I've had my share of oil change disasters. One of the more memorable ones was when I finished changing the oil and filter and then proceded to back the 300sd out of the garage and about 25 feet onto the concrete driveway. I discovered that it doesn't take too long to pump 8 quarts of oil out of a oil filter housing that has only been loosely tightened down. A thirty foot diesel oil slick on a clean driveway is quite obvious.

This unfortunate incident added 4 hours to my routine oil change which included a trip to the auto parts store for 4 cans of degreaser and a box of rags. I hurried to finish this before my wife came home. She never suspected a thing. Thankfully, the neighbors never tipped her off.

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Rob
'84 300SD 258K
'85 300D (sold)