Have read about it, heard about it , laughed about it, shook my head about it!

Bugger

Look at the bright side, at least you didnt start it up......

Your a brave man to admit it !!!!

On my first 2H motor I drained 10 ltrs of black oil into a 5 ltr container. BUGGER!!
Took ages to clean up the mess on the floor and remove the stain.
This is the first time I have admitted it to anyone but don't feel so bad hearing your experiences.

G'day there Axle. I religiously check these sort of jobs cause when you turn 60 something happens to you. Imagine my surprise a few years ago after I double checked the plug was in, poured the oil in, started the engine and the oil light wouldn't go out. When I looked under the wagon there was oil everywhere. Forgot to put the oil filter on. Only lost about a litre but like you say it just goes everywhere,even into the chasis. Now I have to start a check list if I can remember where I put it. LoL. Regards,Bob.

Yeah,

"been there, done that" as the youngsters say.

Once you've finished mopping it up, pour Coca Cola all over the stain, let it sit for an hour or so, hose down and repeat a few times if necessary. Any wonder I don't drink the stuff LOL.

Jim.

Hey Axle.

On the bright side you probably won't do it again.
I did a similar thing years ago had i nice expensive bottle of Nulon additive.
Put in first, straight through the engine into the oil waste pan forgot to put back the plug DoH!!
At least i didn't make a mess of the floor.

Rob.

Reminds me of the BIL years ago with a HJ47 troopy with a big 150l aux tank. The aux was pumped into the main as required. At home he decided to top the main up from the aux while it was in the garage, left the pump running and came back an hour later to find the main full (it only needed 40l to fill it ) and the other 110l on the garage floor, down the drive and out into the street.
But yes I know what you mean it doesn't take much to sidetrack you if someone else turns up.
Another good one was the bloke that was in the middle of a wheel/tyre rotation when he got called for lunch, a mate rings up asking for a hand so he says yep I'll pop around, you guessed it, the cruiser didn't get far off the stands under the front end, the wheels were up against the garage wall in front of the truck!!

Hi Axel,
I've come close to doing the same thing a couple of times, touch wood ;) I haven't as yet. Does take much to take your mind off the job at hand sometimes.
But what I have done is, after giving our old VL turbo Dunny Door an oil + filter change, screwed the new filter on, only to of not realized that an electrical wire had slipped down between the block and filter.
It always took a bit for the oil pressure to build up after a change, but this time it was taking longer than normal, so I shut it down, walk around to the front to find a huge puddle of oil on the floor. Bugger ;(

Once bitten!, never did that again.

Havent quite done that but one oil change on a Hi Ace, I did it all, started it up and put gear away and came out of garage to find new oil running over drive.

Whaaaaaaaat Bung was in

BUT when I took old filter off I didnt check the o ring was in the track in the filter so screwed new one the top of it

Doesnt seem to seal too well at all

Didnt ROFL at all

Years ago, when I was a lot younger than I am now, I worked as a "Lubritorium Operator" (that's what the Certificate called it) and did a somewhat similar thing to a customer's near new FC Holden.

Did everything except replacing the old oil, even put the sump plug in, just forgot to put the new oil in.

Needless to say the motor siezed and the customer complained to my boss loudly.

Boss agreed to rebuild/replace the motor and I was expecting the sack.

My boss told me "Anyone can do that once only, you've just done it once" and that was all that was said.

I found out later that a few years prior to my stuff up that he had done the same thing, perhaps that saved me.

Never done anything like it since and that was 40+ years ago.

Extra careful these days.

Disco.

I always service the olds cars, the old boy cant be bothered usually and i dont mind. once he decided to do it himself as they were going away and i was busy, they discovered after a few days it was leaking oil on the garage floor which it has never done before,up to my place they come,took the bash plate off it and the oil filter was dripping- aaaahhhhhhh i said loose filter-- NO it was tight,MMmmmm crooked gasket maybe?. filter off and a clean to discover a nice gouge in the gasket contact surface which oil was leaking past( about 2mm deep and 10-12mm long) asked dad how that got there? dunno he says,how did you remove the old filter? he says i hammered a screwdriver through it to unscrew it!!!! DOHH- ah the olds,what would we do without them?

