A Womans Work

[grog]

Car at work today, GLE Mercedes, just 2 yrs old. Her windscreen washer empty light came on. Went home, got the hose and filled it until it overflowed. Job done.PROBLEM. She'd taken oil filler cap off and filled motor. We drained it, filled a 20 litre drum. Insurance say theyll most likely write it off. Just doing what she thought best. 😂

[KiwiCol]

Geez!   WTF!   How could anybody be so ignorant of their vehicle & do that?  Did she try n start it after?  That'd be funny . . .

[grog]

Yeah, she started it. Diesel so motor will fail.

[Mick_J]

Ahh, probably your fault for not putting the 710 cap on the right way up. 

[Kiwifruit]

Grog did she appear have any obvious redeeming features ??

[KiwiCol]

 

Grog did she appear have any obvious redeeming features ??

[grog]

Didnt see any redeeming features, guess shell own a new Merc. Tempted to buy it and fit a new motor/trans. Nice LS2 and Turbo trans, would be a good rig.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Reminds me of a similar story from my uni days, we had to do 6 months "industry based learning".

Most went to Holden plant at Fisherman's Bend or FoMoCo in Geelong.  Myself I went into mining engineering.

Anyways, story goes young 3rd year engineer at the Holden plant was asked to make a report on their testbed V6 engine, check all fluids and report.

Report came back that the engine was low on oil, but no worries , he had filled it.  They started the engine and it hydrauliced almost straight away, shot a jet of oil out the district tube and blew both front and rear crank seals.

Turned out the engine had been filled to the oil filler cap with oil....

[GSXKING]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j52odgkRxDs

[steve porter]

My brother in law ran out of petrol and had a full 5 liter oil bottle in the boot, rather than buy a jerry can Einstein tipped the full 5 liters into his Mazda 323 with predictable results, you would never have known talking to him that he was that stupid

[KiwiCol]

5L full of oil, not 5L of petrol in a oil container?   Really?  I wouldn't think guys would be so, ah,  fecken stupid!

[Mick_J]

How can anyone not know they are driving a battery car. 

[steve porter]

5L full of oil, not 5L of petrol in a oil container?   Really?  I wouldn't think guys would be so, ah,  fecken stupid!

Yep tipped an extra 5 liters of oil into the motor which only needs about 3.5 That was already in there, from memory so he could use the bottle for petrol, total dick. Same guy a few years later rings me and says can you help me put my bike motor back together, he got some Yoshi cams for his, I reckon it was a GS750, so I reluctantly went up to Sale in Gipsland to give him a hand,the knob had pulled the whole motor apart and everything was chucked in one big cardboard box, And I mean everything , totally disassembled, I laughed, had a coffee and drove home

[KiwiCol]

Staggering,  n he's allowed to breed? 

[steve porter]

And protect us, he was a copper