Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

I did an oil and filter change yesterday and stupidly overfilled the sump, I was yakking to the Missus and just kept pouring the oil from the second 5l bottle so i ended up with a litre or so of extra oil in the sump.
No worries I thought I'll just take the drain plug out and drop a bit of oil thinking that will fix it, Then I go and drop the sump plug into the hot oil in the drain pan from the oil change and lost the entire lot of new oil.
Ah well at least I ended up with a really good flush of the sump But I wasn't that impressed with wasting $60-$70 worth of perfectly good oil.

Originally Posted by trout1105

I put a new set of boots on the old girl, 245/70/16, ATZ P3 Mickey Thompson's

No more Yokies?

It'll be interesting to see what you make of the MickeyT's after the Yokohama's

Originally Posted by trout1105

I did an oil and filter change yesterday and stupidly overfilled the sump, I was yakking to the Missus and just kept pouring the oil from the second 5l bottle so i ended up with a litre or so of extra oil in the sump.
No worries I thought I'll just take the drain plug out and drop a bit of oil thinking that will fix it, Then I go and drop the sump plug into the hot oil in the drain pan from the oil change and lost the entire lot of new oil.
Ah well at least I ended up with a really good flush of the sump But I wasn't that impressed with wasting $60-$70 worth of perfectly good oil.

Oop`s senior moment

Originally Posted by trout1105

I did an oil and filter change yesterday and stupidly overfilled the sump, I was yakking to the Missus and just kept pouring the oil from the second 5l bottle so i ended up with a litre or so of extra oil in the sump.
No worries I thought I'll just take the drain plug out and drop a bit of oil thinking that will fix it, Then I go and drop the sump plug into the hot oil in the drain pan from the oil change and lost the entire lot of new oil.
Ah well at least I ended up with a really good flush of the sump But I wasn't that impressed with wasting $60-$70 worth of perfectly good oil.

One word... Stahlbus

Never undo a sump plug ever again, drain direct to a container and no mess!

Originally Posted by rick130

No more Yokies?

It'll be interesting to see what you make of the MickeyT's after the Yokohama's

I was going to fit another set of yokies But I wanted to fit a set of muddies for this next trip because some of the boat ramps I will be using can get pretty slippery at times and I struggled with the AT's last time I was there.
The only size I could get Yokohama MT's was 245/75/16 and I didn't want to fit that tall a tyre and the ATZ P3 Micky Thompson's came in the 245/70/16 size that I wanted with a nice aggressive tread pattern as they are a MT/AT hybrid.
I have only done a couple of hundred K's on the Mickey Thompson ATZ P3's so far and they are a bit noisier that the Geolander's I had on before But they do feel a bit more sure footed on the dirt.
I am doing a run to Perth and back over the next couple of days and it is going to be pretty wet tomorrow so I will be able to assess how these P3's handle the wet roads, The Geolander's were pretty good in wet conditions and I am hoping that the P3's are just as good or hopefully better.
Surprisingly the Micky Thompson's were about $50 a tyre cheaper that the Yokohama MT's.

Originally Posted by Tombie

One word... Stahlbus

Never undo a sump plug ever again, drain direct to a container and no mess!

Yes those would be an easy way to do an oil change But I am not that happy with the idea of it dangling below the sump and hitting something when I am off road.
It was definitely a "Seniors Moment" because I usually put the first 5l in then just top up until I get the right level on the dipstick, I also find it difficult to see the new oil on the dipstick as well.

Ooops
Momentary lack of traction

Originally Posted by trout1105

Yes those would be an easy way to do an oil change But I am not that happy with the idea of it dangling below the sump and hitting something when I am off road.
It was definitely a "Seniors Moment" because I usually put the first 5l in then just top up until I get the right level on the dipstick, I also find it difficult to see the new oil on the dipstick as well.

I did the same thing last week. But I managed to avoid dropping the plug. So just cost me a 1L or oil or so, and some frustration.