rocky_b
16-11-2005, 04:03 PM
hi guys.
i know this is gonna sound so stoopid... but it happend.. :(
i drove about 150kms - driving pretty hard. over a weekend.
then popped the hood open at the end of SUNDAY afternoon, after the drive.
and found my oil dipstick halfway up.
i know i freakn freaked out too!!:thumbdwn:
now i know it didnt pop up by itself, coz my mates were crowding around my car lookin at stuff on friday nite. so i guess one of em didnt put the oil dipstick in properly... and yes... i turned into the hulk...
anyways, i pulled out the dipstick and the bloody thing was twisted at the end. so i take it out and straighten it, but now when i put it back in, it hits something and i pretty much have to force it in to stay down.... it was never like this before.. i've had it for over a year and have bin working on my car ever since... doing simple oil changes etc... so now i cant check my oil level coz it hits something inside.... but i did a recent service, and no metal chucks etc came out. but it was pretty black, no blobs, chunks..
but i got no idea wat happend.. pls shed some light into this problem :(
fyi. last service was 75,000kms oil change...etc..
bent/twisted dipstick happend at about 78-79,000kms
serviced agen at 80,000kms
thanks,
rocky_b
i know this is gonna sound so stoopid... but it happend.. :(
i drove about 150kms - driving pretty hard. over a weekend.
then popped the hood open at the end of SUNDAY afternoon, after the drive.
and found my oil dipstick halfway up.
i know i freakn freaked out too!!:thumbdwn:
now i know it didnt pop up by itself, coz my mates were crowding around my car lookin at stuff on friday nite. so i guess one of em didnt put the oil dipstick in properly... and yes... i turned into the hulk...
anyways, i pulled out the dipstick and the bloody thing was twisted at the end. so i take it out and straighten it, but now when i put it back in, it hits something and i pretty much have to force it in to stay down.... it was never like this before.. i've had it for over a year and have bin working on my car ever since... doing simple oil changes etc... so now i cant check my oil level coz it hits something inside.... but i did a recent service, and no metal chucks etc came out. but it was pretty black, no blobs, chunks..
but i got no idea wat happend.. pls shed some light into this problem :(
fyi. last service was 75,000kms oil change...etc..
bent/twisted dipstick happend at about 78-79,000kms
serviced agen at 80,000kms
thanks,
rocky_b