>tightening bolt
>pop
Oh fuck moments
Josiah Lopez
Asher Cruz
Feels bad
Sebastian Phillips
>CEL with misfire
Parker Hernandez
>stop at traffic light
>suddenly rough idle
>engine stalls
>frantically turn key, manage to get engine fired up again
>need to stay on the throttle or it stalls again
>limp home
>next day
>everything's fine
>mfw
Nice digits, both of you
Isaac White
>grab drain plug ratchet
>already on loosen
Owen Scott
>loosening bolt with the strength of a retarded gorilla
>clink
>oh thank god
>look down
>bolt's fw
fuck
Jose Turner
>bearing whining loudly on right hand side
>stop at a shop to buy things
>come back
>bearing silent
Connor Miller
My old Maxima trolled me with the ol P0300 forever. Fucking thing always having some sort of ignition or cam timing issue
Jeremiah Ramirez
>power washing car
>always spray too close, never been a problem
>spray over formerly fractured but repaired front skirt
>5 inch fracture reappears with a loud SKKSKKREEENNK
Leo Stewart
>whining stops
>ignore it and keep driving
It fixed itself
Easton James
>misfires without CEL
Logan Butler
>"""repaired"""
Michael Butler
If this is true, its probably your fuel pump. My Intrigue and Miata both did this when the fuel pump got fucced
Jose Davis
>Volvo 240
>Driving my friends home one night, maybe 11PM
>Check engine light comes on
>Ohfuck.png
>Car feels fine, keep going
>Notice battery light very very very slowly coming on
>Ohhhfuck.jpeg
>Battery light gets brighter, interior dashboard lights getting dimmer
>Ohhhhhhhhfuck.bmp
>Drop final friend off
>Blinkers now produce a very loud static noise through the speakers, radio not working, heat is gone
>Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhfuck.pgm
>turn off anything that sucks up electricity. Radio, A/C system, seat warmers, feels like I'm a pilot
>About 2 miles from home
>High beams are now dimmer than normal headlights
>Can't go over 20MPH, no matter what
>Interior lights are dead, CEL dead, battery light on but dim
>Have to drive in breakdown lane
>Top speed getting slower and slower
OhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhFUCK.raw
>Have to run 2 red lights to not stall out, yes I made sure the roads were clear before crossing
>Pic attached is me driving home
>Finally make it home
>Car dies in driveway
Whew
Dylan Harris
Buddy of mine had an issue that if enough rain got in the undercarriage, it would short out the lights and literally cause the brake lights to explode
Oliver Brooks
>engine is making a new sound
>worry sets in
Owen Hernandez
>mindlessly shift from third into neutral without using the clutch
>engine immediately starts revving out of control, redlines until i put the clutch in
Adam Howard
>Oh
Isaiah Hill
always an adventure when your alternator shits out
Noah Rodriguez
>finished replacing brakes, forget to put parking brake back on after checking rear drum brakes.
>lowering the car, only the front left jackstand is still on
>as soon as jack takes the weight off the jackstand, the car rolls back slightly and falls off the jack and the jackstand
Thank fuck I wasn't in the way and all four wheels were already on.
Easton Wood
>Flashing CEL and misfire codes with absolutely no signs of a legitimate misfire
Benjamin Flores
>no flashing cel
>run obd scan
>misfire count is non-zero on multiple cylinders
Jackson Carter
>go around corner
>some faggot biker suddenly appears heading STRAIGHT to your hood
>barely makes it past you
I fucking hate bikers who cut corners and go into the opposite lane for that.
Fuck those fucking faggots, fuck them to hell.
Benjamin Murphy
horrific flashbacks...
Jaxon Watson
>tightening bolt
>never tightens
Angel Ross
>tranny is puking fluid
>oh shit oh shit I have to work
>work parking lot now an EPA superfun site
>not enough fluid to drive home, autotragic
>mate takes me to buy more, I look at the pan expecting the worst
>forgot to tighten drain plug
Kill me
Benjamin Cox
My car has healed itself several times
Benjamin Nelson
Top kek
Benjamin Peterson
>trying to torque down bolt
>keeps on going
Joseph Hughes
>putting hundreds of pounds of torque onto unscrewing one bolt
>it finally gives
A good kind of oh fuck
Robert Russell
>tfw i snapped a valve cover bolt off in the head of my GS550
>siliconed it back in so it wouldnt spin freely
>sold bike to a purple heart veteran buying his first bike a week later
im a terrible person
Josiah Bennett
god this, my 3800 series 3 had this all the fucking time
>ignore CEL
>floor it
>CEL starts blinking telling you to stop
made me paranoid as fuck, even though the car performed fine
Gavin Perez
exactly how happened. i was trying to torque the cover down in sequence with a new gasket so it would quit leaking. didnt leak after i broke the bolt and the guy i old it to barely knew how to ride (bought without test ride and rode it home in the rain) let alone do any work inside the engine.
