I had the "click-click" problem this summer when I tried to add oil at a
rest stop on the way to Florida. I immediately realized that the engine was
hot and the valve cover had expanded putting a choke hold on the filler cap.
Just waited til later when the engine was cool to add the oil...no problem!
Thank god for the 6 years of college & grad school (I thought I was screwed
for a second) (doh!).
Bob King
Pennsville, NJ
-----Original Message-----
From: Dester223@aol.com <Dester223@aol.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 10:51 PM
Subject: DML: Funny when you work at Valvoline.
>Howdy folks. I started my new job today. Valvoline Instant Oil Change
>grease monkey. Get 6.85 an hour and work about 18 hours a week. they're
>only open til 7 p.m.
>
>Anyways. I had a couple funny observations while working there today.
Also
>some discoveries.
>
>1)Dodge vehicles has recalled oil caps. They'll freely spin and go "clic
>clic" while you try to open it. GREAT. 2! intrepids pulled in with the
>same problem.
>
>2) Did you know you're supposed to change your rear differential fluid
every
>12k miles? I have a print out of all the service things that need to be
done
>when (ask if you want it, actually, I'll post it in a later post)
>
>3) 3 cars pulled in today (bad valve cover, bad oil pan gasket, and one
was
>just leaking oil everywhere (newer sebring convertible, but her oil filter
>exploded or something) ANYWAYS. funny thing is. we told these people we
>couldn't change their oil, except for the sebring convt, because when we
add
>new oil to it, the problem won't just go away, it'd make it worse because
new
>oil is slicker and would leak more (i knew that, it was just funny how
some
>people thought a 25 dollar oil change would fix all their oil leaks!)
>
>4) DAMN those oil filters are hot!!
>
>5) the managers are cool, and the hours fly by. no complaints here. We
>just need more female techs... hehe.
>-Dester
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