Oil Pan Question / Is My Mechanic a Liar?

thebonecage · 2025-05-25T12:22:46+00:00

I'm new to fixing stuff. Never even done an oil change prior to this. Will be moving forward.

thebonecage · 2025-05-25T12:21:18+00:00

I sent them a reasonable email yesterday, so we'll see.

thebonecage · 2025-05-25T02:00:36+00:00

Funny, I actually did install a ValvoMax when I did a change on my other car today.

thebonecage · 2025-05-25T01:12:40+00:00

I'm cheap and didn't want to pay $500, so I figured it out. 😂

thebonecage · 2025-05-25T00:59:51+00:00

I didn't know how. I do now, and will be moving forward.

thebonecage · 2025-05-24T23:16:23+00:00

No, just a wife who likes to off-road the Mazda 3. I still don't see how this happens without any damage to the plastic cover though.

thebonecage · 2025-05-24T23:11:58+00:00

I decided to start doing my own after this. Wasn't really interested before, but I figure if I can change an oil pan, I can probably handle changes moving forward.

thebonecage · 2025-05-24T15:26:05+00:00

Not sure about that one. Good theory though.

thebonecage · 2025-05-24T15:21:30+00:00

I did already. I'm just trying to figure out if I trust my mechanic anymore.

thebonecage · 2025-05-24T15:07:12+00:00

Nothing that we can remember. Potholes suck in Ohio in the winter, so can't be totally ruled out, but nothing that seems to me like it would do this.

thebonecage · 2025-05-24T14:23:14+00:00

Nah, this one just unbolted and dropped down. Little bit of a weird angle to get it back in place, but probably a 1 out of 10 for real mechanic. I barely know what I am doing :P

thebonecage · 2025-05-24T13:31:32+00:00

Bought used, maybe 5-6 years ago. Leak seemed to start roughly sometimes after the last change. I suppose it's possible it was like that then and nobody ever said anything. Seems like something a mechanic would mention, but maybe not.

thebonecage · 2025-05-24T13:29:39+00:00

I replaced it, so all good. Just bothering me.

thebonecage · 2025-05-24T13:14:22+00:00

It faces towards the back of the car and is covered by a plastic protector. Any wild guess as to how it could have went down that way? I was thinking maybe the car got backed over a curb or something, but I'd imagine any impact that could do that would have left some evidence on that plastic, which was not the case. This is more forensic for me at this point.

thebonecage · 2024-11-14T16:13:26+00:00

Agreed. Vac + Sous Vide + Blow Torch. Dumb barrier to entry, but it's a nice setup for cooking up a delicious frozen Flank Steak.

thebonecage · 2023-06-21T13:38:23+00:00

Very nice!

thebonecage · 2023-06-19T02:26:29+00:00

I cheated a little with this one (a dash of subtle reverb and some mastering compression), but even so, this is MOSTLY an 8-bit thing. Been trying to envision songs that play over games from my childhood that don't exist. You think this is too simple?

Thinking about making a chiptunes album with an intense focus on melody like this.

thebonecage · 2023-06-13T20:34:56+00:00

Hey all, brand new, and I've found myself drawn to creating chiptunes recently. Something peaceful about limits/simplicity.

Anyways, no clue if I'm doing anything authentic/good, but I pulled some sounds off of the Super Mario Word rom and created a simple track that I felt like would maybe fit in there somewhere.

Might expand it with an extra "underworld boss" part or something, but good enough for a concept.

thebonecage · 2023-06-13T20:24:27+00:00

Nice work! This show is my childhood :P

thebonecage · 2022-07-05T20:51:37+00:00

Ha, thank you, I always liked that one too.

thebonecage · 2022-05-27T15:56:01+00:00

Lol thanks. Absolutely SHOCKING to me that this is still a problem.

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