Mason Price
that feel when the bolt gives and starts turning is like finally reaching orgasm
Luis White
>driving old car
>go around corner
>fuel cuts to engine
>pull up
>take filter off carby
>carby right over extractors
>fuel runs out all over hot extractors
>clenched_arsehole.jpeg
Christopher Reed
>put valve cover gasket back on Miata
>Tighten down bolts
>1 more to go
>Tighten it
>Not tightening fully
>Keep tightening it
>Gets looser
>Bolt snaps
>Muh 1000 folded glorious Nippon steel
T-thanks Mazda
James King
>put in trans cooler
>forget to tighten hose clamp
>car nearly loses all fluid
>refill trans and tighten clamp
>car won't go in 4th now
Hunter Wright
>turn on air conditioning
>notice 50% reduction in power
Cameron Sanders
>Turn on Blinkers
>Horn Honks as the light flashes
Thanks Renault
Gabriel Lewis
I had a 60s chrysler that would do this on really hot days. I think it was vapor lock, extra gas, or driving somewhere without stop and go traffic, made it go away.
Christopher Hill
>turn ignition
>starter goes CLUNK
fug
Brayden Kelly
The car in question was my dad's, not mine, but the story is real. The weirdest part is it never did anything like it again, so I'm guessing it was probably just some crud in the tank.
Kayden Clark
>refueling bike
>turn my head to mire a lady and for some reason take nozzle with me
>gas all over the engine
>anal puckering
Jose Watson
Broke off a stud, then broke an easy-out. 3 weeks, 20+ bits, 6 punches, 4 picks later and I'm not any closer then I was.
Cooper Wright
>Get retune
>Engine pinging at idle when hot
Nope nope nope
Got that shit back to the tuner asap it can sit there all damn Easter
Owen Sullivan
>upshift to 4th
>gas pedal does nothing
>no pressure at all
>mfw
>transmission falls out the bottom of the car and gives me whiplash for a month
uncucked from a grand caravan the hard way
Thomas Mitchell
>belt slipping noise only above 1500 rpms but moves to only above 2500 rpms and then stops
???
Aiden Russell
>mfw I drive an older 240 with no check engine light and an amp light that only lights up when I'm starting the engine or turning it off
Henry Rodriguez
I have this happen a good bit. Should I be worried?
Blake Peterson
I had a series 2 3800 that did that when my cat was clogged
Dylan Martin
>Driving at night on highway, old car with 30 ah battery
>Next side road is 15 miles away
>Lol alternator light have fun
>Light mysteriously turns back off after few miles of panic
Luke Moore
Anyone with the greentext about user and his volvo which fired his CDs at him when cornering at acceleration?
Asher Carter
Fuck I know this feel
Asher Jenkins
ALL CAPS BECAUSE YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS
DON'T USE POWER TOOLS IN THE ENGINE BAY OUTSIDE OF CRANK BOLTS THAT'S HOW YOU STRIP HALF THE OIL PAN BOLTS LIKE I DID
Michael Sanders
>understeer my FWD box over a curb on accident
>here a repeated loud clicking coming from the rear wheel well
Elijah Barnes
It depends whats causing it.
Asher Wilson
>accelerlate
>boost kicks in
>puff of smoke out the tailpipes
Andrew Sullivan
>tightening bolt
>suddenly much easier to turn
Connor Martin
>drop screw in engine bay
>don't hear it land
Brayden Green
>transmission fluid change
>realize you accidentally filled it with motor oil
Colton Morales
lmfao, I love this story. I had a much similar instance recently when I was driving my bf's ford five-hundred home. What's worse is I took it on a back road to get home and the triple A driver passed me and calls 20 minutes later saying he couldn't find my location (I was going N not S silly).
Julian Carter
>mfw I open the hood and there’s oil EVERYWHERE
>there’s even oil on the inside of the hood
>oil pressure light coming on too
>go to change oil
>turn plug twice by hand and it falls into the drip pan
W-well, at least that problem is fixed...
Gavin Roberts
what the fcuk
Joshua Jackson
>tfw you change your transmission fluid
>it's the same as your engine oil
Gabriel Bennett
>rod knock
Christopher Morris
>very slight rod knock thats getting very very slightly louder each day
i'm saving up for the inevitable.
Angel Garcia
>Get a whine from my engine, its really noticeable when accelerating
>My friends think I supercharged my car, even though I didn't do shit
Cooper White
Sorry to hear it user.
>tfw oil starvation at Laguna Seca and engine blew less than a minute after knock started
Easton Ortiz
Mine is from the fuckwit previous owner neglecting to change oil in a new motor he threw in, it has 30k miles yet its already knocking. You have no idea how livid the situation makes me feel.
Joseph Rodriguez
Miata/MR2 drivers do this too.
>RACING LINE BRO
>I'M PULLING MORE G'S BRO
>TOGUE MASTER
>MAXIMUM GRIPPU
Adam Wood
>signing title of used car
>"Yeah, I'm a mechanic here in town."
Luke Mitchell
>driving 08 honda
>car reg is due and it needs a smog check
>any CEL or idiot lights = auto fail
>running some errands and decide i'll smog it the next day since its getting late
>hop in car to drive home
>check gas cap message comes up
>wtf
>stop and shut off car, remove and replace gas cap
>start car and the error is still there
>get home and still there
>ffs why is this a thing, i'll deal with it tomorrow
>next day its off
thanks honda
Jayden Jones
>start car
>thick white smoke comes out the exhaust
Levi White
what is wrong with this
Matthew Ross
oof, what MY?
Connor Johnson
Jesus get it bored out by a machine shop and filled.
Noah Turner
>boost set to 19 PSI
>do track day, change oil
>suddenly peaking at 25 PSI
Evan Hernandez
In case you were wondering, it was the alternator that caused my 240 to act like that. So if that lil amp/battery light starts acting up like a cunt, better check that alternator