I am an I-D-I-O-T!!!

[buie1289]

Over the weekend I decided to change the oil & fuel filters on my 2004 Ford (sorry) F-350 PowerStroke. Long story short, I got all the fluids changed and a new air filter and fuel filters all installed, so I hopped in and fired it up. While I'm sitting there with the truck running I happened to glance up at my work table and saw 4 gallons of Rotella oil sitting there smiling back at me. In my head I thought "Hmmm I don't remember putting my empty oil bottles up there". Then it hit me, "they're sitting up there because you never put any oil in the truck" As I glanced down at the instument cluster and saw the "Check Gauges" light practically screaming at me that the oil pressure was approximately 0 psi! Thank God all of this happened in a span of about 10 seconds or so. I proceeded to both curse and pray and turn off the truck at the same time.

I've been changing my oil (and my wife's oil) for years and I've never had that happen to me. I'll bet it doesn't happen again!

[A383Wing]

I fergot to put the drain plug in one time....

(only once)

[bull]

I fergot to put the drain plug in one time....

(only once)

Me too. And I was surprised how fast that first quart of oil went right on through the engine. Almost as if it wasn't even there.

[ZSmithersCharges]

I've done plenty of stupid things just not thinking... the difference between someone who knows cars and someone who doesn't though lies in the fact that you caught what you did.  Walmart would have sent you out on the road just like that and wouldn't have said sh*t about it.  I had this moron I was working with at Nissan accidentally turn the oil feed to 20 quarts because the dial has three setters.  One for points of a quart one for singles and one for tens the gauge face looked just like this 00.0.  Well he selected the one for 10s set it to 20 and when oil started spilling all over the floor instead of realizing his mistake guess what he does?  Puts the cap on, drives the car billowing smoke out into the parking lot(brand new car in for first service mind you) tells the lady her car is ready.  She starts flipping out and he says he didn't do anything it was like that when he got it... long story short he no longer works there.

[dpm68]

... long story short he no longer works there.

Holey shamolee.

[ZSmithersCharges]

Your tellin me... I'm not the type to laugh at a man when he's down but he had no shame anyways.

[1969chargerrtse]

When I change my oil in the Charger, I pull the coil wire and crank it over in steps until I see the oil gauge move.

[chargergirl]

WoW! My friend had a brand new truck took it in for her first oil change. Drove it home, started to come to work and idiot light came on. She pulls over, checks the engine, rechecks, and fills the oil...calls dealer. First she didn't know what she was talking about and now has too much oil in her engine and gets the lecture about how that will void the warrenty. Well long story short it wasn't until her husband went into the dealership on his way home from work that they listened. She's like me, we know how to do our dailies! We know to check the oil, trans fluid (leave that engine running), and water level on a car that we drive daily. Story given...gun must have misfired...you don't check the level after you fill it? Ok, now I'm scared! Thank God nothing grave happened to your truck. It's the routine things in life that we just walk through that can get us.

[MoparSam]

I fergot to put the drain plug in one time....

(only once)

Me too. And I was surprised how fast that first quart of oil went right on through the engine. Almost as if it wasn't even there.

I once forgot to put the plug back in the '87 Dodge pickup and had a 5 quart river of fresh oil running down the driveway (I had bought the 5 quart jug) and realized it about the time I poured in the last drop, boy I felt stupid.

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Ever "double gasket" an oil filter?   Not pretty

[elacruze]

Servicing a forklift; pouring in the 4th quart when the puddle made it out to my boot...
3 bags of floor dry later I try again. Dipstick ok.
Start, no oil pressure! WTF? Here comes that puddle again...no filter. 
2 more bags of floordry.

All in plain sight of the office on my customer's truck docks.

[1969chargerrtse]

Servicing a forklift; pouring in the 4th quart when the puddle made it out to my boot...
3 bags of floor dry later I try again. Dipstick ok.
Start, no oil pressure! WTF? Here comes that puddle again...no filter. 
2 more bags of floordry.

All in plain sight of the office on my customer's truck docks.

Oh man, double dumb. Sorry. 

[Magnumcharger]

I did an antifreeze change on my Dodge Ram a while ago.
Put the radiator cap on top of my rad support....and forgot it.

Got quite a ways from home - almost two hours - before it boiled over. I couldn't imagine why the temp gauge was pegged!
Popped the hood and....what a mess!
I gave it a half hour to calm down, then drove it the 5 minutes to the closest gas station.

Lucky for me I had no significant effects to my engine. Very lucky!

