That moment when...

"Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell." (oppisitelock)
07/22/2014 at 13:37 • Filed to: fuuuuu

You drop the sump plug in the catch pan.

DISCUSSION (23)

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/22/2014 at 13:41

And here I thought I was the only one who has done this. I say there's at least a 25% chance I will do this whenever I do an oil change.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/22/2014 at 13:43

Could be worse. Try changing the oil of a BMW K1600. You drop the plug in the pan somewhere, the entire exhaust comes off.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated!
07/22/2014 at 13:44

Same here. It'd happened once before so I was thinking the whole time, "don't drop it, don't dro.... Oh god damn it.".

yamahog > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/22/2014 at 13:44

Yuuuup. Reason #1 why I use one like this:

Kinja'd!!!

Frank Grimes > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/22/2014 at 13:44

because the hot oil burns your hand and then you reach into the burning oil for the plug and burn your hand again.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > yamahog
07/22/2014 at 13:50

If I wasn't such a cheapskate I'd pick up one of those, I use an old washing up bowl...

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
07/22/2014 at 13:51

That would be a bad bike for me to own then, I'm terrible for dropping bolts and such.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Frank Grimes
07/22/2014 at 13:52

I was actually smarter this time around and waited for the oil to cool before retrieving it. Learnt my lesson from last time...

Pixel > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/22/2014 at 13:52

I use this style drain pain just to avoid that issue, so if I drop it it is only in a tiny bit of oil, and the two holes into the lower area are too small for the drain plug to fall down in there.

Kinja'd!!!

yamahog > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/22/2014 at 13:53

If you can fit an old strainer over it, that should do the trick!

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > yamahog
07/22/2014 at 13:59

That's a good idea. I should have probably thought of that before considering how often I end up dropping the things...

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Pixel
07/22/2014 at 14:01

My innate cheapness/brokeness stops me from buying stuff like that... Yamahog had a pretty good idea for something similar that wont cost me anything tho.

yamahog > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/22/2014 at 14:03

But think of the benefits of all those hot oil treatments! Your skin must be so soft!

tromoly > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/22/2014 at 14:03

Only happens when I go to change oil within 5 minutes of shutting the engine off, so the oil is a nice, calming 200-degrees Fahrenheit. And because it's a vat of oil, it takes a really long time to cool down to the point of reaching in and grabbing the plug without getting burned. Oh what fun.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > tromoly
07/22/2014 at 14:13

Fun indeed. Although this time I dropped it because clumsy not because of the searing hot oil. Did have to wait quite a while to retrieve it though...

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > yamahog
07/22/2014 at 14:14

After the amount of work on cars I've done in the last few days my skin is like a 30 year old biker jacket..

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/22/2014 at 14:23

one better - putting the plug back in, threads stripped out the pan completely, then the plug falls in the oil.

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Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
07/22/2014 at 14:29

That would be awful, haven't yet stripped a sump plug. Managed to torque a wheel nut so tight it snapped though...

sketchcat > Pixel
07/22/2014 at 14:35

ayup. Ive owned three of those things over the years (cheaper wal mart versions, i just leave them with the oil recyclers on my last drop off before i made multi-state moves.)

I dont even pretend to want to catch the plug, it just gets dropped right into the catch basin by the time im done doing/checking other things the oil has slowed to a slow drip and the plug is sitting high and dry in the little webbing that keeps it from falling INTO the actual container.

I QUERY THE FORUM: WHAT IS YOUR PERSONAL BEST FOR AN OIL CHANGE?

ramp/jack (or wiggle under if you have a truck),pop hood, arrange pan, drop nut, while draining arrange your fresh oil, fresh filter, and funnel to be ready.. wait.. slow drip, replace nut, wipe drain hole, move pan, pull old filter. dip rubber seal of fresh filter into the top catch area of the drain pan to lube it, thread it on, wipe area, pull yourself and drain pan and used filter out form under rig, proceed to refill with fresh. dip stick checking, replace filler cap, close hood, de-ramp/jack.

~20 minutes.

StingrayJake > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/22/2014 at 14:47

I've dropped a filter in a pan. Cleaning up after that was fun.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > StingrayJake
07/22/2014 at 14:50

I assume oil splashed absolutely everywhere. Scrubbing the driveway is never fun after leaking oil onto it.

StingrayJake > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/22/2014 at 14:55

My white hat was ruined. Otherwise, it was in a shop where people much less competent than I made messes every day. Just throw some absorbent on it.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/22/2014 at 15:06

ooh I've done that too. Stem just laying on the ground and or stuck in the lug nut.

Luckily on the sump I was able to use an oversized plug to recut the threading. Yeah, 4 hour oil change on a lowered car up on ramps but still barely able to fit under. Horrible experience