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I remember one of the local PCA guys bought a used 911 and was the typical DYI guy and told about his first oil change. He had driven old VW bugs for years. The engine was good and hot, and he put his 5 quart oil pan under the oil tank and removed the plug. Of course a massive jet of very hot oil came pouring out and was overflowing his puny 5 quart oil pan and started heading down the driveway, to the gutter and down the street. He was grabbing anything he could to stem the flow and it just kept coming out. He had his own Exon Valdez spill. The neighbors were upset. He was really pissed. Of course after it stopped flowing out he realized he had the engine to drain as well.
Then he realized he only bought 5 quarts of oil and his wife was not home to go get more oil. He was covered in oil and had to go take a shower before anyone would take him to the store to buy more oil. He finally looked up the oil capacity and decided to buy his first ever case of oil. He had forgotten to get an oil filter so he needed that as well. He had to wait for his wife to get home so he started power washing the driveway a gutters to hide his error. He got all dirty and had to take another shower before his wife would take him use her car to go to the store. He finally finished the oil change and had used up all the paper towels they had, and it required three sets of dirty clothes and time power washing everything.
He let the local Porsche shop do his next oil change. He was a funny story teller and had us all in stitches.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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