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Oil filter stolen?
My friend did an oil change for his wife using Mobile 1 oil and filter on a Honda Civic. A week later his wife had new wheels installed at BJ's. When my friend did a regular check on the car he noticed the oil was low and started checking for leaks. While under the car he noticed the oil filter was not the Mobile 1 he installed! He claimes that the tech at BJ's must have stole it. Is this possible? Has anyone ever had this experience? Are Honda civic parts that desireable? I find it hard to believe.
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Re: Oil filter stolen?
Perhaps the BJ(?) guys damaged the oil filter and replaced it with what they had?
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If they were just replacing the wheels they should not have been under the car..
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Re: Oil filter stolen?
Buddy, walmart. Wow freaken 3 bucks. Thats low.
![]() WTB: Used oil filter approximately 1500 miles on it. Stupid.
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Re: Oil filter stolen?
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No one would steal an oil filter, they're cheap and no one in their right mind would use a dirty one. How long was it since the oil change? Are you sure the wife didn't go to a garage and get it done again? Maybe the guys at that garage noticed it had loosened and replaced it with a new one to be sure, and no one passed that on to the sales guy.
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Re: Oil filter stolen?
That is really strange.
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Re: Oil filter stolen?
gremlins
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Re: Oil filter stolen?
Probably wasn't tightened and fell off whenever it was done. No one steals oil filters, be reasonable.
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