Electrical fault????

[spanner man]

I was at work the other day, when a P38 came into the driveway sounding incredibly rattly, the customer came in and announced that he had an electrical fault that he would like looked at, as the oil light kept flashing... sometimes P38 electricals DO work!! It actually had no oil pressure.

I probably shouldn't have found this as amusing as i did :cool:

[bee utey]

Customer probably remembers having had it serviced recently, like in the last year or so, so it couldn't possibly need oil!

[Homestar]

Some people seem to be beyond help... You should check Sprint's thread in the 'Soapbox' forum - http://www.aulro.com/afvb/soapbox/73621-cashies-aka-people-getting-stupider.html

Plenty of similar things there, but that is a Beauty...:D

By the way - welcome to you! :)

Cheers - Gav

[Bushie]

Seems to be known as 'the add oil light' nowadays.
Constantly amazed at the numbers of young people that think that is what it means - don't have to do anything until it comes on. It makes me wonder where that started and how/who it's perpetuated.


Martyn

[PhilipA]

It,s genX and genY who have never generally been interested in mechanical things and useless oldies who cannot be bothered to teach them.

Coincidentally I was at a lunch yesterday and this very subject came up where the person's son in law was driving to Newcastle from Sydney on the F3 when a oil light "just flickered for a second" in his Subaru resulting in loss of engine. Now AFAIK Subarus do not use much oil so it must have been well overdue for a service, which is what the mother said" Oh I just assumed they changed it at the service"

The 60 something mother was amazed that such a thing could happen and then commented that after this she noticed the same flicker in her Kia whatever and actually then checked the oil. She then found some oil her tech savvy other ( Vietnamese) daughter had in the garage. Maybe it's a Skippy thing .

Struggling to maintain my composure, I observed that indeed I was getting slack in not checking mine every week as you should, and that one must understand that a RED light means stop immediately.

My daughter was trained at 17 to change the oil and filter in her car and for a while when broke did that. Although she did drive home once with the temp light on , from a broken hose reulting in a blown head gasket.
RED MEANS STOP .

So members "Teach your children well"

Regards Philip A

[isuzutoo-eh]

Dunno how the previous generations learnt about these things.
My father didn't teach me much about cars...when I got my first car, on my L plates, he showed me how to do the first oil change and just assumed I knew everything else. Same story with mates that care about their cars. Then there are friends who drive toyotas and get them serviced when the service light comes up on the dash.
Maybe it's different with fathers who are tradies versus pen pushers, who have upgraded cars before warranty runs out or driven company cars for the last 15+ years.

Bloody hard to know this stuff if the previous generations don't teach it.

[Redback]

Dunno how the previous generations learnt about these things.
My father didn't teach me much about cars...when I got my first car, on my L plates, he showed me how to do the first oil change and just assumed I knew everything else. Same story with mates that care about their cars. Then there are friends who drive toyotas and get them serviced when the service light comes up on the dash.
Maybe it's different with fathers who are tradies versus pen pushers, who have upgraded cars before warranty runs out or driven company cars for the last 15+ years.

Bloody hard to know this stuff if the previous generations don't teach it.

I was raised in a rural invironment, you soon learned how to repair it and service it, or you walked, I learned how to do it myself, I have since begun to get really slack, if I can get someone else to do it, I do, probably why I taught Ness how to service her car;)

Baz.

[superquag]

For a year or two the Passat had a habit of bursting top radiator hoses.... only happened whilst the Child Bride was driving it... She got quite quick at changing them on the roadside! :p

But that was 30 years ago....and they don't make 'em like they used to !

[bee utey]

But that was 30 years ago....and they don't make 'em like they used to !

What, child brides???:p The only thing the current lot can manage is the credit card swipe...

[flagg]

What, child brides???:p The only thing the current lot can manage is the credit card swipe...

Now, now!!

We youngans have learnt that car funny feeling or new light means drive faster to get home quick and ask to borrow dads car next time.