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Old May 18, 2012 | 07:13 PM
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Well guys, my t/a decided to take a **** on me after me not taking proper care of her and letting her oil run dry. well on the upside it's looking like my buddies at unlimited performance will be installing a 408 with a few goodies. Looking Forward to that. It will take time being that it's not cheap but just thought I'd share. And don't forget to check your fluids, don't get complacent
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Old May 18, 2012 | 07:18 PM
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sorry to hear that man. i killed my first car the same way. at least you have another engine in the works! good luck
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Old May 18, 2012 | 07:18 PM
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Dumb, You should check your oil once a week if you drive it a lot, takes literally 10 seconds
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Old May 18, 2012 | 07:55 PM
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Well I work the oil fields and I'm only home one week a month and yea I know stupid mistakes but everyone makes them.
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Old May 18, 2012 | 08:28 PM
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Damn. Sorry to hear. How low was it?
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Old May 18, 2012 | 08:34 PM
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Lol dry. I had ran a cobra the prior day and had it on the dyno so she had some hard runs which didn't help
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Old May 18, 2012 | 08:51 PM
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Well guys, my t/a decided to take a **** on me after me not taking proper care of her and letting her oil run dry. well on the upside it's looking like my buddies at unlimited performance will be installing a 408 with a few goodies. Looking Forward to that. It will take time being that it's not cheap but just thought I'd share. And don't forget to check your fluids, don't get complacent
So let me get this straight. You neglected to do a 10 second oil check, burned you motor up, and now you're putting a bigger more expensive motor in?
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Old May 18, 2012 | 10:03 PM
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Let me clarify!!! Yes I neglected to do the oil check. I burned my Motor, and now I'm putting a bigger more expensive motor in. It's pretty clear in my original post is it not? Anymore questions.
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Old May 18, 2012 | 11:36 PM
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**** happens, you learn from your mistakes
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Old May 19, 2012 | 12:31 AM
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Originally Posted by tanks99ls1
Let me clarify!!! Yes I neglected to do the oil check. I burned my Motor, and now I'm putting a bigger more expensive motor in. It's pretty clear in my original post is it not? Anymore questions.
Don't sweat it, he mad he's an okie! I would be too if I had to live in that shithole!
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Old May 19, 2012 | 01:36 AM
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Thats pretty embarrasing to be posting off what happened to your motor... lol
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Old May 19, 2012 | 07:43 AM
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It's not embarrassing, I believe in learning from your mistakes. **** sux but oh well. This is a forumn afterall and I felt like sharing my frustration of my stupidity. Lol haters gonna hate
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Old May 19, 2012 | 08:18 AM
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Ha sux bro. Glw new build.
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Old May 19, 2012 | 08:20 AM
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hey man...some of these guys on here are dicks and wanna try to make people feel dumb over the internet..cool.....i spun a bearing doing a dumb *** high rpm donut.....i got the same flak about doing donuts....whatever ....**** happens...fix it and move on...
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Old May 19, 2012 | 08:23 AM
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Sorry to hear that... just a lesson learned.
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Old May 19, 2012 | 02:26 PM
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Lol they can be dicks if they want, I'll just keep comin back at them lol. It amuses me and keeps me busy at work
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Old May 19, 2012 | 02:56 PM
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Lol they can be dicks if they want, I'll just keep comin back at them lol. It amuses me and keeps me busy at work
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Old May 20, 2012 | 10:42 AM
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OP, just remember these guys are perfect and never done anything wrong... LOL


**** happens, we all do it
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I find it amusing that you work i the oil fields but couldn't put oil in your car.
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Old May 20, 2012 | 04:01 PM
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Lmfao now that you mention it, that is pretty funny lol
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