I'm headed into Canada via the top of the world highway in the "morning". The plan almost fell apart tonight when I changed the oil in Corrie's car. It seems the guys at the "Great Canadian Oil Change" shop cross threaded the drain plug for the oil pan during the "10 minute oil change" they did on the drive up. It wouldn't hold 15 ft-lbs of torque. A bit below the 29 ft-lbs the manual called for. With some help from my dad and a friend of his who had the right tools we managed to rethread it and install an insert without taking the pan off the car. I guess we'll call it the "four hour oil change". I'm glad we decided to change it a little early and just do it at my dad's house. If we had done in Canada we probably would have left the shop with a loose plug and then left our oil all over some nice Canadian highway...
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| It's kind of troubling that those two little thread of Aluminum were all that's been holding the oil plug in the pan since Prince George BC... |
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| The "planned" route back to NM... We've manage to make a 3600 mile drive a third longer... |
Stop by when you get back in! We'll make you a kiddy pool with lots of ice and salt!
ReplyDeleteI would say that's not strictly necessary, but it's starting to sound better and better as I get further south.
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