mav
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Car was in on monday and got
rear wheel bearing sorted
oil and filter changed and a flush out.
reversed car out of drive today and huge puddle of oil on my driveway.
which was all monoblocked etc 6 month ago at a cost of 2.5k
Looked underneath car and oil dripping from sump plug FFS...
had to go out in pishing rain and scrub driveway with soapy water..looks like it came off.
goin to garage 1st thing...got a tub underneath sump at moment.... 
[Edited on 12-12-2003 by mav]
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Paul H
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oh dear sounds like they didn't change the sump plug washer
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Adam-D
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bunch of wankers your car couldda blown up/seized
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mav
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exactly..
This is the garage what my bro in law runs....very respectable firm..
goin to have words with him in morning..
come on FFS surely oil etc is the 1st thing in mechanics school
was a young lad that was doin the work...
[Edited on 12-12-2003 by mav]
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Marc
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How much you running now then or have you topped up?
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mav
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Topped it up earlier.
goin to top it up in morning..about 4 miles to garage..was quite low though when I topped it up earlier.......
just annoys me because it's on of the easiest jobs to do on a car...
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Marc
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I kno, did my old corsa altho it was soo low we couldnt get under it!!!!!
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mav
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just a pain in the arse....
just as well never stained driveway or he would have a very large bill..
will check drive in morning again...
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Ally
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i wondered what that was
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mav
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quote:
Originally posted by Ally
i wondered what that was
what what was........ 
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Ally
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I dont know, i think i had a bit of a random moment
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mav
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women
JK....
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Ally
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OI mutha
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Marc
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mav
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just to let you know the sump plug was not in right..Got another oil change done for notthin and new plug etc.....
never actually lost that much oil overnight...tub had about 1mm in bottom of it...
Ally....
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Adam-D
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good stuff glad its been sorted
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mav
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ainsley_brader
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quote:
Originally posted by mav
just annoys me because it's on of the easiest jobs to do on a car...
Is it?
Not aimed at you but pisses me off when people expect oil and filter etc changed for a fiver or something daft. Its a dirty, boring time consuming task that isnt neccesarily the most straightforward. Theres a possibility of oil filter vibraing loose or getting punctured either way it looks like your fault and can bew costly. Oil plug may not seat correctly, it may be rounded off, if the last person to refit it cross threaded it you have the problem when you take it back out etc etc.
Horrible job i hate it!
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mav
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ok m8...but it's not as if it's rocket science is it..Know it's a dirty shitty job and if I could be arsed would do it myself.
i don't expect it for a fiver either..I expect it for nothin as bro in law runs garage
I know where your coming from though.
All seems ok,not threaded or that..was just not done right..
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kortas
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when i got new tyres for my alloys saw it was a young lad changing the rubbers, i asked politly if there was any one erm a little older n wiser who could do it instead.
mav u shud do ur own oil changes peice of piss, and u can rest assurd nothing will go wrong, only thing mine will go into garages for is respray or welding, everything else i will do myself.
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mav
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i know but cannae be arsed like... lazy bastard me...
This is the only time i've had a problem...as I've said my brother in law runs garage and is usually always spot on..
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