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Re: OT my wife's ability to destroy automobiles
Great story, I'll have to send this to my sister. She had let her car go so
far past an oil change that the oil filter was plugged to the point where she also got the warning light to come on. The call to me was that that car would smoke from time to time, and could I check it out. I went to her place and we went for a drive. In my town there are a set of lights near the police station, and I had to stop for the red light that day. The engine didn't smoke when you first ran the engine cold. It wasn't until the motor was warmed up and you were accelerating from a stop that you could see any smoke. But the smoke came out so much that traffic had to stop! When I parked I started to ask all the things that she'd done. Everyone at work told her to add oil if that red light came on and she did so every day for a week. I drained two gallons of oil out before it was low enough for the proper levels. The police saw us go by and followed to make sure that no one crashed due to the cloud of smoke. They were able to follow us all the way back to her house. Walking up the driveway I could tell they were not happy. When I told them what she had done to the car, they walked away laughing. "4nik8OR" <chesshire_cat@nospam.net> wrote in message news:3f862999$1_1@newspeer2.tds.net... My day in a nutshell... the phone rings... my wife frantic, says: "Is that you Angus?" "Aye" I say... (wondering just what other Scotsman she expects to answer the phone at home) "I broke my car again" (again IS very fitting) " I went to the car wash and this black thing flew off when I washed it." Me: "aye?!" "then when I left there was a red light on, it was the one with the sprinkler on it" Me: "aye??" (wondering just which bloody light she is talking about, I have no memory of any sprinkler on the indicators, but it may not be a bad idea in her case. Now, truthfully, have YOU seen any sprinklers on your instruments?) "I stopped by tom thumb (a local low budget 7-11) and the boy said I needed oil. (Ah! the oil can... I guess it could look like a watering tin in a way...) "I put some oil in, but I ran out of change before the light went off. then it started smoking really bad and stopped, now it won't do anything. Can you come help me?" Me: "Aye, ah'm coming" (click of phone hang-up) Drive 45 miles to town, find her sitting in her Mitsubishi, happy as a sand boy, bonnet up, oil under it... LOTS of oil! thinking to myself just how did she manage to goose the damn thing again?!?!?! No holes in block, oil pan is in one piece, and plug is in it. What could she have done? She said she put the oil the plug marked "engine oil". Hmmmmmm.... It looked like she sprayed a few bottles of 10-30 all about the engine just to be sure everything was completely coated. I pulled the dipstick out, and oil GUSHED out. I could see I was going to need a few bellywashers to take even begin to solve this one. the 3000 got a tow home... again. (should be getting frequent rider miles soon, I had to listen to the wrecker driver's gob flapping about liking the ride in the country.) After an hour of trying to solve the newest mechanical debacle I found the "black thing" was a rubber boot for the instrument oil pressure sender taking flight from the wire. The connector was broken, well, more like torn off, from a shot of the pressure hose. (the ECM uses a separate sensor) and she had enough "loose change" to put over 10 quarts in the motor! (on top of the normal 5) it finally filled the case, and into the air box, drowning the motor in it's own juice. and causing the whole contraption to come to a smoking halt. The oil all over was from the "nice guy" at tom thumb helping her add oil... with the engine running, spewing the stuff everywhere. Somehow she remembered the manual said to check and add oil with the engine running in park (yes, I know... but I am not even going to try to explain that to her.) Once the motor stopped the oil seeped into the cylinders, and locked the motor up. Somehow the seals survived, at least so far. Some days I think she eats fizzies for breakfast, and the CO2 bubbles cause complete mechanical retardation. |
Re: OT my wife's ability to destroy automobiles
Great story, I'll have to send this to my sister. She had let her car go so
