RV Air Conditioners

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1. Pete Bradshaw

   Posted October 11, 2010 at 6:17 pm | Permalink

   Nah, it wasn't broken… it was on its way. So I pulled over as soon as I could and stopped the engine. When the AA man came once he heard the rattle he said he wouldn't do anything like revving the engine to help diagnose the fault for fear of doing more damage.

   Hadn't experiecned that before, but did have an oil filter fail on me and I broke the big ends on a Cortina Mk II

2. voileauciel

   Posted March 4, 2011 at 2:41 am | Permalink

   This is my only truly hilarious story from high school: So I took Auto Shop in Junior and Senior year. Our teach, who could best be described as an ex-hippie ‘Nam Vet, looked like a cross between John Lennon and Willie Nelson, and probably smoked as much reefer as those two did combined. So one day he pulls into the bay in this ancient Diesel Mercedes, had to have been late ’70s, and he hold up the keys in the air until all the guys are quiet. In the past, he would usually toss the keys to some senior, and have them drive him and a few other kids out to get lunch. No such luck on this particular day. He tossed me the keys, and said “Change the oil. Rest of the class, come down to the cafeteria, let’s see what snacks are left.” So I go and pull this ancient barge forward, and climb down into the pit to start the oil change. It was then that I noticed that the oil drain plug had been *welded* to the oil pan. Looking around, I saw that the oil filter was at such an angle that if I started the engine, I could probably spray the oil out of the engine if I ran it for a few seconds, so, in my THC addled mind, I climbed up, jumped in the car, and started the engine. Jumping back down into the pit, I now saw that oil was **gushing** all over the place. I tried to catch it with a bucket but no go, it was everywhere, and I was covered in oil. Shut the engine off, put on a new filter, and refilled the motor. Shortly before finishing up the cleanup, the teacher and the other 12 guys in the class came back, all hooting and hollering because I was covered in oil. I told Vince (teach’s name) that the drain plug was welded on. He threw a TrollFace and was like, “You blew the oil out through the filter hole, didn’t you?” And I was like “Yeah?” and he says “You’re the first one to ever figure that out. The rest of these assholes would come back saying they couldn’t get the drain plug off.” Dick move, but still fun. TL;DR – Shop teacher made me change oil on a car with a welded drain plug, had to drain oil by running the engine, got covered in oil in the process.