stosb

wearer of programming socks

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mid 20s | bisexual | programmer | european


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CERESUltra
@CERESUltra

Still trying to figure out something completely baffling that happened at work just now. Lady came in with a 2011 Honda CR-V complaining she wasn't getting any power after we did an oil change on it. Everything we could have possibly touched was fine.

There was no fluid in the transmission when I pulled the dipstick. None at all.

I went over it with a fine tooth comb, doing everything I'm allowed to do at my job. I could find no evidence of a leak or tampering or anything. It's one of those ones where I wish I was a full mechanic because I would give anything to know what the hell was going on. I'm guessing that it had been empty for a while, and it's just catching up with her now, which is totally bizarre. I referred her to finding a dealer or professional transmission shop, because not only was there basically nothing I could do besides putting a little bit of transmission fluid in it, but there is clearly something way way more serious going on.


APOAPSIS
@APOAPSIS

Someone drank all the transmission fluid with a silly straw during the last oil change


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in reply to @CERESUltra's post:

Oh no...

...kinda reminds me, one of work's younger mechanics was at a different garage and moved over partway through his apprenticeship; he has a story about doing an oil-change on something, and managing to pull the wrong drain-plug.

so he drained the transmission dry, then brought the engine up to 200% oil-fill, and sent it out like that. 🙃