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I just changed my oil again, and then proceded to flush the coolant (again).
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I changed oil the 1st time on my 996 when i removed the drain plug but i removed the wrong plug which was big and located on the left of the engine, it has spring tension likes a relief vale.
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Well, the real trick is filling your tires with 50 PSI of helium.
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Find someone who has done an oil change next time to help you???
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I changed oil the 1st time on my 996 when i removed the drain plug but i removed the wrong plug which was big and located on the left of the engine, it has spring tension likes a relief vale.
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Hi,
I changed oil the 1st time on my 996 when i removed the drain plug but i removed the wrong plug which was big and located on the left of the engine, it has spring tension likes a relief vale. I managed to put it back on but i'm worry i don't what could happen to my car. Please give me your best anwser.
Thank you,
Jim
I did the same thing with the ML
I managed to drain the tranny fluid (right in the middle of the front of the car). Wondered why it was red and only 2 quarts..
On top of that I added more oil in the oil filler so the car had over 9 quarts of oil and no tranny fluid.. ahhahahaha
sorry i couldnt have been more help..
I did removed the plug under left engine header, the big one with a hole in the middle. I guess the oil from the head came out around 4 quarts then i found the oil drain plug, i removed it also and got about 4 1/2 quarts more. Basically i got the same oil amount it came out and new new oil put in the engine. If accidentcy removed that relief vale will it effect anything to my car?
Thank you for your help.
Jim
Well, the real trick is filling your tires with 50 PSI of helium. The car will then float in your garage. After you have completed you work under the car, you reduce the PSI to OEM specs. Then the car is super light, and super fast. Because the car is 90% lighter, there is much less friction between the road and the tires, so tires last for 90,000 miles!
Actually, this car belongs to Orient Express and he did the photoshop, and a pretty good one at that!
I just changed my oil again, and then proceded to flush the coolant (again). But this time I inadvertantly removed the above named bolt (17mm socket) and the spring (few inches long), along with a little piston (that goes over one end of the spring) also fell out.
Question to forum: Does the little piston go on top of the spring rather than below (ie, piston, spring, bolt, rather than spring,piston, bolt)?
I will flush the coolant next by removing the small allen bolt, not quite so far aft.
Thank you.
Tool Pants you are the man. Does any maintenance need to be done on this. Or is there any reason to remove. In the past I have done simply the remove oil drain plug, filter, replace and refill......
dont remove it..................that is the pressure relif valve and any nicks burrs or dirt on it could be a major problem.
I just had a car come in with no oil pressure. pulled the filer and found that spring and piston in the filter
he did his own oil chnage dropped the valve and didnt know where it came from so he threw it in the filter. that was a 13k $ mistake
Actually, this car belongs to Orient Express and he did the photoshop, and a pretty good one at that!
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When I first looked at that picture I said that looks just like Orient Express's under carriage. Sweet!
Great info Firehawk, Ill try to remember not to take something off and put it somewhere else.... Im sure this type of thing isnt new to you though! Luckily I have OCD and document where everything came from (twice)!!!
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