Dealer left dipstick hanging out after service - how bad?
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A long time ago, when the guy came out and filled your tank up with petrol and checked the oil for you, the gentleman put some oil in my car and left the oil filler cap off.
On my way down to Devon, I noticed oil working its way up the windscreen and stopped to check what had happened.
Happily, no damage - just topped up the oil again.
On my way down to Devon, I noticed oil working its way up the windscreen and stopped to check what had happened.
Happily, no damage - just topped up the oil again.
Davel said:
A long time ago, when the guy came out and filled your tank up with petrol and checked the oil for you, the gentleman put some oil in my car and left the oil filler cap off.
On my way down to Devon, I noticed oil working its way up the windscreen and stopped to check what had happened.
Happily, no damage - just topped up the oil again.
But times have changed. Instead of getting over it and moving on with life, it is now the done thing to bOn my way down to Devon, I noticed oil working its way up the windscreen and stopped to check what had happened.
Happily, no damage - just topped up the oil again.
h online and get billy big baws with the dealer in an attempt to get a free service and valet next time round, as well as a shot on the receptionist and a free crate of chateauneuf du pape.OpulentBob said:
If you can't see the humour and piss-taking in the OP, then there's little hope for you miserable grumpy buggers. I bet Christmas is a hoot around your houses.
It is. Actual funny stuff happens.podwin said:
Really? I don't read patronising, just trying to be funny, but it wasn't that funny, it doesn't mean he is a bell end for goodness sake.
You're right, but it makes him sound like a bit of a bell end.
I'm not worried about the current oil level, and I know how to check it should I be. Really.
I am sorry, I WAS trying to be funny, and I was fully intending not to get the receptionist shot, because I like main dealers and we are all human. Sorry, did I already say that? Perhaps I did. I'm sure I almost certainly did.
I also mentioned that I was intending to be 'wry' over the phone, but really to let them know it happened and feed back that otherwise the front of shop experience we (my wife) had was very good.
wry (r)
adj. wri·er (rr) or wry·er, wri·est (rst) or wry·est
1. Dryly humorous, often with a touch of irony.
In my attempt to add banter to my post, I think I maybe did on reflection overdo the irony a little (e.g. 'to get free stuff, obz') and should have been a little more straightforward in my question. I am a proper bellend for not doing that. I also fly-tip, kick pigeons and switch on my fog lights when it is only a little bit foggy.
So, in an attempt to make everything better, here's my question:
If you leave the dipstick out of an average 2 litre diesel engine, and do a long motorway drive, could enough oil come out of the dipstick tube to cause engine damage? Yes a low oil warn light would come on but sometimes that could be too late?
Thanks in advance.
I am sorry, I WAS trying to be funny, and I was fully intending not to get the receptionist shot, because I like main dealers and we are all human. Sorry, did I already say that? Perhaps I did. I'm sure I almost certainly did.
I also mentioned that I was intending to be 'wry' over the phone, but really to let them know it happened and feed back that otherwise the front of shop experience we (my wife) had was very good.
wry (r)
adj. wri·er (rr) or wry·er, wri·est (rst) or wry·est
1. Dryly humorous, often with a touch of irony.
In my attempt to add banter to my post, I think I maybe did on reflection overdo the irony a little (e.g. 'to get free stuff, obz') and should have been a little more straightforward in my question. I am a proper bellend for not doing that. I also fly-tip, kick pigeons and switch on my fog lights when it is only a little bit foggy.
So, in an attempt to make everything better, here's my question:
If you leave the dipstick out of an average 2 litre diesel engine, and do a long motorway drive, could enough oil come out of the dipstick tube to cause engine damage? Yes a low oil warn light would come on but sometimes that could be too late?
Thanks in advance.
Edited by Johnny G Pipe on Wednesday 29th October 15:19
The Moose said:
TBH OP, you sound like a bit of a bell end. Perhaps you're just trying to be funny.
I'd be surprised if it was more than a couple of drops that have "sprayed all around the RHS of engine bay".
Also, a fool for thinking you'd get near 70mpg combined from a 2 litre diesel German estate that's going to weight getting on for a couple of tonnes I'd imagine.
Never the less, as has already been suggested, wipe everything up, pop it back in and go for a long drive.
