A "Resentment" dealt with.....
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A "Resentment" dealt with.....
A while back I posted about an oil change place that ruined my drain plug to the extent that I had to use a tap to restore the threads in the oil pan. Today I went back.
The manager was different, and I spared few words on it. I pulled up in front of the place with the plug (old one) in my pocket and walked up to the bays.
I didn't recognise anyone....
So I asked who the manager was today, and someone stepped forward saying "I am" and I gave it to him short and straight. I may go back to see if the people I remember are there. But I think word will get around.
I said:
"A while ago I had an oil change here, and I just got back from a four thousand mile round trip. The truck I planned to use was GROUNDED in part because of this...:
At that point I handed the guy the old drain plug.
"There is absolutely no way the man who did that to my truck did NOT know exactly what he did at the time it happened! I'd have never noticed if I didn't check it for leaks, that thing was about to fall right out of my drain pan. It wouldn't even take ten INCH POUNDS of torque...."
I looked at the guy.
"You keep this. I won't be back."
The manager was different, and I spared few words on it. I pulled up in front of the place with the plug (old one) in my pocket and walked up to the bays.
I didn't recognise anyone....
So I asked who the manager was today, and someone stepped forward saying "I am" and I gave it to him short and straight. I may go back to see if the people I remember are there. But I think word will get around.
I said:
"A while ago I had an oil change here, and I just got back from a four thousand mile round trip. The truck I planned to use was GROUNDED in part because of this...:
At that point I handed the guy the old drain plug.
"There is absolutely no way the man who did that to my truck did NOT know exactly what he did at the time it happened! I'd have never noticed if I didn't check it for leaks, that thing was about to fall right out of my drain pan. It wouldn't even take ten INCH POUNDS of torque...."
I looked at the guy.
"You keep this. I won't be back."
Last edited by Greywolf; Dec 30, 2003 at 08:53 PM.
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<You have to be pretty dang stupid to strip out a drain plug like that
Atleast by over tightening it>
And yet you hear about it happening over and over again. I think they use air guns on them and don't take the time to get it started in the threads.
Atleast by over tightening it>
And yet you hear about it happening over and over again. I think they use air guns on them and don't take the time to get it started in the threads.
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I use one of those 10 min oil change/ lube places but they all know I go down to "look over" the job before my truck leaves the bay... Some of them think I an
for doing it but I have heard to many horror stories like wolf's not to...
for doing it but I have heard to many horror stories like wolf's not to...
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I had a lot of things going on all at once - I figured get shopping done while it was happenning.
I think the station it was done at is cursed, I really do.
But I was out of time....
I think the station it was done at is cursed, I really do.
But I was out of time....
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Quick oil change places have stripped 3 things on my truck:
1- oil drain plug stripped
2- Air filter box screws stripped
3- stripped drain plug in diff with a 3/8 socket extension.
After the 3rd incident- I finally quit using them and do it myself now.
When they stripped the oil plug, they explained that it was normal for that to happen.
Yeah- right.
1- oil drain plug stripped
2- Air filter box screws stripped
3- stripped drain plug in diff with a 3/8 socket extension.
After the 3rd incident- I finally quit using them and do it myself now.
When they stripped the oil plug, they explained that it was normal for that to happen.
Yeah- right.
Last edited by jeffthompson; Dec 31, 2003 at 07:16 AM.
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I guess it's because lots of people don't want to get their hands dirty, or something. Just pause to think about it. If you are going to trust your $4,500 engine to a 18 year old dope smoking meth sniffing punk, who doesn't even know how an engine works, you just may get what you pay for. Now I know that most people, myself included, can't do everything on their own vehicles. Oil changes are a no brainer, and I can barely think of anything besides having no oil, that can destroy an engine quicker. It's not worth it to me, I'll get my hands dirty and oily.
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camo4stealth, quit typing and go give your dog a bath.
The poor thing has oil/grease all over it! NOW we see how you really get those oil changes done!! You animal slave driver!!
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The poor thing has oil/grease all over it! NOW we see how you really get those oil changes done!! You animal slave driver!!
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"The little guy I just use to wash and wax the truck."
I think he resents the handle attachment point.
P.S. Sorry for hijacking the thread, GreyWolf - I'll shut up now.
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Just a similar horror story,
I had a 94 F150 lightning, it took 5 qts in a 351. One day the goof at Wal-Mart put seven quarts in it and tried to charge me for the two extra qts. I promptly got the owners manual, and showed him that it needed only five, and told him to pull it in and do it over. He did, under my direct supervision.
Some time later, with a 97 F150, 4.6 liter that takes six quarts...they only put five in. I asked why I wasn't paying for the extra quart, and the guy at the counter said they only put five in it. I asked him to go get the mechanic that did my truck, and also get me a quart of oil off the shelf. I asked this "mechanic" if he knew how many qts of oil my truck needed, and he replied "no" I said..."That's the problem, You don't f...ing know!"
That is the last time Wally World touched any of my vehicles.
I had a 94 F150 lightning, it took 5 qts in a 351. One day the goof at Wal-Mart put seven quarts in it and tried to charge me for the two extra qts. I promptly got the owners manual, and showed him that it needed only five, and told him to pull it in and do it over. He did, under my direct supervision.
Some time later, with a 97 F150, 4.6 liter that takes six quarts...they only put five in. I asked why I wasn't paying for the extra quart, and the guy at the counter said they only put five in it. I asked him to go get the mechanic that did my truck, and also get me a quart of oil off the shelf. I asked this "mechanic" if he knew how many qts of oil my truck needed, and he replied "no" I said..."That's the problem, You don't f...ing know!"
That is the last time Wally World touched any of my vehicles.