69 L78 Camaro
 

The weather on Long Island has been fantastic. I decided to take this car for ride on Sunday. I pulled the car out of the garage and down the driveway, as I put it in first I glanced at the oil pressure gauge and guess what it read zero. I looked at the driveway and what I saw is pictured below. My normal routine is to alway check the gauges but for some reason failed to do so. I lost 2.5 qts of oil in a minute or so because my oil line came out of block fitting, hence oil was pouring out. I reinstalled the line with new compression fittings and good to go. I was not pleased that I hadn't monitored the gauge more closely but luckily a disaster was averted.

This is a first and lesson learned. I owned a dusk blue rs/z and the original owner was driving his new z from Chicago to college in Syracuse, Ny, and the oil line broke and poured a qt of oil on the passenger side floor. I have a letter where he's chastising the salesman and dealership for the incident.

Re: 69 L78 Camaro
 

Crisis averted! Good lesson for us all. I (most of the time) look under my car before start up - just in case. Thanks for sharing Steve.

Re: 69 L78 Camaro
 

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: paceme</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The weather on Long Island has been fantastic. I decided to take this car for ride on Sunday. I pulled the car out of the garage and down the driveway, as I put it in first I glanced at the oil pressure gauge and guess what it read zero. I looked at the driveway and what I saw is pictured below. My normal routine is to alway check the gauges but for some reason failed to do so. I lost 2.5 qts of oil in a minute or so because my oil line came out of block fitting, hence oil was pouring out. I reinstalled the line with new compression fittings and good to go. I was not pleased that I hadn't monitored the gauge more closely but luckily a disaster was averted. </div></div>

Been there, done that! Fortunately, caught it before disaster like you Steve.Pic??

Re: 69 L78 Camaro
 

Whew!!!