Re: Is the mechanic responsible?

Grumpy AuContraire <Grumpster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:44249082.FC924762@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:



Elle wrote:

<snip>


You can't prove that something didn't hit the drain plug and
damage it or cause it to free; or that someone didn't get
under there and free it; or that it's reasonable for a
person to be clueless about the oil pressure warning light.

Any one of those defeats the OP's argument IMO.



I gotta go with "notbob" on this one. If a road object was struck
involving the drain plug, peripheral damage should be evident and still
the plug would probably stay intact providing it was tightened properly.




In Hondas, as in just about ALL cars made after about 1960, oil pan drain
plugs are generally oriented towards the rear of the car, and placed
*above* the *lowest* point on the drain pan.

In order for a foreign object to rip the plug out of the sump, or displace
it enough to cause it to fall out or leak, it would have to be encountered
during impact occurring when the vehicle was in rearwards motion, and/or
the impact would have to be devastating enough to severely deform the sump.


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