Gah.... who put the alternator under the oil filler spout....

It figures. I change my oil this morning, and thought i had the funnel good. Sure enough, it glops up, and some flows out before i can stop; and sure enough, i know some dripped on my alternator.

The truck is otherwise so easy to work on, but for a part that can known to be burnt out by getting oil in it, they sure put it in a risky place......

/rant off... and begin hopping my alt doesn't burn out..

 

hose her off n call it good.

 

Engineers assumed you'd have your oil changed at Toyota, no funnel, no muss.

Because the engineers assume the dealer network is staffed with pre-engineering students who are all neat and orderly.

 

yeah, and have somebody leave an oil catch pan under the hood. Im not using my dealer for any maintenance on my truck. I use a small local shop for everything.

 

Yet that sounds like it would do an electrical generator even worse.....

 

only thing to go bad in an alternator from water would be the sealed bearings.... and thats from prolonged exposure to nasty water. Quick rinse off from a hose to get oil out of it is fine.

 

Suggestion next time Bigger funnel with bigger hole and pour slower no need to re engineer whole truck.

 

Well, i wasn't really stressing it that much. More of a musing.. i don't think i spilled anywhere near enough to actually be a problem.. just...

esh..