Hard Lessons Learned

[Paul T. Casey]

So my buddy showed up today and we proceeded to do oil changes in the back yard (he lives in an apartment with silly rules against such behavior). Anyway, he apparently doesn't take the little plastic ring off the bottle that holds the cap on. If you are using a wide bottomed funnel, I now know this ring will fit through the filler hole on a 5.4L F-250! Fortunately, we managed to fish it out fairly easy.

[bawazir]

Wow, glad u managed it out

[RacerX]

Isn't that little plastic thingy still just a petroleum product? :D j/k Good advice!

[ImpalaSlayer]

man that would have really sucked if you couldnt get it.

[Egon Spengler]

I NEVER leave those things on and I always make sure the rubber gasket from the old oil filter comes off the car as well. Two major rules for when I do an oil change

[RacerX]

I NEVER leave those things on and I always make sure the rubber gasket from the old oil filter comes off the car as well. Two major rules for when I do an oil change
Ouch! I've seen a double gasket before! Car usually runs out of oil within two blocks after that!

[Egon Spengler]

Ouch! I've seen a double gasket before! Car usually runs out of oil within two blocks after that!
I've had a quart dumb in about 2 seconds of running. I always turn my car on and off quickly after an oil change to check for leaks. Once no leaks are found I let her fly

[bobsawyer7]

Great heads up. Glad you got it out.

[knine]

A friend of mine dropped the whole plastic lid and ring into her engine. She says her shop guys told her it would be O.K. :eek: I fished it out before she started the car.

[Motorhead350]

Close call!

[jerrym3]

I cut an empty quart oil container in half and use that as a funnel.

I'll angle the cut depending upon the angle of the filler tube.

You can start emptying the oil from the full quart, and then just leave it there to fully empty in the old "funnel".

[Egon Spengler]

I cut an empty quart oil container in half and use that as a funnel.
I'll angle the cut depending upon the angle of the filler tube.

Doing this at my next oil change... Great idea cutting to the angle of the filler neck.

[ImpalaSlayer]

I NEVER leave those things on and I always make sure the rubber gasket from the old oil filter comes off the car as well. Two major rules for when I do an oil change

i did the double gasket on my truck, fired it up and it looked like old faithful!

[RacerX]

i did the double gasket on my truck, fired it up and it looked like old faithful!
Don't call BP for the cleanup! :D

[ImpalaSlayer]

Don't call BP for the cleanup! :D

the motor would have seized long ago lol