VW T5 Too much oil

[T5 TDI]

I rode bikes in the seventies and I had a few spills mostly self inflicted or weather related but there were a couple caused by car drivers. Never been seriously hurt though. I've done much more damage to myself skiing!

Re the oil filling, I spent 46 years in the motor trade and I did once fill one up without draining the old stuff! In my defence I realized before driving. The more times you do a basic job, the more chance there is muck it up!

 

[dobbslc]

Had the AA out again today as the van started smoking badly on the M11 slip road in traffic! (Burning oil off the turbo housing) The AA guy on Friday say he couldn't do anything "just jet wash it" so I did this morning and all seemed well...
This guy said basically the same and cable tied the dipstick in
If it clears ok but if it catches fire I said I'll blame him
I'll make sure my phones etc are in the bag ready to go

 

[Barking Mat]

Had the AA out again today as the van started smoking badly on the M11 slip road in traffic! (Burning oil off the turbo housing) The AA guy on Friday say he couldn't do anything "just jet wash it" so I did this morning and all seemed well...
This guy said basically the same and cable tied the dipstick in
If it clears ok but if it catches fire I said I'll blame him
I'll make sure my phones etc are in the bag ready to go

Too much crank case pressure ?

 

[Cobbler]

Too much crank case pressure ?

Breather blocked?

 

[premmington]

Had the AA out again today as the van started smoking badly on the M11 slip road in traffic! (Burning oil off the turbo housing) The AA guy on Friday say he couldn't do anything "just jet wash it" so I did this morning and all seemed well...
This guy said basically the same and cable tied the dipstick in
If it clears ok but if it catches fire I said I'll blame him
I'll make sure my phones etc are in the bag ready to go

AA brought one in on a bar today. When they went - we put 5ltrs of petrol in it and it started - fired into life.

Customer (good customer of mine) - stood and watched it all - as it unfolded.

Customer then declared "the tank sender/dash is at fault" it is reading half a tank full - I replied "put the kettle on - if you think you are that clever I will get you a job for the AA" - he laughed...

 

[dobbslc]

Too much crank case pressure ?

Breather blocked?

Neither...












Dipstick not fully in the hole!

 

[dobbslc]

The reason I've called them is because it's smoking when hot (oil everywhere) The lease company insists on calling the AA rather than believing what I tell them but the AA can't do anything!
It needs steam cleaning properly with the undershild off etc.

 

[premmington]

Me neither

Iv never lost a wheel or had anything fall off a car or bike

Is this the same thing when people come out with the
“Your not a real biker unless you’ve had a crash” comment

I have never lost a wheel either - there is just no excuse for this. None I can think of...

 

[Barking Mat]

Me neither

Iv never lost a wheel or had anything fall off a car or bike

Exhausts, I've had a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without ..............

 

[stuvy]

I have never lost a wheel either - there is just no excuse for this. None I can think of...

lad I worked with lost a lorry wheel


Twice

Then the prop came off another and ripped through the floor

 

[premmington]

lad I worked with lost a lorry wheel


Twice

Then the prop came off another and ripped through the floor

What do you say when that happens?

I just can't think of string of words - you could join together that would go anywhere near what was needed.

 

[stuvy]

What do you say when that happens?

I just can't think of string of words - you could join together that would go anywhere near what was needed.

When the bosses brother called to say what happened I just started packing his tools up for him

He is what I’d describe as a YouTube mechanic

 

[James1979]

When the bosses brother called to say what happened I just started packing his tools up for him

He is what I’d describe as a YouTube mechanic

Did a bit of holiday cover for a pal in Norfolk at his garage just before Covid. Working holiday as it were.

Every tech has a laptop on their toolbox, that he supplies. Basic stuff like parts books, auto data, that sort of thing.

I opened the laptop of the guy i was covering and there must have been 20 windows open and loads of YouTube tabs. His history was “oil filter change fiesta” etc. unbelievable.

He was the auto lecturer at the college prior to that. He was asked to not come back from holiday so he’s gone back to teaching.

 

[premmington]

Did a bit of holiday cover for a pal in Norfolk at his garage just before Covid. Working holiday as it were.

Every tech has a laptop on their toolbox, that he supplies. Basic stuff like parts books, auto data, that sort of thing.

I opened the laptop of the guy i was covering and there must have been 20 windows open and loads of YouTube tabs. His history was “oil filter change fiesta” etc. unbelievable.

He was the auto lecturer at the college prior to that. He was asked to not come back from holiday so he’s gone back to teaching.

@James1979

As long as I have been at this repairing cars thing - I look at YouTube videos. Not for a Fiesta oil change. But I bet - I look at one - once a day about something.

 

[James1979]

@James1979

As long as I have been at this repairing cars thing - I look at YouTube videos. Not for a Fiesta oil change. But I bet - I look at one - once a day about something.

I’m always looking on there for oddball stuff. You just need to take a lot of it with a pinch of salt.

A video phone doesn’t make someone an expert despite what they may think!!

 

[stuvy]

@James1979

As long as I have been at this repairing cars thing - I look at YouTube videos. Not for a Fiesta oil change. But I bet - I look at one - once a day about something.

They do come in handy from time to time

He wasn’t a proper mechanic, he would watch a video and “give it a go”

 

[premmington]

They do come in handy from time to time

He wasn’t a proper mechanic, he would watch a video and “give it a go”

I watched one the other day in Spanish - about getting a starter motor out - I wondered it was possible without taking the driveshaft out.

I watched a Spanish chap do it - I could not understand a word he said. Went back to the job and copied what he did - and out it came - like giving birth to a starter motor.

 

[Mick Annick]

When I was an apprentice (Ready Mixed Concrete) I did a service on a truck one day, waved off the driver when I’d finished and started cleaning up the service bay, it was then that I noticed a trail of oil drips along the pit floor and across the yard. I grabbed a drum of oil and my toolbox, jumped in our transit pick up and chased off down the A30 hoping to catch him. He was just pulling into his home depot at Basingstoke, about 15 miles away, when I got to him the sump plug, which the dopey apprentice had failed to tighten, was hanging on by a few threads… Luckily no damage done.

 

[Ctreanor13]

try changing the near side headlight bulb on a Peugeot 308. Front bumper off, which means both arch liners, both front wheels etc. The bloke who designed that needs shooting.

I've managed to teach myself to contort my hands to changing these on my mother's 308. Last record was 40 minutes to change both bulbs with nothing being removed.

 

[anto44]

I watched one the other day in Spanish - about getting a starter motor out - I wondered it was possible without taking the driveshaft out.

I watched a Spanish chap do it - I could not understand a word he said. Went back to the job and copied what he did - and out it came - like giving birth to a starter motor.

I use YouTube regularly too, used it last week to remove the door card on a bmw, showed me exactly where all the screws and clips were