Puddle of oil

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so I was walking out of the grocery store, seen what appeared to be wet tire tracks running through the parking lot, but as I stepped in it I slipped as if I had stepped in oil, then noticed a burning oil smell in the air and came across this.....It appears someone has lost a great amount of oil but decided to drive away anyhow :confused:
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Probably a German car. That's considered average consumption. No big deal. That's why they put like 15 quarts in them.
 
I suspect you could follow the trail to the inevitable pot of gold(en humor) at the end
 
I was going down 150 years ago leaving Kernersville in the evening into direct sunlight following a late 90's taurus. He couldn't see anything apparently and centered the concrete divider. Apparently the sign was sheared off from a truck cutting that corner too tight, but left a short jagged post about 3" above the concrete.

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Anyway, it ripped his oil pan nearly off. I saw the deluge of black fluid covering the road, and backed off as he continued to drive. The oil stopped flowing about 100 yards past where he clipped the stub, but he kept driving for almost a mile before I assume the engine shut off, because he came to quite an abrupt stop.

Honestly, I assumed a motor would run longer despite a lack of ANY oil.
 
93redzj said:
so I was walking out of the grocery store, seen what appeared to be wet tire tracks running through the parking lot, but as I stepped in it I slipped as if I had stepped in oil, then noticed a burning oil smell in the air and came across this.....It appears someone has lost a great amount of oil but decided to drive away anyhow :confused:
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i hope this wasnt near my shop ...:kaioken::kaioken::kaioken:
 
I followed an oil trail near my house, one day. Ran about a mile, & was just what I suspected. Guy in an old Suburban, had blown a transmission cooling line. Recon between the Smell & the slippage, he pulled off the road in a mile.
 
CasterTroy said:
I was going down 150 years ago leaving Kernersville in the evening into direct sunlight following a late 90's taurus. He couldn't see anything apparently and centered the concrete divider. Apparently the sign was sheared off from a truck cutting that corner too tight, but left a short jagged post about 3" above the concrete.

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Anyway, it ripped his oil pan nearly off. I saw the deluge of black fluid covering the road, and backed off as he continued to drive. The oil stopped flowing about 100 yards past where he clipped the stub, but he kept driving for almost a mile before I assume the engine shut off, because he came to quite an abrupt stop.

Honestly, I assumed a motor would run longer despite a lack of ANY oil.
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A 90s Taurus probably ran just as long without oil, as it did with the recommended amount.

Not long.........
 
Probably a Harley
 
que the land rover jokes.

This is an indication that the land rover owner has filled the oil pan to the appropriate level. Land Rovers are not equipped with "low oil" lights on the dash (though there are many lights on the dash). Pg 332 of land rover owners manual reads as follows:

if the ground below the vehicle appears dry, vehicle is low on oil. Add oil until ground is no longer dry.
 
When I worked at the hobby shop on base, guys would sometimes double gasket their oil filters. It looks pretty much exactly like that. Naturally, they would immediately back out of the shop and leave several quarts of oil on the concrete and asphalt.

I didn't even know you could leave the old gasket on the block until I worked there.
 
Croatan_Kid said:
When I worked at the hobby shop on base, guys would sometimes double gasket their oil filters. It looks pretty much exactly like that. Naturally, they would immediately back out of the shop and leave several quarts of oil on the concrete and asphalt.

I didn't even know you could leave the old gasket on the block until I worked there.
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I actually did that by accident once on Jeep I was changing the oil in, didn’t realize it, the old rubber gasket stayed on the block when I removed the filter, put the new filter on, cranked Jeep, poured oil all on the ground. :rolleyes:
 
Double gasket? Yea, me too, before I learned to Check! That's what I got to thinking, if the oil had just been changed. Leave the Plug out, & all the oil would have been where it was filled. Double gasket, might get across the parking lot, before it blows out.
 
My BIL did his own oil change on a ZJ 4.0 and didn't check for the old gasket. He drives like an old lady with nowhere to be. Actually made it almost to work the next morning, about 10 miles before it let loose. Called me tripping out, thought he blew the motor. I show up with 6qts and removed the extra gasket, still alive today!
 
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