[400/6/PAC]

I got a good one for You.
Recently I changed My cam and when I set My hydraulic lifters I overtightened them causing the valves to stay open, No compression, And it sounded really bad.
So after learning how to adjust them correctly, I wanted to turn the motor over a little to hear what it sounded like.
After I turned it over a few times, My friend started yelling at Me to stop.
I had the fuel lines disconnected from the manifold and the distributor cap laying next to the fuel line, ( coil wire still attached )
As it turns out, The sparks from the cap were only 4" from the fuel spill.
I thank My lucky stars it didn't catch fire.
Now that My friends is being an IDIOT.
If You look just behind the cap You can see one of the fuel lines.

[Road Dog]

About 5 years ago I filled the Charger up with Diesel Fuel. I was having an already bad day whipped into the Gas Station and up to an Island and started pumping. When it was full I saw it foam at the top and I said,"%**#*%%" or something to that affect. I just called the lowback and had the tank drained. An hour later I was on the road. A bright side to the story is at the back of the shop was a Green 70 GTX getting a full Resto. The guys cranked it up to let me hear it.    

[jaak]

I fergot to put the drain plug in one time....

(only once)

Been there, done that!

Ever "double gasket" an oil filter?   Not pretty

Guilty of that one time, also.

Jason

[moparstuart]

  we call that a code     ID  10   T  here    

[400/6/PAC]

 we call that a code     ID  10   T  here    

Funny

[451-74Charger]

Brand new Pherd Escort, Picked it up, drove it a little, and the idiot light came on. Someone forgot to fill the rad with antifreeze (Brand new !!)

[Ranger Max]

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[Landonsrt]

Ever "double gasket" an oil filter?   Not pretty

I did that when I used to be a lubetech at Pepboys back in my highschool days. changed oil on a ford aerostar. Pulled it all the way around the building and parked it in front. Walked behind and looked down.... OH SHIT!
Ran it back into the shop, cleaned up the mess and found my mistake. NEVER DID THAT AGAIN!

[BMOTOXSTAR]

Ever "double gasket" an oil filter?   Not pretty

No, but I lost the gasket on a filter and man did that thing leak.

[CharcoalCharger]

Ever "double gasket" an oil filter?   Not pretty

I did once on the 318 in my '96 Dakota   

[ZSmithersCharges]

 we call that a code     ID  10   T  here    

I don't get it?   

[71ChallengeHer]

Ever "double gasket" an oil filter?   Not pretty

My friend did that changing the oil on the Chally. Called me up, yelling I bought the wrong filter.  And there was fresh oil all over the garage floor. Then he pulled the old filter out of the drain pan. 

[teamroth]

 we call that a code     ID  10   T  here    

I don't get it?   

An old military joke, tell the new go to go get an ID10T form, takes forever to realize you're looking for the IDIOT application. I know, I asked around for a few minutes! 

[ZSmithersCharges]

 we call that a code     ID  10   T  here    

I don't get it?   

An old military joke, tell the new go to go get an ID10T form, takes forever to realize you're looking for the IDIOT application. I know, I asked around for a few minutes! 

That's pretty damn good considering it sounds legitimate ID 10 T hahahaha 

[teamroth]

at 19 years old they had me walking around for a few minutes, and then it hit me. Here's your sign!

[The70RT]

 I think the worse thing I did was hit the positive battery cable on the battery once and blew the top off the battery. I was lucky since I had a friend with me and lead me to a faucet to have my eyes flushed. A neighbor kid brought one of my battery caps over and said it was two houses down  I guess i have been lucky and never did the oil plug thing. I did play a joke on a guy at vo-tech one time. He was acting like he was king shit and the teacher let him do all his honey doo's. He was changing the oil for the teacher in his Camaro, after he did so he wasn't looking and I put an empty oil can like the ones he just used with the others. He looked down and had a weird look on his face when he seen 6 quarts. He must have started it up and turned it off like 3 times and rechecked the oil. He eventually went and asked the teacher if he gave him 5 or 6 quarts. After that he combed the shop for on lookers 

[ZSmithersCharges]

I think the worse thing I did was hit the positive battery cable on the battery once and blew the top off the battery. I was lucky since I had a friend with me and lead me to a faucet to have my eyes flushed. A neighbor kid brought one of my battery caps over and said it was two houses down  I guess i have been lucky and never did the oil plug thing. I did play a joke on a guy at vo-tech one time. He was acting like he was king shit and the teacher let him do all his honey doo's. He was changing the oil for the teacher in his Camaro, after he did so he wasn't looking and I put an empty oil can like the ones he just used with the others. He looked down and had a weird look on his face when he seen 6 quarts. He must have started it up and turned it off like 3 times and rechecked the oil. He eventually went and asked the teacher if he gave him 5 or 6 quarts. After that he combed the shop for on lookers 

You and I must have a different idea on what "luck" is  You say a little spilled oil is unlucky... I say battery acid in the eyes is worse... but thats just my   

[A383Wing]

I guess there are more "IDIOTS" here on the forum than we all thought, huh?? 

