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HighVoltage:
A student friend working at a truck repair shop here in Germany was told to fill new oil in to a big 10 Cylinder truck engine after an oil drain.

They had a supply hose with electric pump for the new oil. And he had the nozzle in the engine and waited until the engine was literally filled up to the top of the valve cover and had overfloated the engine.

He was surprised the engine did not start!



nctnico:

--- Quote from: tszaboo on September 20, 2021, 11:54:57 pm ---
--- Quote from: bob91343 on September 20, 2021, 05:36:03 pm ---DIY oil change is another possibly stupid thing.  What if you kick the oil plug and can't find it?  You can't drive to your auto supply store, or anywhere else.

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Then we get on a bicycle and go to the nearest car shop, which is probably 2-4 km away.

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Indeed. I once got a new car battery using my bike. I had a flat battery AND there was a power outage so I couldn't charge it. Only option was to get a new battery in order to get going in time for an appointment.
Psi:
Don't feel to stupid,  I have blown up 4x  440mA fluke fuses in the last 2 weeks.
Prior to that I think I blew up one in the last 5 years.



rstofer:
What's the problem?  Amazon Prime delivers here every day!  I could have a Fluke 101 here later this afternoon if I order in the next 3 hours.  There are several other models that could be here tomorrow.

That's here in the US, I have no idea what it's like in Germany...
Zeyneb:

--- Quote from: rstofer on September 21, 2021, 02:57:36 pm ---What's the problem?  Amazon Prime delivers here every day!  I could have a Fluke 101 here later this afternoon if I order in the next 3 hours.  There are several other models that could be here tomorrow.

That's here in the US, I have no idea what it's like in Germany...


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Don't know for Germany exactly. But an order from Amazon.com can take 15 days to get here in the Netherlands. But how about money? You act as if money can never be an issue. If you don't care about it why not paypal some of yours to Trymon to solve the problem?
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