Taken the old oil filter off and completely failed to notice the seal off the filter has stuck to the block. Then put the new filter on with the seal in place and started the engine?
Well it makes a mess let me tell you!
Taken the old oil filter off and completely failed to notice the seal off the filter has stuck to the block. Then put the new filter on with the seal in place and started the engine?
Well it makes a mess let me tell you!
Doh
Best to learn form others mistakes... Thanks Alex
If you have never made a dumass mistake then your not part of the club!
I have made a few......that's for sure!
Good one this tho Alex
Could be worse, you could have put a clutch plate in the wrong way round and didn't realise till you started the engine and heard the springs hitting the bolts on the flywheel
Good effort Alex, had a few good ones myself but thats a cracker
I'm definitely part of the club then, my worst and costly mistake was pumping too much sump sealant on, which then fell inside the sump and then got stuck to the pick up strainer. The end result was my turbo died due to the oil not getting through the strainer at low rpmOriginally Posted by GTphil
If you have never made a dumass mistake then your not part of the club!
I have made a few......that's for sure!
Not done that one yet lol But I have forgotten to replace the sump plug and then filled the engine with fresh oil d'oh. Only good thing was I noticed quite quickly and had left the drain pan under so no mess lol
The dumbass crew! Little bit like me top ending in fifth the c1j the other day for a good 4mins or so at 23psi. #dumassoftheyearawardI'm definitely part of the club then, my worst and costly mistake was pumping too much sump sealant on, which then fell inside the sump and then got stuck to the pick up strainer. The end result was my turbo died due to the oil not getting through the strainer at low rpm
Or is there a line between dumbass and inner child?
Lol, classics.
On my mint Ph1 I once refitted the battery and it ended up being just a tad closer to the inner part of the wing than normal. I took the car out and within half a mile it was on fire, thanks to the earth terminal arcing onto the wing and setting the rubber bonnet seal alight.
I pulled up, rushed out of the car, popped the bonnet and yanked all the bonnet rubbers off and disconnected the earth side of the battery. A passer-by said 'do you want me to call the fire-brigade?' and I snapped back, 'no.' I was absolutely livid because I loved the car. Then stormed off home to get my tools to readjust the battery.
A lucky escape really, I only had a bit of metal eaten away by the arcing and burnt paint on the inside of the wing from the flames. You couldn't see if from the outside.
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Not on a car- have on a fridge unit once when I was an apprentice.
I worked with a guy who drained the gearbox oil thinking it was the engine oil and then put 5 litres of oil in the engine- it blew the gearbox up and seized the engine. Lol. Needless to say he doesn't work on cars anymore!
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I have also left the turbo oil return disconnected after a tinker! While it was idling I thankfully noticed the growing puddle of oil on the driveway before I lost all oil and fubared the whole lot..........................
Come to think of it......... It was not long after this that a conrod made an attempt to escape through the front of the block
You mean your positive terminal Trev (mine used to sit near the wing too) lol
Oh yeah, lol. Hence why I was able to disconnect the earth side, which was on the other side, without tools.
Not done that before
I was quite lucky actually as my brother was standing in front of the car at the time and saw it straight away. If he wasn't there I would have just sat there unaware that all my engine oil was on the floor, it's amazing hoe much came out!
A little tip to avoid battery contact on the inner wing; get some rubber/silicone hose and slice it down one side then fit it to the inner wing.
*3 only knew when my mate who was still under the car screamed as the oil came out the bottom.
feel like an idiot for losing the nut for my heatshild and having to replace four clutch cables in a week because the outer melts and pull the cable through the stopper hole on the clutchside.lol.
When I was an apprentice back in't day, I changed some discs and pads on a 206 gti, thought I was mint revving it out of the workshop, came to brake and I'd forgot to pump the pedal... Knocked a wall down
That's aceWhen I was an apprentice back in't day, I changed some discs and pads on a 206 gti, thought I was mint revving it out of the workshop, came to brake and I'd forgot to pump the pedal... Knocked a wall down
Bet you got some stick for that afterwards
gtt clutch plate on backwards.....
ran cheapy unleaded fuel on my old gtt going to national day at Croft - 15psi all the way from Birmingham. - got to scotch corner and melted all the valve stem seals on the exhaust valves and lost all valve stem seal springs. - they went round the engine and funked the crank, and the turbo.
Sparkie, you could write a book on the vast range of bizarre and unfortunate things that have happened between you and GTTs.
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