It was clearly a light hearted post asking for advice, nothing wrong with it at all.I'd be surprised if it was more than a couple of drops that have "sprayed all around the RHS of engine bay".
Also, a fool for thinking you'd get near 70mpg combined from a 2 litre diesel German estate that's going to weight getting on for a couple of tonnes I'd imagine.
Never the less, as has already been suggested, wipe everything up, pop it back in and go for a long drive.
Take that chip of your shoulder
No.
More to the point, you've checked, minimal oil came out and no damage apart from any concourse bright work under the covers is affected.
I would check/monitor the blow back, high pressure sump theory with a decent drive. It doesn't sound too far fetched for a modern car to do this given all the crap they put on the engines these days to reduce pollution/fun.
PS. You still sound like a bell end. Stop defending yourself and get on with it (improving your humour)
More to the point, you've checked, minimal oil came out and no damage apart from any concourse bright work under the covers is affected.
I would check/monitor the blow back, high pressure sump theory with a decent drive. It doesn't sound too far fetched for a modern car to do this given all the crap they put on the engines these days to reduce pollution/fun.
PS. You still sound like a bell end. Stop defending yourself and get on with it (improving your humour)
StottyEvo said:
The Moose said:
TBH OP, you sound like a bit of a bell end. Perhaps you're just trying to be funny.
I'd be surprised if it was more than a couple of drops that have "sprayed all around the RHS of engine bay".
Also, a fool for thinking you'd get near 70mpg combined from a 2 litre diesel German estate that's going to weight getting on for a couple of tonnes I'd imagine.
Never the less, as has already been suggested, wipe everything up, pop it back in and go for a long drive.
It was clearly a light hearted post asking for advice, nothing wrong with it at all.I'd be surprised if it was more than a couple of drops that have "sprayed all around the RHS of engine bay".
Also, a fool for thinking you'd get near 70mpg combined from a 2 litre diesel German estate that's going to weight getting on for a couple of tonnes I'd imagine.
Never the less, as has already been suggested, wipe everything up, pop it back in and go for a long drive.
Take that chip of your shoulder
I blame the dark nights. And Thatcher of course.
OP you have made the grave error of assuming three things about your fellow PistonHeadders.
1). That they have a sense of humour
2). That they have knowledge of (and perhaps even an appreciation of) self deprecation in the pursuit of an inoffensive laugh
3). That they have a level of self awareness and a sufficiently high IQ (let's be generous and say 75) such that they refrain from abusing you even if they do not meet the criteria set out in the first 2 points
I have given up trying to weave a little fun in to my posts - it is a waste of time and energy.
Maybe if you had posted that you have several Porsches, loads'a'money, a hot wife with huge tits and a huge cock (that's you with the huge appendage, not the wife you understand) then everyone would have responded positively to your question!
TD
1). That they have a sense of humour
2). That they have knowledge of (and perhaps even an appreciation of) self deprecation in the pursuit of an inoffensive laugh
3). That they have a level of self awareness and a sufficiently high IQ (let's be generous and say 75) such that they refrain from abusing you even if they do not meet the criteria set out in the first 2 points
I have given up trying to weave a little fun in to my posts - it is a waste of time and energy.
Maybe if you had posted that you have several Porsches, loads'a'money, a hot wife with huge tits and a huge cock (that's you with the huge appendage, not the wife you understand) then everyone would have responded positively to your question!
TD
TorqueDirty said:
Maybe if you had posted that you have several Porsches, loads'a'money, a hot wife with huge tits and a huge cock (that's you with the huge appendage, not the wife you understand) then everyone would have responded positively to your question!
TD
I really love it when you talk dirty TorqueDirty.TD
FWIW I enjoyed the humour in your original post and didn't think it patronising at all - could do with some more like that.
I wouldn't think that you would lose much out of the dipstick tube, a little sprayed hot oil goes a long way - modern diesels generally have a large oil capacity, so wouldn't worry.
Just wipe it up, check your level and continue happy motoring!
I wouldn't think that you would lose much out of the dipstick tube, a little sprayed hot oil goes a long way - modern diesels generally have a large oil capacity, so wouldn't worry.
Just wipe it up, check your level and continue happy motoring!
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