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Originally Posted by Frodo
In this case, however, as I witnessed the oil drain pan funnel (which only holds maybe a quart) quickly filling up, I suddenly realized that the dropped plug fell INTO THE FUNNEL (wanted to use a different f-word there) HOLE, more or less blocking it completely. It being entirely too hot to reach down into the pool of oil to dislodge the somewhat wedged-in drain plug, I haplessly watched as 9 quarts of nasty used motor oil formed an ever expanding pool beside me and ran on down the driveway.
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The best thing to do in this type of situation is to keep a magnetic pick up tool on hand. Once the drain plug fell into the oil pan, the pick up tool would have spared your fingers a dip into the hot oil.
Don't ask me how I learned this, but lets say that it was similar to your situation.
BC.
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