Attn all old skool slammers!

[Norman the Storeman]

Please can you settle an argument at our work between Stackers & Slammers?

What does the acronym PETROL stand for in relation to DI'ing a vehicle?

I remember it being taught at DTS at St Athan when I was on my HGV 3 course.

Thanks in advance.

 

[HotspurIDO]

I was always told ...

Petrol
Oil
Water
Electrics (lights etc)
Rubber (tyres)

P.O.W.E.R.

DT_Xtremez_30:

 

[firestorm]

Same as above.
POWER

 

[Norman the Storeman]

Yeah, you were right. It was POWER. I thought it was PETROL for some reason. Must have been all those MD 20/20s I drunk in The Shackleton to make the local birds look more appealing! DT_Xtremez_42:

 

[TheHogwartsBEngO]

My dad taught me POWER when I was about 10 or 11 (yes that was more than a year ago) when he gave me the responsibility of checking his car for him on Sunday mornings before washing it for him. That was one of my household chores I would do for my pocket money. I still use the neumonic when checking over my own cars each week.

My Dad did 22 years and retired as Chief Tech 20 years ago. Apparently the morning checks on the Sqn vehicles were once known as POWER checks.