No....
I started cranking it at the shop while on the lift. It coughed once, but no start. I asked the guy standing by the engine bay if he smelled fuel. I didn't. He didn't either. So I get out and look under the car. Bingo, the fuel was leaking from the high pressure line before the fuel filter. No big deal.... So we roll the car out to be towed, but I'm ambitious. I'll fix it in the parking lot I say. So I grab the traditional diamond-style jack from the Subaru. I start jacking up the rear by the fuel line with the jack on the subframe piece surrounding the diff. As soon as the rear tire left the ground, the whole car moved for a quick second. Then it moved again......right off the jack. The jack went right through the fuel tank, and there went 13.5 gallons of precious 93 octane fuel.
I had to call the fire department.... 3 Fire trucks, 4 Fire SUV's, and 2 Cop cars (WTF!!) came to my "rescue". No fire, just fuel everywhere. Then they told me I had to call a truck so they could lift it into the air so they could air chisel the tank. ORRRR they had the AUDACITY to say they were going to TIP MY CAR ON IT'S SIDE. This was NOT a joke! He was completely serious! I nearly knocked his fat a$$ right out of his stupid fireman pants. They ended up bringing a floor jack to the site, and they started lifting it up between the jack points right on the flimsy vertical metal ridge along the bottom!! I told them they CAN'T jack it up there, and they were like blah blah blah, stupid fireman talk. I told them that they can pay for the damage then. He ignored me and they pulled me back.
So yes, they bent that little ridge. Luckily that was all the damage done. Had it towed home, and ordered a new gas tank.
I started cranking it at the shop while on the lift. It coughed once, but no start. I asked the guy standing by the engine bay if he smelled fuel. I didn't. He didn't either. So I get out and look under the car. Bingo, the fuel was leaking from the high pressure line before the fuel filter. No big deal.... So we roll the car out to be towed, but I'm ambitious. I'll fix it in the parking lot I say. So I grab the traditional diamond-style jack from the Subaru. I start jacking up the rear by the fuel line with the jack on the subframe piece surrounding the diff. As soon as the rear tire left the ground, the whole car moved for a quick second. Then it moved again......right off the jack. The jack went right through the fuel tank, and there went 13.5 gallons of precious 93 octane fuel.
I had to call the fire department.... 3 Fire trucks, 4 Fire SUV's, and 2 Cop cars (WTF!!) came to my "rescue". No fire, just fuel everywhere. Then they told me I had to call a truck so they could lift it into the air so they could air chisel the tank. ORRRR they had the AUDACITY to say they were going to TIP MY CAR ON IT'S SIDE. This was NOT a joke! He was completely serious! I nearly knocked his fat a$$ right out of his stupid fireman pants. They ended up bringing a floor jack to the site, and they started lifting it up between the jack points right on the flimsy vertical metal ridge along the bottom!! I told them they CAN'T jack it up there, and they were like blah blah blah, stupid fireman talk. I told them that they can pay for the damage then. He ignored me and they pulled me back.
So yes, they bent that little ridge. Luckily that was all the damage done. Had it towed home, and ordered a new gas tank.
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