What did you do when you got home today?

[MotoAce51]

I left work today and came home as usual. I was at a different plant which is closer to home than what I usually drive. When I got home I smelled something sweet.If I had a guess, I thought it was radiator fluid. So I crawl under the car and there is a puddle. I stick my fingers in it and its not coolant. Its OIL! I just had my oil changed at Walmart yesterday so what did they mess up. I check the lines. All is good. I check the levels all is good there too. So I get a white cloth and stick it in the oil to see better what color it is. Its RED. ATF! So I pulled the bottom skid plates off and look for the leak. OIL is everywhere. Then I see 2 steel lines attached to the frame. I poke at them and at the rust. This seems like it could be the culprate. I started the car to check the tranny fluids and it just started pouring out. Shut everything off and went to the auto store. I replaced the steel lines with some rubber ones. I made a coupler and hose clamped them all together and all is good now. This will work as a temporary fix until the weekend when I have some more daylight to see what I'm doing. When it was finished I traced the lines. and found out it would be real easy to replace the whole section with a rubber line, removing the spliced sections. So its safe to say, today has been quite eventful. Well, Im done with my rant. I can't wait to fix it properly this weekend. I just hope my splices hold until then. Tools, ramps, and extra oil is in the car just in case.

[keithvibe]

I had a simm problem years ago with a chevy chevette. I was driving back to college and the return line on the trans split... Some duct tape got the leak manageable, picked up 6 quarts of fluid at the next stop after a trucker stopped and gave me a quart to get me back on the road, thank goodness for CB's.The trip usually took me about 3hrs...this time 8hours... the following day I bought a new line for 2 bucks and replaced it.But yes, we do have those moments when all the forethought in the world won't help.I just hope you didn't do any permanent damage.

[ramenboy...]

It was finally nice out this afternoon. Got home, put the battery in the triumph and went for a ride. Aaaaahhhh... Spring is around the corner.

[808 Vibes]

I'm sorry.

[jake75]

How old is the car? I've had cars for 15 years and never had that happen.

[CAMOGIRL]

The lines on my Jeep did the same thing. I sold the dang thing since I've done about every other thing to it and bought a Vibe

[Salsa Guy]

Will be working on the garden pull all the weeds! Then planting Onions, Cabage, Lettuce and other cole crops

[Kincaid]

Glad to hear it didn't cause any serious damage, and that you knew how to fix it.I love my manual.

[MotoAce51]

Its an 04 with 130K on it. I got lucky. I have been working 50mi away and traveling 100mi a day, but this one day I was at the closer plant which was only about 15mi away. BTW it was the transmition cooler lines to be exact. I bought some longer lines today and am going to run a complete rubber line from the radiator and bypass the issue spot. I have no idea why it went rubber - metal - rubber - metal. So it will be easier in the long run. Today was a better day, got to go apartment hunting.

[vibolista]

Quote, originally posted by rmckinjr »Will be working on the garden pull all the weeds! Then planting Onions, Cabage, Lettuce and other cole cropsThat's not right! I still have a couple of feet of snow on the ground. No planting of anything for a while. I did widen my driveway by cutting the snow back a foot on each side after I got home from work. It got pretty warm this afternoon, up to 50 degrees! Brought the motorcycle out and started it. Rode it up and down the driveway a couple of times, and then put it back under its cover. Street's covered with sand and water from the melting snow, way too nasty to ride on. Thought about a short bicycle ride, but the same thing stopped me. The sand and water mess. Thankfully, no car problems. Knock on wood or something.