Mid December I was driving on West Main Street in Chester CT in the yaris at night right after a snow storm and straddled what I thought was a block of snow in the road; turned out to be a cinder block which struck the underside of my car. I went and got gas and returned to the scene and cleared that block and another that was in the road; they were not the cinder blocks with thru passages but solid ones. Not sure how they got there.
I did a few visuals subsequently of some of the crossmembers, belly pans etc. Found where it hit today; pretty obvious if one looks there, which i did not
Yupper; direct oil pan strike, complete with remnants of block still stuck on there (oil is from the oil change i was doing, there are no leaks currently knock on wood)
How you plastic pan guys liking this? In the end both would need to be replaced.
New Yota pan is $60 but i just did an oil change so i might queue it up for late summer or just fluid film it occasionally and hope it doesn't rust thru.
(fyi, the wood is my 40000lb capacity ultra safe car "ramps"); this is passenger side looking rearward
edit: can anyone tell me why the fastener @ 7:30 position from the drain plug is unlike the others?
another edit: for people < 30; 7:30 references an analog clock which you might be familiar with. I understand the show "12 O'clock High" befuddles you. lol
I did a few visuals subsequently of some of the crossmembers, belly pans etc. Found where it hit today; pretty obvious if one looks there, which i did not
Yupper; direct oil pan strike, complete with remnants of block still stuck on there (oil is from the oil change i was doing, there are no leaks currently knock on wood)
How you plastic pan guys liking this? In the end both would need to be replaced.
New Yota pan is $60 but i just did an oil change so i might queue it up for late summer or just fluid film it occasionally and hope it doesn't rust thru.
(fyi, the wood is my 40000lb capacity ultra safe car "ramps"); this is passenger side looking rearward
edit: can anyone tell me why the fastener @ 7:30 position from the drain plug is unlike the others?
another edit: for people < 30; 7:30 references an analog clock which you might be familiar with. I understand the show "12 O'clock High" befuddles you. lol
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