05' V70 forgot to tighten oil plug

Post by **abscate** » 25 Feb 2016, 05:11

I have a large orange plastic cone on the steering wheel which means do not drive.

Sometimes I can't remember for a week why not, but at least Ive minimized damage...

Post by **Clockboy** » 27 Feb 2016, 14:18

I like the plastic cone on the steering wheel, but my memory loss and the possibility of my kids just putting it there to screw with me makes me think a sticky note on the steering wheel is the way to go.

Post by **regent** » 27 Feb 2016, 16:17

How about forgetting to tighten the gas cap ?

http://m.nasdaq.com/article/i-drove-off ... d-cm179124

I will never go to a gas station without my checklist and plastic cone ever again!

Post by **regent** » 29 Feb 2016, 08:18

regent wrote:How about forgetting to tighten the gas cap ?

http://m.nasdaq.com/article/i-drove-off ... d-cm179124

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I will never go to a gas station without my checklist and plastic cone ever again!

shertzog · Post by **shertzog** » 14 May 2016, 07:18

packetfire wrote:At risk of seeming pedantic, a checklist is a handy thing, which is why pilots, astronauts, surgeons, and other people who have incentive to avoid ever having to say "oops" use them, and obsess over them.

But when inserting a fastener, unless one needs to leave it loose to wiggle the assembly into place, one should tighten it when first inserting it.

I use my phone to take photos of things like my unplugged coffee pot before I leave on a trip, so I can show my wife, that yes dear, the coffeepot IS unplugged.

Yeah, I'm thinking of taking video of all my wrenching so I can go back and check that I did all that stuff on the checklist...

mydamnvolvo · Post by **mydamnvolvo** » 14 May 2016, 20:12

How about confusing your two minivans and installing the wrong rubber o-ring on the fuel rail, causing the car to blow up. Or, I lost my beemer from an oil pan crack that i 'forgot' to fill. Also, I once had to tape a mirror to my 1997 960 because the heated element wore out the glue on the mirror itself. I also made 2 oil changes in a day because I thought I saw fresh oil on the ground below my 01 v70 xc and panicked, but I forgot that i spilled a little.

mydamnvolvo · Post by **mydamnvolvo** » 14 May 2016, 20:18

Clockboy wrote:I like the plastic cone on the steering wheel, but my memory loss and the possibility of my kids just putting it there to screw with me makes me think a sticky note on the steering wheel is the way to go.

Those of us on the wrong side of 40 know what you are talking about. My kids used to roll me the wrong tire when I rotated them and would hand me random wrenches when I asked them for a pair of pliers. How about the cone for the reminder, and a note on the cone for what it was for.