I think Dave was pointing out that it's a good idea to use the proper lifting points when jacking a car. The damage to your fuel line appears to be from placing a floor jack in a bad place to lift the car.
The first time I bought new tires for my MINI was at a Goodyear store in Chattanooga. I expected them to install the tires in a professional and safe manner. Luckily, I was right there to put a stop to the tech when he tried to lift my car by the plastic power steering fan. He followed up by trying to lift by the oil pan. (I didn't let him do that either.) Since that day, I leave the MINI at home and take wheels only to the tire store.
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Ah, I get it. No, that wasn't it. I hit a piece of schedule 40 cast iron pipe with endcap in the middle lane at about 40 MPH. Did this to my under-strut bar
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and sent me up on two wheels. You can also see the damage to the sub-frame in the picture at the top of the thread.
Amazingly the alignment was OK.
It was one of those split-second decisions you make when something drops in the lane in front of you and you realize there's no way you can get around an obstacle that you know is taller than your lowest point of ground clearance: 1. Hit it with the tire and sacrifice the tire/wheel; 2. Straddle it and risk puncturing the oil-pan; or try to get somewhere between the wheel and center line, hoping not to hit the control arm. Well I missed the control arm but hit on the sub-frame and under-strut bar. There was no way I would have cleared it even without the under-strut bar.-
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:cornut: Yup. Time to break out the 'Bentley Manual' for the absolute best instruction on how to do this correctly the first time and what tools to have on hand. Good luck.
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