When a Repair Gets Away From You
Published September 09, 2021 · 7:11 · 141,362 views
About This Video
Three mechanics have failed to fix the oil drip on Van's 1987 Land Cruiser: a design flaw where the oil return hose sits too close to the exhaust manifold and eventually burns through. Van's improvisation: an aluminum shield clamped to the hose, plus a pudding-bucket reservoir to catch drips. The shield punches a new hole in the brittle hose. Four days of labor instead of one.
No ironic twist, no clever breakthrough. Just that one bolt under the turbo that makes you question your life's choices, and a temporary fix that has to hold until the new engine arrives from a supply chain disrupted by the Suez Canal blockage.
Transcript
talk to me talk to me where are you where are you this was supposed to be a little detail video showcasing a quick and easy fix to the humiliating drip problem that stained sha a pristine driveway but the repair got away from this spirited man as did this video which was only supposed to take one day to complete fake Tupperware for pudding the problem is that the oil return hose has a hole in it and drips oil this is the previous half ass repair goat skin glove zip tied to the hose in hopes of absorbing the oil which of course didn't work the root problem a problem that three mechanics have failed to solve is that the oil return hose is too close to the exhaust manifold and when the manifold heats up it eventually Burns a hole into the hose and then the hose leaks there is no proper way to repair this problem it's what's known as a design flaw any solution would be an improvisation the dang turbo is just too cramped in there even replacing the hose is a big ordeal and that's why I decided to clamp the hose with an aluminum Shield to sort of protect it from the Heat and maybe Stave off the dripping oil and then make a little Reservoir that went underneath the oil pan to to catch the drips and that's what the pudding bucket is for then a 40 mile round trip drive over some mountains to test it out got back at night check it in the morning oh no it's full of oil and it broke oh no it didn't break it's just full of oil there's so much oil in there it's all over the chassis and the leaves so I covered it in this aluminum and I think in doing so I punched a hole in the brittle burned hose there's oil all over the place in here there is no ironic twist clever breakthrough for this repair it was simply labor work took a few hours just to find a suitable hose maybe a suitable hose who knows certainly not the correct hose which doesn't exist oh no then there was that one bolt no these things always have that one bolt no the bolt come on that takes prayer to thread in Dear God please that one bolt that makes you question your life's choices this truck's supposed to be in Montana right now getting the new engine put in new engine's been bought and paid for for months this is the second repair he's made since buying the new engine cargo ship got stuck in the Suez Canal screwed up Supply chains video took 4 days to make instead of one expectations are disappointments waiting to happen sure but he already knew that one so this was the hell the hell bolt can you see it right under there but I got the hose installed the bar why he ate me today maybe it'll hold up until the new engine comes