Sometimes things do go wrong!
So I got everything I was doing
associated with the valley pan done. I didn't break, strip or mess up
anything and that was a long ass job! Well to end it all I had to
change the oil so I could check the oil pump bolts and change the oil
pan gaskets. I grabbed my torque wrench and 36mm socket to get
the cap off the oil filter canister and I put some umph into it, well
the cap isn't budging, so then I decide of I need more umph.....I
crank it and it still isn't going anywhere....this thing is not coming
off I said, it says MAX 25nm right on the top so even at the max
torque it's not that bad.... So I grabbed my larger, longer
torque wrench and as I cranking the shit out of it I hear a crack, I
though man all this work and I just now broke something....what the
heck....I look below and the piece of crap little rubber mounts with
screws poking out of them broke.
Well now the damn oil filter canister
is hanging there, it broke off the bracket so I went and got my
neighbor to come turn the wrench while I held the canister so I could
finish up, well we got it, but it was on there soooo tight. I didn't
do the previous oil change so the mechanic that changed my oil must
have thought he was Magilla Gorilla because that sum'bitch was on
there soooo tight....
The moral of my story, be careful before you start ranking the wrench
on the cap to the oil filter canister....lol duh, like we all don't
know that....right....
Parts:
Tools:
- 10mm Socket
- Ratchet [Socket Wrench]
So here is my DIY for part number 11
42 1 436 982 with a cost of about $7 a piece. $7 and they're not
even gold plated, ridiculous! BTW, I think they should run the
screw all the way through the rubber mount!
Enjoy, and remember ALWAYS work safe and I assume NO
RESPONSIBILITY for your actions, mechanical abilities or
anything that may occur during the nature of the repairs.
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