(1 of the chosen few)

[ZSmithersCharges]

I guess there are more "IDIOTS" here on the forum than we all thought, huh?? 

(1 of the chosen few)

One of the mods better delete this thread quick before the Rustang forum finds us out! 

[A383Wing]

I guess there are more "IDIOTS" here on the forum than we all thought, huh?? 

(1 of the chosen few)

One of the mods better delete this thread quick before the Rustang forum finds us out! 

Screw them....they don't know what a real car is

[ZSmithersCharges]

Screw them....they don't know what a real car is

[mopar_nut_440_6]

I had the engine out of my 70 Duster to install a turbo drain in the oil pan and to clean it up and regasket it. I assembled it all and fired it up. I took a while to get the carb setup and the turbo working for me. The engine is stock with the  exception of the turbo setup. The car sat for a couple of weeks without being used and had only run for short bursts of less than a minute.

I insured the car and my son popped by so I let him take the car for a couple of hours. When he came back he told me that the car had been steaming and he had to put water in it. I had filled the rad once but not checked it after the water had circulated! Thankfully it is a /6 and these things apparently run with minimal coolant!

[mikesbbody]

Ever "double gasket" an oil filter?   Not pretty

Yup, well not me but I was there and saw it happen on a friends 66 buick. the gasket from the old filter stuck to the block, he put the new filter on and oil went all over the driveway their NEW DRIVEWAY  his father saw it
and despite the fact he's "Christian" he swore like a Salior 

[chargergirl]

I guess there are more "IDIOTS" here on the forum than we all thought, huh?? 

(1 of the chosen few)

One of the mods better delete this thread quick before the Rustang forum finds us out! 

Then they're not man enough to own up and lyin' to themselves!  Every single mechanic has these stories, real ones own up.

[buie1289]

Well, while we're telling it all.... Same truck, different oil change. I have a small drain pan and a large drain pan. Not thinking, I grabbed the small pan plopped under the truck and proceeded to remove the plug. Figured I would go ahead and change the filters (up top) while it drained. My small drain pan holds roughly 6 quarts. Truck holds roughly 4 gallons. End result was 2.5 gallons on the shiny clean garage floor. Thank Baby Jesus for oil-dry.

[lisiecki1]

i had just installed my 390 horse 360 in my 73 and was excited to hear it run so i fired it up on jack stands with open headers to check it out, after running for a few minutes i ran it up a bit to seat the rings and while it was idling i walked around the front of the car and kicked over 7 new quarts of oil "AHH SHIT!" could have been heard for two or three blocks.....3 months later i was putting new bearings in the bottom end....

I was 18 and excited, and it will never happen again....now i write out checklists and tape them to the steering wheel with the keys so i can't start it without paying attention to the checklist....

[ZSmithersCharges]

Well, while we're telling it all.... Same truck, different oil change. I have a small drain pan and a large drain pan. Not thinking, I grabbed the small pan plopped under the truck and proceeded to remove the plug. Figured I would go ahead and change the filters (up top) while it drained. My small drain pan holds roughly 6 quarts. Truck holds roughly 4 gallons. End result was 2.5 gallons on the shiny clean garage floor. Thank Baby Jesus for oil-dry.

Kitty litter works too 

[ZSmithersCharges]

i had just installed my 390 horse 360 in my 73 and was excited to hear it run so i fired it up on jack stands with open headers to check it out, after running for a few minutes i ran it up a bit to seat the rings and while it was idling i walked around the front of the car and kicked over 7 new quarts of oil "AHH SHIT!" could have been heard for two or three blocks.....3 months later i was putting new bearings in the bottom end....

I was 18 and excited, and it will never happen again....now i write out checklists and tape them to the steering wheel with the keys so i can't start it without paying attention to the checklist....

That sucks! 

