The scene:
Ford Transit presented for MoT.
The tester:
Muggins here
The problem:
Refuse to test due to risk of damage to the vehicle
The reason:
Too much oil in the engine. As in the oil level is about six inches above maximum on the dipstick
The result:
Drain oil, return correct amount into engine, check level, accept as now ok so proceed to test. It failed on a few items, but nowt too serious in the grand scheme of things, which for a 14 year old Transit ain't actually that bad!
So why all the hoo hah as described above? Customer had a small oil leak so topped up the oil. Which is all well and good, except for the fact that I drained 11 litres of oil out of an engine that only takes 6
They clearly had no clue as to what the dip stick is for, so had quite probably just gone to Halfords or the like, bought a 5 litre can of oil and sloshed in the whole lot in one go. The risk here is that there was a very good chance of hydraulically locking the engine, leading to the engine going bang in spectacular fashion and leaving us with a bill for cleaning up the MoT ramp and fitting a new engine in the customers vehicle at our expense. If it had gone bang whilst being driven on the road? Use your imagination .... Come on people, as it says above, if you don't know how to do it ask for help.
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