empty trash bag messed up my transmission
#1
Registered User
Thread Starter
iTrader: (2)
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 77
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
empty trash bag messed up my transmission
I was driving down the highway and started to smell a burning smell. i took the Z home and lifted the car, and a black trash bag had gotten wrapped around my rear axle and paritally sucked into the differential, damaging the seal. I pulled as much of it out as i could, but it had apparently already made the damage, as I was leaking fluid already. my question is...how long till I have to repair this? and its going to be expensive isnt it? i assume they will have to drop the rear right axle and dissassemble the differential. Would this be a prime time to upgrade to a 3.9 or what?
#2
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: the islands
Posts: 873
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by zracin
I was driving down the highway and started to smell a burning smell. i took the Z home and lifted the car, and a black trash bag had gotten wrapped around my rear axle and paritally sucked into the differential, damaging the seal. I pulled as much of it out as i could, but it had apparently already made the damage, as I was leaking fluid already. my question is...how long till I have to repair this? and its going to be expensive isnt it? i assume they will have to drop the rear right axle and dissassemble the differential. Would this be a prime time to upgrade to a 3.9 or what?
#6
Registered User
iTrader: (5)
Join Date: May 2005
Location: america
Posts: 4,190
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Dude your lucky it was empty! During the first few mnths of owning a Z I was driving into work one morning on the highway, and every lane was packed and of course I was in the high speed lane doing about 80 with the traffic and just as I crest a hill the guy infront of me jumps quickly into the other lane, and with a car next to me and behind me im powerless but to slow to about 70 as I hit head on full force A FULL MOTHERFCKING TRASHBAG!!!!! I swear I have never cussed so much in my life. Like run on swears of the worst kind untill I ran out of breath....The damage;
Apparently there must have been fantastic wonderful cans of substance in the bags cuz guess what? Now I got a couple decent dents and creases where it hit, also the brilliant, really great and awesome person who just so happens to have their trash wind up on the road must have just so happened to throw away bbq sauce that day.....hmmm never knew it was so hard to clean off. Oh nice! looking under the car I see frenchfries stuck to some parts, a paper cup, what looks like mustard and tissues etc stuck to my car. sweet. what an awesome ****ing person. Good job. good fking job!!! uggh imm still mad and this was like a year ago, still have the lil dents on my bumpr and scraps. I love it fdfdjfhgjdnedjfdij
Apparently there must have been fantastic wonderful cans of substance in the bags cuz guess what? Now I got a couple decent dents and creases where it hit, also the brilliant, really great and awesome person who just so happens to have their trash wind up on the road must have just so happened to throw away bbq sauce that day.....hmmm never knew it was so hard to clean off. Oh nice! looking under the car I see frenchfries stuck to some parts, a paper cup, what looks like mustard and tissues etc stuck to my car. sweet. what an awesome ****ing person. Good job. good fking job!!! uggh imm still mad and this was like a year ago, still have the lil dents on my bumpr and scraps. I love it fdfdjfhgjdnedjfdij
#7
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: the islands
Posts: 873
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
awww man. .few years ago with my 87 bmw 325 is. .with a front lip i had this ******!!! infront of me dip out the way last second for me to slam into a damn TRUCK tire!!! I feel YOU PAIN!!!
Trending Topics
#8
New Member
iTrader: (17)
Sucsk man, hopefully it's a quick and relatively painless fix. I am always trying to dodge anything foreign laying on the road, but if I do end up going over a bag or papers or anything I always look in my rear view and hope to see it flying up or something. Otherwise, pull over right away and make sure I don't have something stuck up there.
#9
New Member
iTrader: (68)
I had a similar problem, just not as serious. I was driving my hatchi roku on my way to the freeway and I thought it was a plastic bag on the road while driving at night. I saw it at the last second and thought nothing major of it so I just drove over it. As I was driving on the freeway it was spinning on my axle the whole time until it locked up. It made a big clank noise and the car was vibrating. I pulled over, and to my surprise it was a small blanket or towel. I pulled it out and the car ran fine after, no leaks. It's been two months and the car runs fine.
GL with the fix. Unfortunate what a plastic bag will do
GL with the fix. Unfortunate what a plastic bag will do
#10
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Houston
Posts: 1,865
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by DraGonAlchemist
then again you should watch what you run over..
One thing I've learnt is that American roads in general, and Texas ones in particular are awful. Awful concrete here that chips and flies up, tons of rubbish and idiot people that have crap in the back loose or people hanging on like we are in a third world country...
