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Old December 25th 04, 08:11 AM
EggRaid
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Default Oil Change:::Now it leaks

Hey gang,

I had the oil changed on my 93 740i this week. Never leaked a drop. My
driveway is immaculate and now I notice that the car is leaking a bit.

Not been under yet, but would you assume that someone didn't replace that
washer on the drain plug like they were supposed to? Would this lead to
some leakage?

Thoughts?

ER


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Old December 25th 04, 01:03 PM
GRL
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Could very well do that. A look around the plug should tell you. This is on
one reason I always do my own oil changes, whether it's a Ford or a Lexus.
Only way to know it's done right 100% of the time.

- GRL
"EggRaid" > wrote in message
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> Hey gang,
>
> I had the oil changed on my 93 740i this week. Never leaked a drop. My
> driveway is immaculate and now I notice that the car is leaking a bit.
>
> Not been under yet, but would you assume that someone didn't replace that
> washer on the drain plug like they were supposed to? Would this lead to
> some leakage?
>
> Thoughts?
>
> ER
>
>



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Old December 25th 04, 09:17 PM
Al
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> Not been under yet, but would you assume that someone didn't replace that
> washer on the drain plug like they were supposed to? Would this lead to
> some leakage?


Yup. If the filter seal was leaking there'd be a *lot* of oil due to the
pressure.

To be fair, I often don't replace the seal on the sump plug. But then my
old wrecks usually have far more significant leaks from other places, so a
sump plug leak is insignificant :-(

Al.
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Old December 25th 04, 09:34 PM
Al
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Sudden Infant Death Soup

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SIDS victim, cleaned
½ cup cooking oil
Carrots
onions
broccoli
whole cabbage
fresh green beans
potato
turnip
celery
tomato
½ stick butter
1 cup cooked pasta (macaroni, shells, etc.)

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(2 hours approximately).
Continue seasoning to taste.
Before serving, add butter and pasta,
serve piping with hot bread and butter.



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2 cups finely chopped very young human flesh
1 cup shredded cabbage
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5 sprigs green onion, finely chopped
5 cloves minced garlic
4-6 ounces bamboo shoots
Sherry
chicken broth
oil for deep frying (1 gallon)
Sal


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Old January 4th 05, 02:00 AM
Ted Johnson
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> Not been under yet, but would you assume that someone didn't replace that
> washer on the drain plug like they were supposed to? Would this lead to
> some leakage?


Could also be that they over-torqued the drain plug, and it snapped.

This just happened on my wife's Z3. The drain plug was still hanging
on... by exactly one thread of engagement. Very scary.

-Ted
 




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