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kastein posted:
So how can you tell what's wrong before you even remove the p... 
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KodiakRS posted:Not sure if you'd call this a mechanical failure but it certainly wasn't a mechanical success. 
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Nov 15, 2013 23:43
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It just kept exploding. And people kept sitting there watching it hurl propane tanks across the highway. 
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Nov 16, 2013 05:28
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joat mon posted:So how can you tell what's wrong before you even remove the p... Seriously, I was looking at the black spot on the right thinking "oh, had some water somehow freeze and pop a hole in the pan... which isn't there  "
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Nov 16, 2013 06:08
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I was like, "man when did they start making clear plastic oil pans" and then I was like
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Nov 16, 2013 06:14
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I didn't figure it out until I noticed there were no bolts holding the pan on...wait there's no pan lip...wait holy poo poo...
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Nov 16, 2013 06:25
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I'm guessing that that happened because the owner has been running tap water in the radiator and rust has eaten a pathway between the coolant and ATF. More fail than meets the eye.
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Nov 16, 2013 06:31
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I just feel sorry for the poor bastard who pulled that pan in freezing weather.
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Nov 16, 2013 07:19
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Terrible Robot posted:They're light-years ahead of the lovely ceramic/tin (or copper if you are lucky) bullshit that Volvo managed to get away with all the way up to 1993 on the 240. Ugh. I remember those bastards from my '84 240. It would blow fuses all the time thanks to the PO trying to redo most of the dash wiring due to a fire he caused installing a stereo wrong. So I just got really good at changing them while driving while I slowly fixed all the stupidity.
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Nov 16, 2013 07:48
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EightBit posted:It just kept exploding. And people kept sitting there watching it hurl propane tanks across the highway.
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Nov 16, 2013 10:09
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Godholio posted:I didn't figure it out until I noticed there were no bolts holding the pan on...wait there's no pan lip...wait holy poo poo... I love these ones. You sit there, looking at the image, wondering what the problem was and then suddenly it all comes into focus like one of those optical illusion images where the outline of a tree is also the silhouette of a panda or something. And you're like, 'Ohhhhh.'
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Nov 16, 2013 13:08
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nmfree posted:What were they gonna do? *Not* sit there watching it hurl propane tanks across the highway? Although watching propane tanks jet around is undeniably awesome, I refer you to the 3:50 mark, where one of them attempts to make orbit and is still going up as it exits the frame. Who knows where it came down? Also I would not want to be around for any splinters to come whizzing by. The cameraman was especially crazy in not only staying too close but keeping his torso above the barrier. That guy in the VW had the right idea, he was just a bit slow to realize he needed to  
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Nov 16, 2013 13:31
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I'd be sitting with my back to the barrier waiting for it to be over. Admittedly, I'd risk my hand by holding my cellphone over my head above the wall for video, but that's it. Russians be crazy.
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Nov 16, 2013 14:37
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Godholio posted:I didn't figure it out until I noticed there were no bolts holding the pan on...wait there's no pan lip...wait holy poo poo... Same... and then I sat there staring at it going "this really looks like the underside of a unibody vehicle I've worked on... but it has the wrong transmission, that
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Nov 16, 2013 14:41
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Goddamn that video was awesome.
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Nov 16, 2013 20:05
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Mr-Spain posted:Goddamn that video was awesome. I had some random classical music playing on youtube, and right as the fire started it kicked into Ride of the Valkyries. Video owned.
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Nov 16, 2013 21:50
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Is this enough for a core charge, guys? this is the starter from the LQ9/SM465/one ton axled Jeep J10 on 40" tires I posted that had a flywheel explode. Flywheel went through the bellhousing, starter, exhaust, and half the frame. Part of it embedded itself in the pavement, the other parts took out the input shaft of the transmission, chunks of the engine block, the fuel lines, part of the wiring harness, a large section of the firewall, and destroyed the DBW throttle pedal while my friend was standing on it with only tennis shoes on. He walked away. He's buying a blowproof bellhousing for the rebuild... and a lottery ticket... and a flywheel that isn't a piece of poo poo.
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Nov 17, 2013 01:50
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Close enough for government work..
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Nov 17, 2013 02:24
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Flywheels are the only part of a vehicle that still scare the piss out of me. It's why I love old dragsters where the guys are sitting on the trans / rear end.
