Wanna hear a funny story?
So I changed my timing belt, radiator, and all my coolant hoses.
Went for the 'ol Test Drive. Felt a slight hesitation/wobble. There is also a strange, almost burning oil smell...
1/2 way into it, look to my brother, "Hey, did you torque down my wheel?"
"Uhh...No, did you?" "OH ****!"
Pulled into a parking lot. I call my friend, so he can swing by w/ the proper tools to get the wheels safe.
Then I see my car is crying...Crying oil. Oil is dripping down, appearing to come from the lights...Open the hood.
My oil cap fell off sometime along the way
I fricking Rule...
And then my EACV happened to crap out, replaced it w/ a brand new one, idle stops bouncing, but won't lower...Assumed the Code was for the EACV...check the code...6. Temp Sensor...
"OH ****!" I removed the wire harness w/ the temp sensor when I was changing all my coolant hoses. Look at it..."pop." Everything is ok...just needed to be but in all the way.
I'm a master Mechanic
Went for the 'ol Test Drive. Felt a slight hesitation/wobble. There is also a strange, almost burning oil smell...
1/2 way into it, look to my brother, "Hey, did you torque down my wheel?"
"Uhh...No, did you?" "OH ****!"
Pulled into a parking lot. I call my friend, so he can swing by w/ the proper tools to get the wheels safe.
Then I see my car is crying...Crying oil. Oil is dripping down, appearing to come from the lights...Open the hood.
My oil cap fell off sometime along the way

I fricking Rule...
And then my EACV happened to crap out, replaced it w/ a brand new one, idle stops bouncing, but won't lower...Assumed the Code was for the EACV...check the code...6. Temp Sensor...
"OH ****!" I removed the wire harness w/ the temp sensor when I was changing all my coolant hoses. Look at it..."pop." Everything is ok...just needed to be but in all the way.
I'm a master Mechanic
way to be positive about it and make a fool of yourself on H-T
i'd have hid into a corner if I did that to myself and hoped no one noticed.
i'd have hid into a corner if I did that to myself and hoped no one noticed.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HBK »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">way to be positive about it and make a fool of yourself on H-T
i'd have hid into a corner if I did that to myself and hoped no one noticed.</TD></TR></TABLE>
seriously...haha
i'd have hid into a corner if I did that to myself and hoped no one noticed.</TD></TR></TABLE>
seriously...haha
dont worry i did the same thing with the lug nuts... drove around all day scared as hell b/c i didnt know why my car would shake really bad if i was slowing down or if i kept the car at the same speed
... i think we've all done something stupid like that... but its usually all good in the end
-Josh
... i think we've all done something stupid like that... but its usually all good in the end
-Josh
hah i feel ya , im a dumbass sometimes. i forgot my oil cap one time checkin if i was burning any oil or not and drove like 50 miles until i noticed the oil all over my car and head lights . thank god my block is still aite.
Yea I'm a complete dumbass too sometimes. Thankgod my dad usually reminds me of something that I forgot to do before I drive my car. It's good having a dad who's into cars as much as you.
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