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A little hint. When you fill up with oil, make SURE and DOUBLY SURE you put the oil filler cap back on afterwards.

I (you guessed it) forgot. Cue nearly catching fire as oil ended up all over the engine block on my way to work yesterday, a 20 quid cap replacement cost, and no way of using the car for the next two days while the damn thing comes through the post.

Again. Replace the cap anbd save yourself pain and heartache............................

*lmao*

Pandaemonium wrote:
> Never left my engine running. Sounds dangerous.

It isn't as dangerous as you may think. When I was a nipper my Da did it all the time. He still does.

EDIT - I should have mentioned he burnt to death last week when the petrol caught fire.

Ineedsleep wrote:
> Another little hint. Fill up with oil occasionally.
>
> * Sighs and fondly remembers her little Volvo 740 *

Pah! Mines an oil guzzler. It needs a litre of oil approx ever 500 miles. Frequently more like. Damn, I hate that car..............

Another little hint. Fill up with oil occasionally.

* Sighs and fondly remembers her little Volvo 740 *

i'm glad it's not just me that's done this :)

sprayed oil all over the engine bay of my beloved camper it did. luckily, due to it being a bit of a heap, i was on good terms with the local VW garage so they popped the engine out for me one weekend so i could get inside and clean it all up again :)

ßulle†† wrote:
> Pandaemonium wrote:
> Bwhahahahahaha. I was trailing a cloud of thick white smoke along
> the
> motorway. I couldn't help but NOT notice ;)
>
> Heh, stupid response from me there! I deserved a laughing at :D

Noooo, not at all. Just thinking about it yesterday. (looks in back mirror) "whats that? ARRRRGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!" :)

Pandaemonium wrote:
> Bwhahahahahaha. I was trailing a cloud of thick white smoke along the
> motorway. I couldn't help but NOT notice ;)

Heh, stupid response from me there! I deserved a laughing at :D

> Never left my engine running. Sounds dangerous.

Bloody is! I forgot to switch it off because the girlfriend was giving me a load of earache at the time so I just got out of the car as quick as I could. It was only when I saw the exhaust puffing away that I realised what I'd done - or not done as it were!

ßulle†† wrote:
> You're lucky you noticed before it was too late!

Bwhahahahahaha. I was trailing a cloud of thick white smoke along the motorway. I couldn't help but NOT notice ;)

> The only cap I've lost was off the screen wash tank. Not exactly a
> big threat.

Heh, mine is actually attached to the tank, no chance of that. The oil cap though, I wish was too. It would have saved me so much trouble.

> I did leave my engine running while filling up once though :S
>
> Shat myself when I realised!

Never left my engine running. Sounds dangerous.

You're lucky you noticed before it was too late!

The only cap I've lost was off the screen wash tank. Not exactly a big threat.

I did leave my engine running while filling up once though :S

Shat myself when I realised!

A little hint. When you fill up with oil, make SURE and DOUBLY SURE you put the oil filler cap back on afterwards.

I (you guessed it) forgot. Cue nearly catching fire as oil ended up all over the engine block on my way to work yesterday, a 20 quid cap replacement cost, and no way of using the car for the next two days while the damn thing comes through the post.

Again. Replace the cap anbd save yourself pain and heartache............................