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Re: OT my wife's ability to destroy automobiles

>> 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.

I know this isn't funny, but yet it's funny. Hopefully the engine is OK, and
you should go slap the nice guy at the parts store. I would let your wife
check my oil before I would let some of the auto parts counter workers check
my oil.

Chris

Re: OT my wife's ability to destroy automobiles

LOL

"Carlo Jr." wrote:
>
> 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

Re: OT my wife's ability to destroy automobiles

Ok, so there is an advantage to my g/f not having learned to drive yet ...
I've already been mean and told her she's not learning in my Jeep.

Dave Milne, Scotland
'99 TJ 4.0 Sahara

"Jeff Strickland" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:vodqqd3p4f47ef@corp.supernews.com...
: It's a genetic trait that all women share.
:
: Did you manage to save any of that fresh new oil for future oil changes?
:
:
:
:
: "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

>Ok, so there is an advantage to my g/f not having learned to drive yet ...
>I've already been mean and told her she's not learning in my Jeep.

i need to bone up on history... which mistake happened first?

did we give them the right to drive, or the right to vote first??

:-X
-Steve 98 TJ

Re: OT my wife's ability to destroy automobiles