I dont believe it Axle,

How refreshing to finally have a man admit to making a mistake!!! lol

I must remember to show this thread to my husband.

Cheers,
Heather

In a previous life as a towie I once had to tow a cruiser, 60 series I think, petrol I think that the owner decided to do his own oil change.
Did everything right, had the motor hot to drain well, changed the filter but as it was late in the day decided to let it drain overnight....put the bung back in next morning, topped it up with 6 or so litres...started the motor to warm it up!!!! uh ohhhh

Who knows what happened next?

With the motor being cold, the oil took its own merry time making its way down to the sump, so much time that it filled the rocker cover then travelled through a rubber hose into the inlet manifold before it could drain to the sump.

The motor briefly started then sucked a litre or so of oil into the motor then...bang....oops, rebuild.

A lesson learned..

Cheers

Welcome to the club Axle.
You took your time.
Everyone who isn't yet a member yet will eventually be one.

Well, Axle....it happens....lol

At least with the 130 the oil leaks out naturally. Just leave it parked for a week and then pour in new oil...hahahahahahaha


Cheers mate

Doh It takes a big man to admit it Axle.

My BIL let my sis check his oil, He said just make sure its full.

She did, she emptied what was left in the 20lt oil drum in the it.

He was lucky he didnt start it.

Cheers Wilko

hi axle
I to forgot the bung plugs, only they were in my boat, two ks out of Wollongong harbour the boat was a bit low in the water and the feet started to get wet, it was a quick trip back cheers bill.

personally I have never made any mistakes......just ask swmbo

Was waiting for someone to raise the subject of boat bungs. Once is enough! You remember after that - except for me. Yep! Twice in fact. Probably just as well I sold the boat.

Then there is another variant.

One of our fishing club members is off with an offsider who had not fished with him before. Into the servo to get fuel, ice, ciggies etc.

Offsider volunteers to fill the tank whilst clubbie loads the fill tank with crushed ice etc, Clubby glances at the bowser and has a heart attack, the 50 litre tank cannot take 67 litres.

Yep! The nozzle is inserted firmly in a flush fitting rod holder set in the gunnel and all the fuel is in the bottom of the boat.

The offsider sort of disappeared from the club scene, dunno why, anyone can make a mistake. At least he coughed for the full amount on the bowser.

I've got two "distracted" stories.

This one is second hand. Some guys at a mine site drained the oil from one of those 300t dump trucks for it's regular service, put the sump plug in and then it was knock off time. It was Friday so they put a tag on the start button to remind them to fill the oil before starting it on Monday mornng.

Monday morning comes around and the tag has fallen off. The apprentice climbs up into the cab hits the starter and all kinds of warning buzzers go off so he shuts it down instantly. "Did I get away with it?" he thinks but he tells the boss anyway. "Should be OK, we'll fill the oil and see how she goes"

Well on the six or seventh trip up the hall road it starts making horrible noises so the operator hits the kill button and runs away, but he didn't hit the kill button hard enough. Apparently a reasonable crowd gathered while it destroyed itself.

I heard about that from the guy who had to work out if the warranty claim was valid or not. It took some time to get admissions from the workshop staff.

The second invollves wheel nuts on the camper. Jack it up put the new wheels on, just letting it down when the misses yells "lunch".

I should have tightened them up before I went for lunch. Anyway about 600km later in the middle of the night, in a place I should not have been...do you know how hard it is to find a black wheel in the bush in the dark? And then you have to work out how to fix all those broken studs and missing wheel nuts.

It won't happen again.

Duncs

Hey Axle = bummer. ;-)

Was waiting to read how many have admitted to putting petrol in the diesel tank. I did a few months back. Couldn't believe it. Rang the servo after looking at my docket, "What's Vortex?" 70 litres of it down the drain - so to speak.

But it really hurt when I had to pay to fill it up again with diesel.

Malcolm