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two things about my car
1. I was within days of taking it in for scheduled service when today's excitement happened.
2. Today's excitement can be avoided in future by following the simple rule that you can't just put the oil cap back on; you've got to put it back on really tight.
Oy.
(The car is fine - or, as fine as it was before I didn't screw the oil cap on tightly enough. The drive to the dealership was slightly harrowing, but the oil cap was stuck in a gap in the engine and nothing was actually ruined. So all they're diagnosing is whatever is causing the thing to stall when I start it and idle roughly, and all they're fixing is that ... and my oil pressure etc.)
2. Today's excitement can be avoided in future by following the simple rule that you can't just put the oil cap back on; you've got to put it back on really tight.
Oy.
(The car is fine - or, as fine as it was before I didn't screw the oil cap on tightly enough. The drive to the dealership was slightly harrowing, but the oil cap was stuck in a gap in the engine and nothing was actually ruined. So all they're diagnosing is whatever is causing the thing to stall when I start it and idle roughly, and all they're fixing is that ... and my oil pressure etc.)