Make sure the drain pain plug is open!!

[Anonymous Poster]

Just a thought to hopefully make you laugh on this monday.

Did an oil change on the 9n this weekend for the first time. Well... that is one hell of a drain plug on that oil pan. So, I think... that is going to come out FAST. So, I will just twist it till it starts to leak and them let it come out slowly while I do something else. Nope. Didnt leak at all. And when it fell off... man it came out as fast as I imagined. Sploosh into the pan.

Hey.. .wait.. why isnt it draining into the pan!!!! ****!! Forget to take the plug out of the drain pan! Slosh my hand in there to find the plug. Just in time to stop it from overflowing. Whew.

Ken H.

 

[MDNick]

Ken,

Been there. Got the burned fingers to prove it. My F150, nice HOT oil. 'Cept I remembered the plug in the drain pan, but the oil pan bolt fits quite nicely in the hole in the drain pan. Plugs it up nice as can be. Quick dash in with the fingers to retrieve the bolt, to hot, burned fingers, and DIDN"T get the bolt.

Now I have a magnet I stick to a long screwdriver, as soon as it falls in the drain pain, I fish it out with something less sensitive to hot oil. I have also forgotten to open the vent in the drain pan, and spilled oil all over the place. Oil changes for me can be an environmental disaster. I am doing better, I'd really rather my driveway not be listed as a superfund site.

Nick

 

[RoyJackson]

"Forget to take the plug out of the drain pan!"

Did the same thing changing the oil on an old Porsche 911S I'd owned a few years back.
The 911's were dry sump...meaning most of the oil was in a tank along side the engine (pressure fed to the engine). I was draining the tank (which held about 9 or 10 quarts).
Of course, I'd neglected to remove the plug in the drain pan (as you did). The problem was, I'd walked away from the car to clean the drain plug from the oil tank.
Needless to say, it was quite a mess! /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif