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Old 09-11-2007, 03:59 PM   #1
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Haha, when I still worked at the Toyota dealership, one of the apprentices forgot to put an oil filter on a Tercel after changing the oil and drove out of the shop with a huge trail of oil behind him all the way down the shop floor. Had to push the car back in to put oil in it again, and the whole shop had to stop and help clean the spill. It was huge.
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On the floor, a quart of oil looks like Exxon Valdez all over again. I can imagine a whole change's worth...
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Haha, when I still worked at the Toyota dealership, one of the apprentices forgot to put an oil filter on a Tercel after changing the oil and drove out of the shop with a huge trail of oil behind him all the way down the shop floor. Had to push the car back in to put oil in it again, and the whole shop had to stop and help clean the spill. It was huge.
I had an 88 Toyota truck which I changed the oil in over 40 times. The 25th change I forgot to put the new filter back on. When I started the truck the oil preasure gauge never rose. I pumped 2 quarts on the garage floor before I realized what I had done. What a mess. I pushed the truck out of the garage and by that time the tires had run over the oil. One of the few times in life that I was glad my wife had cats. I got a 50lb bag of litter made a containment ring around the spill. It took an hour or 2 to clean up the oil.
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