oil drain plug what?

[mkii@nycap.rr.com (Josh20V)]

hey now. oil changes are one of the few things Im qualified for. :D

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian McGarvey" <brianm@earendel.org>
To: "Julie Macfarlane" <juliemac57@hotmail.com>
Cc: <mkii@nycap.rr.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: oil drain plug what?


> What Josh actually turned a wrench? nah couldnt be..
> Brian ...
>
>
> On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, Julie Macfarlane wrote:
>
> > Good job Josh. Thats VW people for you
> >
> >
> >
> > Julie Macfarlane
> > Menlo Park Research & Development
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> > Amsterdam NY
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Josh20V" <mkii@nycap.rr.com>
> > >To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > >Subject: oil drain plug what?
> > >Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 00:33:57 -0400
> > >
> > >So anyways, this post doesnt have a Scirocco in it, in case that is a
live
> > >or die issue for somebody. :D
> > >
> > >
> > >I drove over to CT today to pick up a donor Head, and wiring/etc for my
> > >2.0/18 16v swap into Caddy #2. To get to where I was going you have to
go
> > >from Albany NY, into Massachusetts, and then south into Connecticut.. I
get
> > >down, meet Brian, get the engine in the back of Caddy #1, and head
home.
> > >Gotta love 70 hp :D
> > >
> > >So Im right at the MA/NY border getting ready to get onto Interstate 90
to
> > >head back to Albany, and I look over at this gas station, and what do I
> > >see?
> > >A silver VR6 Corrado parked with the hood open. Well, pull a U-turn and
> > >head
> > >over to see what's going on. I pull up, and its an older guy with his
early
> > >20s son, the 1st thing I notice is the pool of oil under the car. The
> > >father
> > >gets out, and we start to talk. He said the oil light had just come on
> > >suddenly, so he got off the highway, pulled in and parked where he now
sat,
> > >and he had no clue what was wrong but he had called AAA. My 1st step to
> > >diagnosing the issue was to ask when the last time he had the car
serviced.
> > >Oddly enough it had been into a VW repair facility just 2 days prior
> > >getting
> > >an oil change. As with anybody reading this, the bells in my head went
off!
> > >I crawled under the car, and what did my finger find? A nice open hole
in
> > >the back of the oil pan. Great I thought,  I can pull the plug off the
> > >engine I had in the back of the Caddy, but of course that idea wasn't
very
> > >sound,  since it wasn't the right thread pattern..
> > >
> > >So picture this, sitting on the border of NY, and MA and about 40+
miles
> > >from the closest parts supply that I could think of.  After using my
cell
> > >to
> > >see if anybody had a better idea, I went off on the great drain plug
search
> > >of 2003. Amazingly as I was going past a closed (and very hick) Ford
> > >dealership in W.Stockbridge, I noticed a bay open, and cruised in. A
tech
> > >was working on his personal car and had no problems setting me up with
the
> > >right plug. I barrow a socket and ratchet and headed beck, got the guy
> > >patched up, got oil in it, and it purred like a VR. :D
> > >
> > >I think the highlight of it all was when I figured out that the plug I
had
> > >would not fit, the son (speaking for about the only time) asked if we
could
> > >just tape the drain over.......
> > >
> > >Josh Able
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> > >87 Scirocco 1.8t 20v
> > >83 Caddy
> > >82 Caddy
> > >
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