This might sound like a rant, heh.
Last year in August (yeah 2020) I took my old truck to Kwik Kar for an oil change. No problem- seems they did a good job. I have only put about 700 miles on the truck in the last 16 months, but I thought I would go ahead and change the oil and filter based on the length of time the oil has been in the engine. Decided to do it myself this time. Bought some oil and a filter. I've done this many times before on this vehicle. Crawled under there and replaced the filter with no problem. Now it's time to drain the crankcase.
What fresh hell is this? The socket wouldn't fit on the drain plug. I know 14mm is the correct size. Upon closer inspection, I find this. Some turd epoxied all over the drain plug. I chipped as much away as I could and managed to get the socket on the plug, but it must be glued in place. Can't get enough leverage to break it loose with my 3/8ths ratchet.
Why in hell would they do this? The camera flash made it glow green like that. It is actually a translucent white. I'm going to try again tomorrow if I can raise the front end up enough to get under there and get some leverage on the wrench. I'm a bit irate.
Last year in August (yeah 2020) I took my old truck to Kwik Kar for an oil change. No problem- seems they did a good job. I have only put about 700 miles on the truck in the last 16 months, but I thought I would go ahead and change the oil and filter based on the length of time the oil has been in the engine. Decided to do it myself this time. Bought some oil and a filter. I've done this many times before on this vehicle. Crawled under there and replaced the filter with no problem. Now it's time to drain the crankcase.
What fresh hell is this? The socket wouldn't fit on the drain plug. I know 14mm is the correct size. Upon closer inspection, I find this. Some turd epoxied all over the drain plug. I chipped as much away as I could and managed to get the socket on the plug, but it must be glued in place. Can't get enough leverage to break it loose with my 3/8ths ratchet.
Why in hell would they do this? The camera flash made it glow green like that. It is actually a translucent white. I'm going to try again tomorrow if I can raise the front end up enough to get under there and get some leverage on the wrench. I'm a bit irate.