http://forums.mbworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=92198\

I hope this link works. Some people just make you wonder.

WARNING!! if your little kids are around the S and F word are used a lot. I can't blame him either.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

I actually saw an idot do this one time at the auto hobby center on base and I think everyone in the place jumped on that guy. The guy said he had been doing it whenever he changed the oil, so as to get all the dirty oil that was in car out. It was explained to him that his car was not self primming on it's oil pump by the guy in charge of the shop, and that half qt of dirty oil would not hurt anything. Anyway the clown, a LtCL in the Army, put the oil in the car and started it with a fast idle and sent a rod through the block. I was in stall next him trying to change my oil when his engine blew, and pucked it's guts on the floor. I had oil all over my shoes & socks.

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'10 Chrysler T&C Stow-N-Go White. Grandpa's ride.

'13 Chrysler 200 Touring Candy Red. Grandma's ride.

Age and cunning will always over come youth and vigor.

Not very sympathetic ey Hatteras Guy??

What a dumbass! He poured Kerosene in the engine too!

Hope he doesn't plan on reproducing.

Danny

They have quit teaching auto mechanics in school, because it's really beneath most of our advanced little munchkins. How awfull to teach a kid a trade that would relegate him/her to a life under the hood of a vehicle???

This kid was under the impression that the oil cools the engine. I wonder what he thinks the coolant is for - drinking?

DS
87 300D

I can't believe how much he cursed during every post. Didn't his parents teach him any manners?

Scott

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Scott
1982 Mercedes 240D, 4 speed, 275,000
1988 Porsche 944 Turbo S (70,000)
1987 Porsche 911 Coupe 109,000 (sold)
1998 Mercedes E300 TurboDiesel 147,000 (sold)
1985 Mercedes 300D 227,000 (totaled by inattentive driver with no insurance!)
1997 Mercedes E300 Diesel 236,000 (sold)
1995 Ducati 900SS (sold)
1987 VW Jetta GLI 157,000 (sold)
1986 Camaro 125,000 (sold - P.O.S.)
1977 Corvette L82 125,000 (sold)
1965 Pontiac GTO 15,000 restored (sold)

He's a cleaning freak!!!

This is what drugs will do to a mind.

I sometimes wonder how some of the people in this world manage to use toilet paper without any instructions printed on the package.

Even considering all his mistakes, I really feel sorry for him. He stated that he "loved" the car and was thinking of "killing himself" over his stupidity. I hope his father can console and encourage him into the fact that there is a future after destroying a "thing" that you hold in high esteem... and that to learn from such a severe mistake is far better than berating oneself for "being stupid". I hope he "grows" from this and yes, hopes he learns to speak/write without all the profanity.

I believe that if the same thing happened on this furum, the victim would receive much more encouragement from members here than what I read over there.

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Nello Tare

1982 300D (266,001 mi.) looking and running great

Previously owned:
1976 450 SLC
1983 300D
1976 300D
also
1982 Jaguar XJ6 (loved, but gone)

don't pity the owner...
pity the poor car that was subjected to that unnecessary abuse...

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1984 300D Turbo - 231k....totalled 11/30/07 RIP

It does act as a heat transfer medium, along with the water-based coolant. Why else would there be an oil cooler?

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

Yeah, maybe I'm too nice, but I felt kind of sorry for him. Personally, my current feeling is that no one should be allowed to handle (or in some cases even drive) a car without some basic knowledge of how the thing works. That said, I was guilty of being an ignorant car owner for the first four years of my time behind the wheel ... I'm by no means a stupid person, but have done stupid things in my life (fortunately not with cars). so this young guy might just be doing what someone told him was right, with no idea the danger to the car. What a rotten way to learn!

You know......people like that should not be allowed to own a car.....think of the abuse his cars are subjected to and the crap future owners are getting stuck with.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

That's true but that's not its primary function. I don't think the kid thought that far through it anyway.

Scott

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Scott
1982 Mercedes 240D, 4 speed, 275,000
1988 Porsche 944 Turbo S (70,000)
1987 Porsche 911 Coupe 109,000 (sold)
1998 Mercedes E300 TurboDiesel 147,000 (sold)
1985 Mercedes 300D 227,000 (totaled by inattentive driver with no insurance!)
1997 Mercedes E300 Diesel 236,000 (sold)
1995 Ducati 900SS (sold)
1987 VW Jetta GLI 157,000 (sold)
1986 Camaro 125,000 (sold - P.O.S.)
1977 Corvette L82 125,000 (sold)
1965 Pontiac GTO 15,000 restored (sold)

this kid is dangerous with a tool in his hand.....anyway to get a restaining order for him and tools?

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche