That one Friday where a 12-hour PM turned into a 20-hour nightmare

I had a routine oil change and filter swap on a 2018 Freightliner Cascadia lined up. Should have been a simple 2-hour job, but the oil drain plug was seized on from a previous shop using too much thread locker. Spent 4 hours with heat and a breaker bar to finally get it off, then found the oil filter housing cracked. Had to wait for a parts run, then did the full service in the dark in a gravel lot outside of Wichita. Anyone else deal with a simple job that snowballed into an all-day fight over something dumb?

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morgan_bailey9325d ago

That 20 hour nightmare sounds like a direct result of poor planning on your part though lol. If you had checked the drain plug and filter housing before starting, you could have sourced the parts and heat gun in advance instead of wasting time troubleshooting in the moment. A 2 hour oil change turning into a full day job is just bad preparation and lack of foresight, not bad luck.

sam_thomas24d ago

Guilty as charged, I like to learn things the tragically hard way apparently.

mary_foster9220d ago

I had to learn this one the hard way too. Next time take 5 mins to pop the drain plug and check the filter housing before you buy anything, it saves so much headache.