Interesting car stuff (well, to me anyway)
Oct. 5th, 2006 10:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bookzombieIt looks like I had developed an oil leak in my car a couple of days ago so, via our work car ownership scheme supplier, the RAC chap came out to look at it.
So, the reason oil was leaking was fairly straightforward - when it was last serviced a few weeks ago they didn't tighten up the sump plug properly. Annoying, but not the end of the world.
It was what he found when he jacked the car up that had our jaws hitting the ground.
When a new car is put on one of the big car transporters they put dampers on the suspension to stop it rocking about too much.
They were still there.
18 months after the car was delivered.
It has had two services since then and still no-one noticed.
This may explain why I keep feeling like my tyres are flat when they aren't and may (according to the RAC chap) explain why I had that little spin earlier in the year.
How could they not notice?!
So, the reason oil was leaking was fairly straightforward - when it was last serviced a few weeks ago they didn't tighten up the sump plug properly. Annoying, but not the end of the world.
It was what he found when he jacked the car up that had our jaws hitting the ground.
When a new car is put on one of the big car transporters they put dampers on the suspension to stop it rocking about too much.
They were still there.
18 months after the car was delivered.
It has had two services since then and still no-one noticed.
This may explain why I keep feeling like my tyres are flat when they aren't and may (according to the RAC chap) explain why I had that little spin earlier in the year.
How could they not notice?!