The way that people tailgate means that you can't see more than one car ahead (and no one else can either). I always drive with at least 2 car spaces in front if I can (as that is how we are taught in the UK) but here in Houston 1 car space or more means room for more cars and people will just move into it.
Very frustrating..
#12
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: the islands
Posts: 873
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by chunky_baby
American roads in general, and Texas ones in particular are awful. Awful concrete here that chips and flies up, tons of rubbish and idiot people that have crap in the back loose or people hanging on like we are in a third world country....
#15
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Houston
Posts: 1,865
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by DraGonAlchemist
EUROPEAN ROADS ARE AMAZING!!! let me tell you even through the damn winding turns of the mountains smooth as silk!! i just can understand how america's supposed to be top dog of the world and our roads suck. . .except now adays USA's going down hilL!!!
The main highways are generally in good repair, or have road works on them repairing them.
I read in Wired this month that America has basically given up on repairing it's freeway/highway system - and only budgets for 6 miles of any one highway a year.
Sounds about right to me having driven a few of them
#16
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Boise, Idaho
Posts: 1,695
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by saberphx
Dude your lucky it was empty! During the first few mnths of owning a Z I was driving into work one morning on the highway, and every lane was packed and of course I was in the high speed lane doing about 80 with the traffic and just as I crest a hill the guy infront of me jumps quickly into the other lane, and with a car next to me and behind me im powerless but to slow to about 70 as I hit head on full force A FULL MOTHERFCKING TRASHBAG!!!!! I swear I have never cussed so much in my life. Like run on swears of the worst kind untill I ran out of breath....The damage;
Apparently there must have been fantastic wonderful cans of substance in the bags cuz guess what? Now I got a couple decent dents and creases where it hit, also the brilliant, really great and awesome person who just so happens to have their trash wind up on the road must have just so happened to throw away bbq sauce that day.....hmmm never knew it was so hard to clean off. Oh nice! looking under the car I see frenchfries stuck to some parts, a paper cup, what looks like mustard and tissues etc stuck to my car. sweet. what an awesome ****ing person. Good job. good fking job!!! uggh imm still mad and this was like a year ago, still have the lil dents on my bumpr and scraps. I love it fdfdjfhgjdnedjfdij
Apparently there must have been fantastic wonderful cans of substance in the bags cuz guess what? Now I got a couple decent dents and creases where it hit, also the brilliant, really great and awesome person who just so happens to have their trash wind up on the road must have just so happened to throw away bbq sauce that day.....hmmm never knew it was so hard to clean off. Oh nice! looking under the car I see frenchfries stuck to some parts, a paper cup, what looks like mustard and tissues etc stuck to my car. sweet. what an awesome ****ing person. Good job. good fking job!!! uggh imm still mad and this was like a year ago, still have the lil dents on my bumpr and scraps. I love it fdfdjfhgjdnedjfdij
PS: I hit a car battery going 75, fell out of a truck and it was either straddle it or take it on a wheel n ****ing die. Dented the exhaust, put red streak under the car (back when I had my prelude), that was about it. the sound was gut wrenching as it tore across the bottom of the car.
Last edited by WhiteNoiz; 01-24-2008 at 09:28 AM.
#18
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: the islands
Posts: 873
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
other night on nj parkway i was whipping it in the fast lane of 5 all together. .and as im doing about 80 off an exit i went right into fast lane and wanted to beat all the congested traffic where i was i see out the corner of my eye in full slow motion a big *** rock flying toward my baby. .i had just enough room near the edge to dodge it and still not hit the divider but i saw the guy behind me took the full blow to the windshield. ...at the next rest stop i pulled in for gas and sure enough the guys window was broke and he kept telling me ho wluck i was cause he saw me dodge but didnt react like i did. . .sorry man!!!!
#19
Registered User
iTrader: (2)
I've been hit by a big open end wrench before on the highway... dude in a 300m poking along in the slow lane didn't see it.... ran over it... and it rocketed straight at me (not a chance in the world i could avoid it).... WHAMMMMM..... I proceed to yell every cuss word I know...... luckily it hit the bumper and not my hood.... it left a perfect indentation on my bumper (only way I knew what it was)....
some things just arent avoidable.... i avoid plastic bags like the plague though.... after hearing this story... I think I'll keep doing it.
some things just arent avoidable.... i avoid plastic bags like the plague though.... after hearing this story... I think I'll keep doing it.