :lol:

Corolla FXGT · by **Brick** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:41 pm

and remember not to run ur car lean for to long :lol:

by **Lloyd** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:48 pm

And that oil goes in THAT hole, and water in THAT one.

How long did the belt last for?

by **michion** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 12:31 am

A girl at work put 2L of water in her block last week

. MX6.
Oil and radiator are kinda close to each other. Advised her not to drive the car at all! I then proceeded to drive home lauging my ass off!

by **ollieboy** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 1:06 am

michion wrote:MX6.

The car deserved it!

by **lotstodo** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:12 am

and remember to check your oil levels BEFORE your engine starts making a knocking noise Laughing

Whoops.

by **XERO** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:33 am

michion wrote:A girl at work put 2L of water in her block last week . MX6.
Oil and radiator are kinda close to each other. Advised her not to drive the car at all! I then proceeded to drive home lauging my ass off!

Had a similar thing happen when i worked at the servo, except the person didnt listen and drove off... I passed by the strickened car about 2 hours later on my way home :lol:

Caldina GTT · by **Inane** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 10:32 am

I mechanic I know once had a woman come in who had used the correct oil, however she had filled the engine up, the same way you would fill your radiator...

right to the top!

by **Fraud** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 10:41 am

At the Gassie the other day, dude comes in
'I've been driving with the oil ight on for the last couple of days, will it have done much damage to the car?' :roll:

Who can guess what kind of car it was....

by **RomanV** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 11:16 am

Not a rotary! :lol:

by **2LTR Rona** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 11:18 am

RomanV wrote:Not a rotary!

Or a Matchbox one

by **muff|n** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 11:49 am

When I worked at BP I had an asian girl insist on diesel because it was cheaper, she thought I was trying to rip her off telling her she needed petrol.
Damn language barrier.
She got the petrol though in the end.
As funny as it would have been to just let her use the diesel

teeheehee.

by **cheese** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 11:59 am

i had my belt changed twice over a year. Thanks leaking camseals...Oil everywhere!

by **Chickenman** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 1:29 pm

Lol...

Everyone is putting 91 in their diesels at our BP. We aint got a workshop so either an AA call or $300 later = :lol:

I also had some asians put 8 Litres of oil in their car.. they were checking the auto trans dipstick :lol:

by **CozmoNz** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 2:01 pm

almost as bad as on nzworst driver.

cap filing the brake master cylinder with oil *sigh*

by **ollieboy** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 2:02 pm

Chickenman wrote:Lol...

Everyone is putting 91 in their diesels at our BP. We aint got a workshop so either an AA call or $300 later =

I also had some asians put 8 Litres of oil in their car.. they were checking the auto trans dipstick

You work at Halswell or something aye?

A guy I know went there and put 91 in his diesel and drove all the way home without realising, thats like 40kms or something and it broke down in the driveway. It only took a bleed of the fuel system and it works as good as new, no damage to the engine. Good ol' reliable toyotas. :lol:

by **CozmoNz** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 2:08 pm

I heard from HRT that they had a hilux in their workshop, had been through a lake or something stupid....

Pulled the air box off, filled with water.. all piping, had water in it too..

pulled piping to turbo off, compressor filled with water..

ok fine..

removed cylinder head, engine filled with water X_X. seems it had been running when it took the plunge.

removed all water, cranked it up, and she ran just fine..... Didnt bend a rod or anything X_X. YAY FOR TOYOTA! lets see a honda do that

by **Fraud** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 5:17 pm

2LTR Rona wrote:
RomanV wrote:Not a rotary!

Or a Matchbox one

Honda Prelude....

by **Ae92typeX** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 5:49 pm

CozmoNz wrote:I heard from HRT that they had a hilux in their workshop, had been through a lake or something stupid....

Pulled the air box off, filled with water.. all piping, had water in it too..

pulled piping to turbo off, compressor filled with water..

ok fine..

removed cylinder head, engine filled with water X_X. seems it had been running when it took the plunge.

removed all water, cranked it up, and she ran just fine..... Didnt bend a rod or anything X_X. YAY FOR TOYOTA! lets see a honda do that

lol, a bit like the hilux on topgear last year that got washed out to sea. That started up after a drain also.

seen the oil filled to the top of the filler several times. as with oil filled up into the radiator (not a hg, the people just thought that was the filler).
brake fluid in the windscreen wiper squirters (nasty mess)
lol, some people really should have to sit 'normality' tests before trying to do any diy work!

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