[The70RT]

I think the worse thing I did was hit the positive battery cable on the battery once and blew the top off the battery. I was lucky since I had a friend with me and lead me to a faucet to have my eyes flushed. A neighbor kid brought one of my battery caps over and said it was two houses down  I guess i have been lucky and never did the oil plug thing. I did play a joke on a guy at vo-tech one time. He was acting like he was king shit and the teacher let him do all his honey doo's. He was changing the oil for the teacher in his Camaro, after he did so he wasn't looking and I put an empty oil can like the ones he just used with the others. He looked down and had a weird look on his face when he seen 6 quarts. He must have started it up and turned it off like 3 times and rechecked the oil. He eventually went and asked the teacher if he gave him 5 or 6 quarts. After that he combed the shop for on lookers 

You and I must have a different idea on what "luck" is  You say a little spilled oil is unlucky... I say battery acid in the eyes is worse... but thats just my   

Yeah I was to a certain degree. A friend of mine had an eye put out when those DieHards were blowing up for no reason years ago......yeah he was lucky that he didn't loose both eyes. So there is different degrees of luck 

[ZSmithersCharges]

I think the worse thing I did was hit the positive battery cable on the battery once and blew the top off the battery. I was lucky since I had a friend with me and lead me to a faucet to have my eyes flushed. A neighbor kid brought one of my battery caps over and said it was two houses down  I guess i have been lucky and never did the oil plug thing. I did play a joke on a guy at vo-tech one time. He was acting like he was king shit and the teacher let him do all his honey doo's. He was changing the oil for the teacher in his Camaro, after he did so he wasn't looking and I put an empty oil can like the ones he just used with the others. He looked down and had a weird look on his face when he seen 6 quarts. He must have started it up and turned it off like 3 times and rechecked the oil. He eventually went and asked the teacher if he gave him 5 or 6 quarts. After that he combed the shop for on lookers 

You and I must have a different idea on what "luck" is  You say a little spilled oil is unlucky... I say battery acid in the eyes is worse... but thats just my   

Yeah I was to a certain degree. A friend of mine had an eye put out when those DieHards were blowing up for no reason years ago......yeah he was lucky that he didn't loose both eyes. So there is different degrees of luck 

I suppose battery acid to the face is a good way of "dying hard"  So hows your vision   

[The70RT]

I think the worse thing I did was hit the positive battery cable on the battery once and blew the top off the battery. I was lucky since I had a friend with me and lead me to a faucet to have my eyes flushed. A neighbor kid brought one of my battery caps over and said it was two houses down   I guess i have been lucky and never did the oil plug thing. I did play a joke on a guy at vo-tech one time. He was acting like he was king shit and the teacher let him do all his honey doo's. He was changing the oil for the teacher in his Camaro, after he did so he wasn't looking and I put an empty oil can like the ones he just used with the others. He looked down and had a weird look on his face when he seen 6 quarts. He must have started it up and turned it off like 3 times and rechecked the oil. He eventually went and asked the teacher if he gave him 5 or 6 quarts. After that he combed the shop for on lookers  

You and I must have a different idea on what "luck" is   You say a little spilled oil is unlucky... I say battery acid in the eyes is worse... but thats just my    

Yeah I was to a certain degree. A friend of mine had an eye put out when those DieHards were blowing up for no reason years ago......yeah he was lucky that he didn't loose both eyes. So there is different degrees of luck  

I suppose battery acid to the face is a good way of "dying hard"   So hows your vision  

How's yours  

[ZSmithersCharges]

I think the worse thing I did was hit the positive battery cable on the battery once and blew the top off the battery. I was lucky since I had a friend with me and lead me to a faucet to have my eyes flushed. A neighbor kid brought one of my battery caps over and said it was two houses down   I guess i have been lucky and never did the oil plug thing. I did play a joke on a guy at vo-tech one time. He was acting like he was king shit and the teacher let him do all his honey doo's. He was changing the oil for the teacher in his Camaro, after he did so he wasn't looking and I put an empty oil can like the ones he just used with the others. He looked down and had a weird look on his face when he seen 6 quarts. He must have started it up and turned it off like 3 times and rechecked the oil. He eventually went and asked the teacher if he gave him 5 or 6 quarts. After that he combed the shop for on lookers  

You and I must have a different idea on what "luck" is   You say a little spilled oil is unlucky... I say battery acid in the eyes is worse... but thats just my    

Yeah I was to a certain degree. A friend of mine had an eye put out when those DieHards were blowing up for no reason years ago......yeah he was lucky that he didn't loose both eyes. So there is different degrees of luck  

I suppose battery acid to the face is a good way of "dying hard"   So hows your vision  

How's yours  

Hahaha  Unfortunately not so good 

[A383Wing]

Well...I did a boo-boo today...was doing an oil change on customers car...we check & fill all the fluids as well...got the windshield washer fluid and proceeded to fill up the washer bottle...

Filled up the radiator overflow bottle instead with above washer fluid.