far past an oil change that the oil filter was plugged to the point where she also got the warning light to come on. The call to me was that that car would smoke from time to time, and could I check it out. I went to her place and we went for a drive. In my town there are a set of lights near the police station, and I had to stop for the red light that day. The engine didn't smoke when you first ran the engine cold. It wasn't until the motor was warmed up and you were accelerating from a stop that you could see any smoke. But the smoke came out so much that traffic had to stop! When I parked I started to ask all the things that she'd done. Everyone at work told her to add oil if that red light came on and she did so every day for a week. I drained two gallons of oil out before it was low enough for the proper levels. The police saw us go by and followed to make sure that no one crashed due to the cloud of smoke. They were able to follow us all the way back to her house. Walking up the driveway I could tell they were not happy. When I told them what she had done to the car, they walked away laughing. "4nik8OR" <chesshire_cat@nospam.net> wrote in message news:3f862999$1_1@newspeer2.tds.net... My day in a nutshell... the phone rings... my wife frantic, says: "Is that you Angus?" "Aye" I say... (wondering just what other Scotsman she expects to answer the phone at home) "I broke my car again" (again IS very fitting) " I went to the car wash and this black thing flew off when I washed it." Me: "aye?!" "then when I left there was a red light on, it was the one with the sprinkler on it" Me: "aye??" (wondering just which bloody light she is talking about, I have no memory of any sprinkler on the indicators, but it may not be a bad idea in her case. Now, truthfully, have YOU seen any sprinklers on your instruments?) "I stopped by tom thumb (a local low budget 7-11) and the boy said I needed oil. (Ah! the oil can... I guess it could look like a watering tin in a way...) "I put some oil in, but I ran out of change before the light went off. then it started smoking really bad and stopped, now it won't do anything. Can you come help me?" Me: "Aye, ah'm coming" (click of phone hang-up) Drive 45 miles to town, find her sitting in her Mitsubishi, happy as a sand boy, bonnet up, oil under it... LOTS of oil! thinking to myself just how did she manage to goose the damn thing again?!?!?! No holes in block, oil pan is in one piece, and plug is in it. What could she have done? She said she put the oil the plug marked "engine oil". Hmmmmmm.... It looked like she sprayed a few bottles of 10-30 all about the engine just to be sure everything was completely coated. I pulled the dipstick out, and oil GUSHED out. I could see I was going to need a few bellywashers to take even begin to solve this one. the 3000 got a tow home... again. (should be getting frequent rider miles soon, I had to listen to the wrecker driver's gob flapping about liking the ride in the country.) After an hour of trying to solve the newest mechanical debacle I found the "black thing" was a rubber boot for the instrument oil pressure sender taking flight from the wire. The connector was broken, well, more like torn off, from a shot of the pressure hose. (the ECM uses a separate sensor) and she had enough "loose change" to put over 10 quarts in the motor! (on top of the normal 5) it finally filled the case, and into the air box, drowning the motor in it's own juice. and causing the whole contraption to come to a smoking halt. The oil all over was from the "nice guy" at tom thumb helping her add oil... with the engine running, spewing the stuff everywhere. Somehow she remembered the manual said to check and add oil with the engine running in park (yes, I know... but I am not even going to try to explain that to her.) Once the motor stopped the oil seeped into the cylinders, and locked the motor up. Somehow the seals survived, at least so far. Some days I think she eats fizzies for breakfast, and the CO2 bubbles cause complete mechanical retardation. |
Re: OT my wife's ability to destroy automobiles
Great story, I'll have to send this to my sister. She had let her car go so
far past an oil change that the oil filter was plugged to the point where she also got the warning light to come on. The call to me was that that car would smoke from time to time, and could I check it out. I went to her place and we went for a drive. In my town there are a set of lights near the police station, and I had to stop for the red light that day. The engine didn't smoke when you first ran the engine cold. It wasn't until the motor was warmed up and you were accelerating from a stop that you could see any smoke. But the smoke came out so much that traffic had to stop! When I parked I started to ask all the things that she'd done. Everyone at work told her to add oil if that red light came on and she did so every day