too low for oil change?

[slostang]

walmart put red thread locker on my oil drain plug one time... never again will I let someone else touch my car.

[Barefoot]

walmart put red thread locker on my oil drain plug one time... never again will I let someone else touch my car.

thats kinda your fault u should have know better before u took it there.

[seanrg1116]

i worked at an (american service station) and they had me do some shady stuff like not change a filter, not change the oil at all, one time I had to change the oil on a VW and the undertray bolts were stripped so they just ripped it off and told me to just leave it off.

point of this little story is

CHANGE YOUR OWN OIL
because no one cares about ur car like u do.

[yudalicious]

I hear jiffy lube has good and fast service















... ok that was a joke, please don't go there. alot of places just have a ditch in the ground, so you don't need to fit on a lift. but then again, in the time you spent going to 3 diff places, probably could've done your own oil change.

[gtikid]

i worked at an (american service station) and they had me do some shady stuff like not change a filter, not change the oil at all, one time I had to change the oil on a VW and the undertray bolts were stripped so they just ripped it off and told me to just leave it off.

point of this little story is

CHANGE YOUR OWN OIL
because no one cares about ur car like u do.

That's why you keep on eye on them and then check their work after they're done

[Barefoot]

That's why you keep on eye on them and then check their work after they're done

if your going to thru the trouble of watching them every step of the way and then checking when there done. u might aswell do it yourself and get it over with.

[gtikid]

if your going to thru the trouble of watching them every step of the way and then checking when there done. u might aswell do it yourself and get it over with.

For what? Looking out the window is nowhere near as much work as changing clothes, putting a car on wooden ramps, jacking up the car, placing jack stands, possibly fighting with the bolt, then doing all that over again in reverse order.

Besides, it's not that hard to pop the hood and check for a filter. Takes 2 secs at most.

[Barefoot]

Besides, it's not that hard to pop the hood and check for a filter. Takes 2 secs at most.

theres a lil more than that. i got 3 main points i want to get at.

1. how do u know u are getting the right oil for your car and or what u even paid for. most places oil pumps arent labeled the person putting the oil in just has to know which 1 is which. thats just going on my personal experience working for places like that back in the day.

2. is how do u know that they didnt cross thread your filter. just got it tight enough to seal and not leak for now. ive seen that done.

3. the oil pan bolt u know how many oil change spots really change the crush washer let along give a fuck if the bolt goes in or comes out cross threaded. i worked at 1 shop the bolt came out cross threaded told the boss. he told me to put it back in and make it work.


point being get off your ass and change your own oil. dont be lazy an take it to these we dont give a fuck shops with high school kids making 6.50 an hour who dont give a flying fuck about anything because its a throw away job to them.

[slostang]

thats kinda your fault u should have know better before u took it there.

I was in a major rush at the time. sue me.

[Barefoot]

I was in a major rush at the time. sue me.

lol no worries