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  BMW powered L322 Range. Owner went a year and a half+ with out an oil change. E: Cust complaint: Filter leaks, just replace filter. Yeah uh NO.
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Nov 17, 2013 20:49
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1992 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. "Something's banging in the rear and it feels loose." Both the struts and mounts were recently replaced and besides needing isolator pads on the ends of the leaf spring, something with the right rear trailing arm looked a little off:  What's going on with this control arm bracket?  Oh.   At least 12-14" of that unibody rail section is almost completely rotted away where the arm is supposed to attach and the rest isn't far behind. I'm not even sure I want to attempt to repair that. 
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Nov 17, 2013 22:08
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Is that load-bearing paracord?
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Nov 17, 2013 23:10
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Yeah, no, that unibody is totaled. A 1992 Olds Cutlass hunk of poo poo is NOT worth enough to consider uniframe rebuilding/welding/repair. Tell em to scrap the loving thing and buy another $400 beater.
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Nov 17, 2013 23:25
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That thing needs to be crushed.
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Nov 17, 2013 23:34
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Seat Safety Switch posted:That thing needs to be crushed. A swift kick and it'd crumble to dust on its own.
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Nov 17, 2013 23:38
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Yeah, jack up the front of it with a Hi-Lift and then kick it over and jump back. I bet it'd fold in half.
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cursedshitbox posted:
So what was all wrong with it as a result. Ive often wondered what happens if you dont replace cartridge filters.
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Nov 18, 2013 00:08
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Good lord, was he parking that thing every night in a kiddie pool full of salt water?
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Nov 18, 2013 02:20
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Preoptopus posted:So what was all wrong with it as a result. Ive often wondered what happens if you dont replace cartridge filters. Its gotta minor case of the knocks now. I spent a half hour or so scooping that fucker out of the filter housing. 
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Nov 18, 2013 02:39
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cursedshitbox posted:
This seems like a lot of wear for a year and a half without a filter change. Is this kind of thing specific to cartridge filters? There must be tens of thousands of civics/camarys/etc. with filters of a similar age without this kind of issue.
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Nov 18, 2013 02:55
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Root Bear posted:1992 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. "Something's banging in the rear and it feels loose."
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Longinus00 posted:This seems like a lot of wear for a year and a half without a filter change. Is this kind of thing specific to cartridge filters? There must be tens of thousands of civics/camarys/etc. with filters of a similar age without this kind of issue. It looks like the adhesive holding the filter together gave out. If that is what happened, the same thing would likely happen to a spin-on filter made from the same materials. Given the attitude of the owner, I would either guess the filter is a cheap low end brand or that the owner drove an absolute poo poo ton of miles in the time that it had last been changed.
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Longinus00 posted:This seems like a lot of wear for a year and a half without a filter change. Is this kind of thing specific to cartridge filters? There must be tens of thousands of civics/camarys/etc. with filters of a similar age without this kind of issue. My car uses a similar cartridge filter. Went 8 months/8500 miles; filter was disgusting, but it was very much in one piece. Like torpedan said, either a cheap filter (which is likely if it was done by most lube shops) and/or an absolute shitload of miles. Stuff like that is why I try to stick to name brands that don't start with "Fram".
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person owned said rover for a year and a half and never changed the oil. who knows how old the filter actually is. it also has the absolute hell driven out of it. Its also the desert which is hell on cars. This is the first one I have ever seen completely disintegrate.
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Nov 18, 2013 03:52
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Was his excuse for not changing it "it's a rover it doesn't need to be changed like your  commoner cars
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Nov 18, 2013 09:54
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What kind of smarmy loving rear end in a top hat owns a expensive car but doesn't get the oil changed? (Actually come to think of it, probably a lot of expensive car owners do this.)
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cursedshitbox posted:person owned said rover for a year and a half and never changed the oil. who knows how old the filter actually is. Given they didn't want you to change the oil with the filter I would imagine the oil is far older than 1 year.
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wilfredmerriweathr posted:What kind of smarmy loving rear end in a top hat owns a expensive car but doesn't get the oil changed? Have you ever been to San Marino CA?
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wilfredmerriweathr posted:What kind of smarmy loving rear end in a top hat owns a expensive car but doesn't get the oil changed?
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wilfredmerriweathr posted:What kind of smarmy loving rear end in a top hat owns a expensive car but doesn't get the oil changed? I was a service valet at a Lexus dealership for a few months (worst job ever). People with money are often tremendous idiots.
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