for a week. I drained two gallons of oil out before it was low enough for the proper levels. The police saw us go by and followed to make sure that no one crashed due to the cloud of smoke. They were able to follow us all the way back to her house. Walking up the driveway I could tell they were not happy. When I told them what she had done to the car, they walked away laughing. "4nik8OR" <chesshire_cat@nospam.net> wrote in message news:3f862999$1_1@newspeer2.tds.net... My day in a nutshell... the phone rings... my wife frantic, says: "Is that you Angus?" "Aye" I say... (wondering just what other Scotsman she expects to answer the phone at home) "I broke my car again" (again IS very fitting) " I went to the car wash and this black thing flew off when I washed it." Me: "aye?!" "then when I left there was a red light on, it was the one with the sprinkler on it" Me: "aye??" (wondering just which bloody light she is talking about, I have no memory of any sprinkler on the indicators, but it may not be a bad idea in her case. Now, truthfully, have YOU seen any sprinklers on your instruments?) "I stopped by tom thumb (a local low budget 7-11) and the boy said I needed oil. (Ah! the oil can... I guess it could look like a watering tin in a way...) "I put some oil in, but I ran out of change before the light went off. then it started smoking really bad and stopped, now it won't do anything. Can you come help me?" Me: "Aye, ah'm coming" (click of phone hang-up) Drive 45 miles to town, find her sitting in her Mitsubishi, happy as a sand boy, bonnet up, oil under it... LOTS of oil! thinking to myself just how did she manage to goose the damn thing again?!?!?! No holes in block, oil pan is in one piece, and plug is in it. What could she have done? She said she put the oil the plug marked "engine oil". Hmmmmmm.... It looked like she sprayed a few bottles of 10-30 all about the engine just to be sure everything was completely coated. I pulled the dipstick out, and oil GUSHED out. I could see I was going to need a few bellywashers to take even begin to solve this one. the 3000 got a tow home... again. (should be getting frequent rider miles soon, I had to listen to the wrecker driver's gob flapping about liking the ride in the country.) After an hour of trying to solve the newest mechanical debacle I found the "black thing" was a rubber boot for the instrument oil pressure sender taking flight from the wire. The connector was broken, well, more like torn off, from a shot of the pressure hose. (the ECM uses a separate sensor) and she had enough "loose change" to put over 10 quarts in the motor! (on top of the normal 5) it finally filled the case, and into the air box, drowning the motor in it's own juice. and causing the whole contraption to come to a smoking halt. The oil all over was from the "nice guy" at tom thumb helping her add oil... with the engine running, spewing the stuff everywhere. Somehow she remembered the manual said to check and add oil with the engine running in park (yes, I know... but I am not even going to try to explain that to her.) Once the motor stopped the oil seeped into the cylinders, and locked the motor up. Somehow the seals survived, at least so far. Some days I think she eats fizzies for breakfast, and the CO2 bubbles cause complete mechanical retardation. |
Re: OT my wife's ability to destroy automobiles
Glad to hear your wife is mostly OK, too. ;-)
-- Jim "DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message news:b7rhb.15036$Qo.13346@news2.central.cox.net... > Stephen Cowell did pass the time by typing: > > "4nik8OR" <chesshire_cat@nospam.net> wrote in message > > news:3f862999$1_1@newspeer2.tds.net... > > ... > >> Some days I think she eats fizzies for breakfast, and the CO2 bubbles cause > >> complete mechanical retardation. > > > > I remember fizzies! I liked the root beer flavor... especially > > made in one of those aluminum tumblers. Electric! > > > > Don't be too hard on the trouble and strife... she's > > worth a debacle or two, I'm sure. Please keep > > relating them to us! Worth the price of admission. > > ...mental note... > Never read ramjw after returning from the pub. > > I.. can't... breathe.... > laughing... tooo.... loud... > Sides hurting... > > Glad to hear your vehicle is mostly ok. > > -- > DougW > > |
Re: OT my wife's ability to destroy automobiles
Glad to hear your wife is mostly OK, too. ;-)
