> > (Continued) >Hastily, in the > darkness and rain, I convinced myself that the oil level on the dip- > stick was low, -- too low. > Certainly understandable logic with little people on-board and Hell-like-weather........ > Now, I KNEW that no mere mortal can read a water-cooled Vanagon oil > dipstick accurately unless he has let the vehicle sit overnight or > has divine insight. Huh? Why's that? And, I KNEW that it was especially hard to read > in the darkness and rain that evening. And I also KNEW that lots > things can cause the oil pressure light to come on besides low oil. > But, at the time and place, circumstances and fate would have it > that these things didn't matter. I decided the van needed oil. > And not one quart, after checking the dipstick again -- but two. > Your sin.......clean oil.
> I could not tell where the smoke was coming from; my wife helpfully > observed that it came from "everywhere in the back, and smelled like > a refinery". Thank you dear.......
> We ate hot-pockets and fudge bars at the Circle-K while waiting for > the tow truck to come. Mmmmmmmmm yummy.... > Everything was A-OK. > Not once did the oil pressure light come on. So, the following > morning we gave the cat another tranquilizer and started out again. Were you tempted to pop a couple, yerself?
Good story. scr
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