why my oil change cost me over $300

[apor]

sorry, had to do it. you know we love you.

[rennsport]

Originally Posted by ktravelet

to the guy that didn't realize anything, isn't there an oil light?

By the time most oil light come on, it is time to pull out your wallet. To miata owners after 1994, the oil pressure gauge is known as the "Get out your wallet" gauge. It only takes 7 pounds to turn the oil pressure light off.

[Magseal]

my oil light never came on either, but i pulled over before i lost all the oil. I dropped the last litre and a half right where i parked it. Had I been just staring straight ahead, and never saw the smoke, it would have been a whole different ending.....

[Magseal]

Originally Posted by apor

hahahahah

thanks Apor.....believe me.....I learned my lesson.


Normally I do tighten the plug immediately after, but the socket was back in the shed, my friend was on his way over, had to put the bike in and the rest of the tools before he got there so I could go with him right away....blah blah blah.....rushed around too much and it caught me this time.

[Guitar Man]

My cousin changed the oil in his truck one time and forgot to put the plug back in. Luckily he saw the puddle after checking his dipstick a few times wondering why it did not fill. For some reason ever since then I am really conscience of the plug on all of my vehicles. I stay under the car or by the bike till the oil is drained and immediately reinstall the plug. The thought of letting it drain for a while to get the most of the old oil out is not worth the potential mistake.

[maste]

Originally Posted by Magseal

so to all you guys out there who continually assume I'm a know it all....I'm not. I make mistakes too.

My first reaction was to send a "serves you right, haha" post, but gotta say that took some balls to post that and admit your mistake to all of us, good reminder to all of us.

[mikem317]

Could've been worse.

My fiancee had her car serviced once (and last time) at a Boston-area dealership for an oil change. They forgot the crankcase cap. Not as bad as not torquing the drain plug though.

[FizzySix]

Originally Posted by mikem317

Could've been worse.

My fiancee had her car serviced once (and last time) at a Boston-area dealership for an oil change. They forgot the crankcase cap. Not as bad as not torquing the drain plug though.

Yeah, oil change place did that to my wife's car once. Oil all over the engine compartment.

Magseal - glad you didn't get into an accident!

Your chain probably won't need lube for a while at least

[Parabellum]

Glad you were not hurt.

This is why, when I am done with a job on my bike, I go over *every* nut and bolt that I have touched in the entire job one by one, with a torque wrench.

FYI: AAA +RV membership will tow you, whatever kind of tow you need for your vehicle (flatbed included) up to 100 miles for NOTHING. Cost is $75 a year. Do the math.

[kirkeb]

I have nightmares about stuff like this happening all the time. Glad you didn't get hurt or blow the engine. With my luck I would have.

[pelon717]

Better it happened on a bike than a chopper.

I'm glad you didn't crash or fry your engine for what it's worth.

[bigsissy33064]

(This is not a thread jack) I had almost the same experience on a road trip across the entire state of Florida for Thanksgiving. I drove my Dodge truck 724 miles from my front door in Ft.Lauderdale to my parents house in Pensacola. Stayed there for almost a week....(another 300 miles or so ) running all over town, and on the morning that I packed my stuff to come home I got this big lecture from my mom about never even opening my hood the whole time I was there. "You can't just jump in that truck and drive another 10 hours from one end of the state to the other without checking your oil, tranny fluid, radiator anti-freeze, windshield washer fluid, tire pressure, blah,blah,blah" YES MOOOOOM! So like a good son I started meticulously checking each thing that she rambled off. When I thought I was done and everything looked perfect, I dropped the hood, kissed her cheek, waived by, and hit the road. one hour into my trip and my phone rang, it was my mom, she said she had just went out to walk the dog and on the way back in she saw something shiny laying in the driveway....it was my radiator cap! I don't know if any of you have been on I-10 east bound in North Florida or not but there isn't much around, after driving and talking to her for 10 mins. or so my temp gauge went into the RED and my windshield started to steam up. I pulled off to the side of the interstate and popped the hood, OMG, it looked like my truck was on fire! The radiator was bone dry! I wanted to pee in the radiator to try and fill it up like they do in the movies, but I didn't have to go, so I started walking....and walking, and what felt like 20 miles down the road (3 miles) a Florida Highway Patrol officer pulled over to tell me it was against the law for me to be walking on the side of the interstate, and ask me what I was doing out there? After I told him what happend he laughed at me , told me to get in, (the back! Yikes!) and took me to an auto parts store for a new radiator cap and 2 gallons of anti-freeze, plus gave me a ride back and hung out till he saw me driving away. I guess the moral to our story is: we both screwed up, we both got some help from a friend, and we both came out lucky (minus some cash) in the end! Sorry I went on and on. Remeber folks- Listen to your mom.............

[Guitar Man]

You know, this kind of stuff has happened to all of us at least once in our lives. If it has not it probably will.

[serpentracer]

Originally Posted by rennsport

By the time most oil light come on, it is time to pull out your wallet. To miata owners after 1994, the oil pressure gauge is known as the "Get out your wallet" gauge. It only takes 7 pounds to turn the oil pressure light off.

the fz6, r6, r1, 600r etc doesn't have a oil pressure sensor. its just a level sensor. but it should have come on.

[LiquidMurr]

no pics?

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