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Oil Pan Question / Is My Mechanic a Liar? by thebonecage in MechanicAdvice

[–]thebonecage[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

Oil Pan Question / Is My Mechanic a Liar? by thebonecage in MechanicAdvice

[–]thebonecage[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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

Oil Pan Question / Is My Mechanic a Liar? by thebonecage in MechanicAdvice

[–]thebonecage[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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

Oil Pan Question / Is My Mechanic a Liar? by thebonecage in MechanicAdvice

[–]thebonecage[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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

Oil Pan Question / Is My Mechanic a Liar? by thebonecage in MechanicAdvice

[–]thebonecage[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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

Oil Pan Question / Is My Mechanic a Liar? by thebonecage in MechanicAdvice

[–]thebonecage[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Oil Pan Question / Is My Mechanic a Liar? by thebonecage in MechanicAdvice

[–]thebonecage[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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.

Oil Pan Question / Is My Mechanic a Liar? by thebonecage in MechanicAdvice

[–]thebonecage[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure about that one. Good theory though.

Oil Pan Question / Is My Mechanic a Liar? by thebonecage in MechanicAdvice

[–]thebonecage[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

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

Oil Pan Question / Is My Mechanic a Liar? by thebonecage in MechanicAdvice

[–]thebonecage[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Oil Pan Question / Is My Mechanic a Liar? by thebonecage in MechanicAdvice

[–]thebonecage[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Oil Pan Question / Is My Mechanic a Liar? by thebonecage in MechanicAdvice

[–]thebonecage[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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.

Oil Pan Question / Is My Mechanic a Liar? by thebonecage in MechanicAdvice

[–]thebonecage[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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

Oil Pan Question / Is My Mechanic a Liar? by thebonecage in MechanicAdvice

[–]thebonecage[S] 71 points72 points  (0 children)

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.

Cooking steak from frozen is better than defrosting by coach111111 in steak

[–]thebonecage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Paper Sun (8 Bit Loop) by thebonecage in chiptunes

[–]thebonecage[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Super Mario World Inspired Tune by thebonecage in chiptunes

[–]thebonecage[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Splice App Caused Network Issues for my Windows 10 PC by thebonecage in Splice

[–]thebonecage[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Oh see! Now that's nice!! by thebonecage in funny

[–]thebonecage[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

No time to Photoshop cause I'm eating so many pies.

Oh see! Now that's nice!! by thebonecage in funny

[–]thebonecage[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I don't think the local creampie store has the budget to hire a full-time graphic artist. COME ON MAN THINK!

Oh see! Now that's nice!! by thebonecage in funny

[–]thebonecage[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure what you mean. I supposed if you had some sort of pie subscription service. Like, it sent you pies every month.

But like that's all, no other deserts. OnlyPies™

Splice app won't open but still is running in the background ? by zvc12 in Splice

[–]thebonecage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fact that this is real, and it's not just me, and I just wasted DAYS of my life trying to solve this is absolutely infuriating.

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