-- Jim "DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message news:b7rhb.15036$Qo.13346@news2.central.cox.net... > Stephen Cowell did pass the time by typing: > > "4nik8OR" <chesshire_cat@nospam.net> wrote in message > > news:3f862999$1_1@newspeer2.tds.net... > > ... > >> Some days I think she eats fizzies for breakfast, and the CO2 bubbles cause > >> complete mechanical retardation. > > > > I remember fizzies! I liked the root beer flavor... especially > > made in one of those aluminum tumblers. Electric! > > > > Don't be too hard on the trouble and strife... she's > > worth a debacle or two, I'm sure. Please keep > > relating them to us! Worth the price of admission. > > ...mental note... > Never read ramjw after returning from the pub. > > I.. can't... breathe.... > laughing... tooo.... loud... > Sides hurting... > > Glad to hear your vehicle is mostly ok. > > -- > DougW > > |
Re: OT my wife's ability to destroy automobiles
Glad to hear your wife is mostly OK, too. ;-)
-- Jim "DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message news:b7rhb.15036$Qo.13346@news2.central.cox.net... > Stephen Cowell did pass the time by typing: > > "4nik8OR" <chesshire_cat@nospam.net> wrote in message > > news:3f862999$1_1@newspeer2.tds.net... > > ... > >> Some days I think she eats fizzies for breakfast, and the CO2 bubbles cause > >> complete mechanical retardation. > > > > I remember fizzies! I liked the root beer flavor... especially > > made in one of those aluminum tumblers. Electric! > > > > Don't be too hard on the trouble and strife... she's > > worth a debacle or two, I'm sure. Please keep > > relating them to us! Worth the price of admission. > > ...mental note... > Never read ramjw after returning from the pub. > > I.. can't... breathe.... > laughing... tooo.... loud... > Sides hurting... > > Glad to hear your vehicle is mostly ok. > > -- > DougW > > |
Re: OT my wife's ability to destroy automobiles
In article <3f862999$1_1@newspeer2.tds.net>,
"4nik8OR" <chesshire_cat@nospam.net> wrote: > Some days I think she eats fizzies for breakfast, and the CO2 bubbles cause > complete mechanical retardation. My wife called me yesterday while I was at Wal-Mart to tell me she was stuck in our driveway in her new YJ. I asked if she had put it in 4 wheel drive, she said no, that she didn't know how. My fault, I guess, for not showing her the extra shifter next to her leg, labled 4wd. She made it. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
Re: OT my wife's ability to destroy automobiles
In article <3f862999$1_1@newspeer2.tds.net>,
"4nik8OR" <chesshire_cat@nospam.net> wrote: > Some days I think she eats fizzies for breakfast, and the CO2 bubbles cause > complete mechanical retardation. My wife called me yesterday while I was at Wal-Mart to tell me she was stuck in our driveway in her new YJ. I asked if she had put it in 4 wheel drive, she said no, that she didn't know how. My fault, I guess, for not showing her the extra shifter next to her leg, labled 4wd. She made it. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
Re: OT my wife's ability to destroy automobiles
In article <3f862999$1_1@newspeer2.tds.net>,
"4nik8OR" <chesshire_cat@nospam.net> wrote: > Some days I think she eats fizzies for breakfast, and the CO2 bubbles cause > complete mechanical retardation. My wife called me yesterday while I was at Wal-Mart to tell me she was stuck in our driveway in her new YJ. I asked if she had put it in 4 wheel drive, she said no, that she didn't know how. My fault, I guess, for not showing her the extra shifter next to her leg, labled 4wd. She made it. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
Re: OT my wife's ability to destroy automobiles
I'm pretty lucky. My wife does her own minor maintenance (plugs, wires, oil,
etc). When she calls me about her vehicle - I get worried. ever put a fizzie in a Pepsi???? -- Carlo F. Serusa, Jr. RPh carlo.jr at comcast.net '98 Sahara TJ - '89 YJ - '79 Scout II O|||||||O '92 Explorer '65 Mustang "Jeepers" <moomesa@INVALIDfnbnet.net> wrote in message news:moomesa-556A80.09001910102003@corp.newsfeeds.com... > In article <3f862999$1_1@newspeer2.tds.net>, > "4nik8OR" <chesshire_cat@nospam.net> wrote: > > > Some days I think she eats fizzies for breakfast, and the CO2 bubbles cause > > complete mechanical retardation. > > My wife called me yesterday while I was at Wal-Mart to tell me she was > stuck in our driveway in her new YJ. I asked if she had put it in 4 > wheel drive, she said no, that she didn't know how. My fault, I guess, > for not showing her the extra shifter next to her leg, labled 4wd. She > made it. > > > -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- > http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! > -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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