I need a vacation


<sigh>

[kcederwall08]

Just last weekend I pulled out my radiator to change my water pump, and when I put it in I filled the motor up with coolant and other fluids. Then when I went to start the car it started fine, and I went to go check for water leaks. I looked at the bottom of the radiator, just to realize some fluid was pouring out pretty fast, and when I looked at the floor I saw about a 4 foot diameter puddle of transmission fluid with the engine still running.  Turns out I forgot to hook up the cooler lines for the transmission back to the radiator. 

[ZSmithersCharges]

Just last weekend I pulled out my radiator to change my water pump, and when I put it in I filled the motor up with coolant and other fluids. Then when I went to start the car it started fine, and I went to go check for water leaks. I looked at the bottom of the radiator, just to realize some fluid was pouring out pretty fast, and when I looked at the floor I saw about a 4 foot diameter puddle of transmission fluid with the engine still running.  Turns out I forgot to hook up the cooler lines for the transmission back to the radiator. 

Good thing you didn't go for a drive    That's usually the first thing I do when I work on a car!

[buie1289]

Just last weekend I pulled out my radiator to change my water pump, and when I put it in I filled the motor up with coolant and other fluids. Then when I went to start the car it started fine, and I went to go check for water leaks. I looked at the bottom of the radiator, just to realize some fluid was pouring out pretty fast, and when I looked at the floor I saw about a 4 foot diameter puddle of transmission fluid with the engine still running.  Turns out I forgot to hook up the cooler lines for the transmission back to the radiator. 

Good thing you didn't go for a drive    That's usually the first thing I do when I work on a car!

I'm pretty much a pro at the Trans fluid on the floor thing. My 64 Barracuda leaks trans fluid at strange intervals. I can drive it for hours and park it everything is bone dry. It will sit for days without a drop. Occasionally, I open the garage door only to find a huge puddle under it. I just laugh and toss some more oil-dry down. I think it misses me when I'm gone and leaves me a present! 

[dstryr]

If your daughter has dance lessons at 6:30 and you already know it, but you wife calls and says lessons are at 6:15, Where are you, you're going to be late? , just take a deep breath and finish what you are doing.  Namely, install the clips into the pins after you put the hood back on but BEFORE you hit 25mph on the highway...

[mopar73]

When I was in high school, the auto teacher let me use the shop after school to install a set of headers on the 73, using the lift.  Afterwhile my best friend and I figured out that the engine had to be raised to make them fit, so we had the bright idea of using a transmission jack to raise the engine up.  You can see where this is going.  Yes, we raised the engine using the bottom of the oil pan for a lift spot  The engine lasted two weeks before it started to squeal and lock up  I was such an idiot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[The70RT]

When I was in high school, the auto teacher let me use the shop after school to install a set of headers on the 73, using the lift.  Afterwhile my best friend and I figured out that the engine had to be raised to make them fit, so we had the bright idea of using a transmission jack to raise the engine up.  You can see where this is going.  Yes, we raised the engine using the bottom of the oil pan for a lift spot  The engine lasted two weeks before it started to squeal and lock up  I was such an idiot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have jacked up many a engine by the oil pan. I always put a block a wood under it first though.

[ZSmithersCharges]

Just last weekend I pulled out my radiator to change my water pump, and when I put it in I filled the motor up with coolant and other fluids. Then when I went to start the car it started fine, and I went to go check for water leaks. I looked at the bottom of the radiator, just to realize some fluid was pouring out pretty fast, and when I looked at the floor I saw about a 4 foot diameter puddle of transmission fluid with the engine still running.  Turns out I forgot to hook up the cooler lines for the transmission back to the radiator. 

Good thing you didn't go for a drive    That's usually the first thing I do when I work on a car!

I'm pretty much a pro at the Trans fluid on the floor thing. My 64 Barracuda leaks trans fluid at strange intervals. I can drive it for hours and park it everything is bone dry. It will sit for days without a drop. Occasionally, I open the garage door only to find a huge puddle under it. I just laugh and toss some more oil-dry down. I think it misses me when I'm gone and leaves me a present! 

Aww thats so thoughtful, thanks for working on me punk now clean up my sh*t  I'm telling you though... if you have cats save some money... who needs fresh litter anyways?

[mopar73]

When I was in high school, the auto teacher let me use the shop after school to install a set of headers on the 73, using the lift.  Afterwhile my best friend and I figured out that the engine had to be raised to make them fit, so we had the bright idea of using a transmission jack to raise the engine up.  You can see where this is going.  Yes, we raised the engine using the bottom of the oil pan for a lift spot  The engine lasted two weeks before it started to squeal and lock up  I was such an idiot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have jacked up many a engine by the oil pan. I always put a block a wood under it first though.

I wasn't that smart then and the jack pad was relatively small