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I've done Promto Lube once in my life, and I'll never make that mistake again. Had them change the oil in the XT6 just after I got it. It was fine for about a week, then I look out the window at work and there's about 5qts of oil running through the parking lot. Turns out they used the wrong filter and it came loose. They did refund the oil change and pay to have it towed to the dealer, though.
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At the shop where I take my car, you have to walk through the bays to get to the office. There's no waiting area, but there is a Coke machine out front. Heat is provided by a wood-burning stove in the middle of the place. Anytime they have my car up on the lift, it's cool to be able to get underneath and poke around. One more advantage to supporting your local, independent mechanic.
Had all four wheels up recently, going through the gears to warm-up the ATF, and the SVX sounds like it's at high idle. The guy looks surprised and says to me, "Man... it's doin' eighty." dcb |
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Danny 1994 Silver SVX in hybernation, awaiting for the monsterous awakening (Lebanon) 1967 Mercedes-Benz 250SL Euro Specs, Hard/Softtop, White/Red. Under Complete Restoration 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL350 Euro Specs, White/Red. Mint... Another step into SL Collection. |
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i heard a story about this guy brang a brand new 2005 wrx sti to get the oil changed at jiffy lube and they drained it, put the right oil filter on filled it. every thing is going good until they crank it up and drive out of the bay and hear a clunking sound coming from the engine. they for got to put the drain plug back and and as they drove out it blew the engine
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1: The morons at Jiffy Lube for forgetting the drain plug 2: The Engineers for designing an engine that would blow up that fast. 3: The owner for taking a brand new $35,000 car to jiffy lube. That would be one of those 10 day verdict decisions. I choose the owner.. He took an extremely sophisticated piece of equipment, and put it in the hands of non-certified personnel who.. quite frankly.... don't care. I want to pick the engineers... Are you sure your source was accurate when they said it "blew" the engine, or could they may have elaborated a little in the heat of recalling the story?
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[QUOTE=Electrophil]I can't decide which part of this wins the airhead award. There are 3 candidates:
1: The morons at Jiffy Lube for forgetting the drain plug 3: The owner for taking a brand new $35,000 car to jiffy lube. morons! danger danger! |
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I never take the undercover off when I change the oil. I don't jack up the car, either. Once you get the "feel" for it, it's easy. The only thing you have to watch out for is the fact that, when you release the filter, obviously it releases oil . . . into the belly pan. Make sure you have your drip pan positioned to catch the oil that drips into the belly pan.
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Randy Johnson 3rd Registered Member 02-21-2001 First Member to Reach 10,000 Posts First to arrive at the very first Reading Meet Subaru Ambassador 1992 SVX PPG Pace Car Replica 110+k 1993 White Impreza L 240+K miles 2001 Legacy Outback Limited Sedan 250+K miles 2013 Deep Indigo Pearl Legacy 3.6R 49+K miles "Reading is my favorite Holiday" Mike Davis -- at Reading VI |
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One of the most common mistakes they make at "speedy lube" places is draining the transmission and overfilling the crankcase.
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Randy Johnson 3rd Registered Member 02-21-2001 First Member to Reach 10,000 Posts First to arrive at the very first Reading Meet Subaru Ambassador 1992 SVX PPG Pace Car Replica 110+k 1993 White Impreza L 240+K miles 2001 Legacy Outback Limited Sedan 250+K miles 2013 Deep Indigo Pearl Legacy 3.6R 49+K miles "Reading is my favorite Holiday" Mike Davis -- at Reading VI |
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So it all worked out...
The jiffy lube owner came directly to my house and we both noticed the shop that put in my tranny didn't install a bracket to hold the tube that holds the dip stick. This made the tube easy to move and bend and break. They also had to install a new drivers side drive shaft because it was completely broken... Sounded like an airplane when i was driving it. The jiffy lube owner was a really nice guy. He brought over ATF fluid and filled the trans even though we both knew it wasn't his fault and then followed me to the shop where i got the trans done to make sure i was going to get there safe. He said he owned 3 Jiffy Lubes and had over 80,000 customers and 1 in every 7,000 had a problem due to jiffy lubes lack of service. His name was Jeff Gordon. |
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actually i've taken any number of cars to jiffy lube wthout a problem (o.k., there was the time they put atf in my brake master cylinder, but they can't do that again as they stopped topping off the brake fluid-too many claims for serious brake damage as this caused the low brake pad indicators not to go off). anyway, i will say this, i WATCH EVERYTHING they do very carefully. and yes, i know i can't see the drain plug but think there is less chance of that being missed.
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Jeff Gordon? Wow, talk about a down grade.
Anyway, don't take your car to a speedy lube place. |
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never had a problem at my local jiffy lube. they respect what i want done, and will do only what i say. never ever had a problem. they have a large window outside the bay so u can see what they are doin. i give my local jiffy lube a B+. why a B+ u ask? you dont get the satisfaction of doing it yourself
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Oil Change
Hi everyone, Well one winter afternoon I was rolling around on my garage floor changing the oil in my SVX when a bolt of lightning hit me. This is nuts! From then on I took it to my Subaru dealer. I supply the oil and they supply the Subaru filter, the gasket for the drain plug and the labor. While having the work done I smuze with the parts guy and anyone else I know that wonders by. No, I've lost the satisfaction of a job well done, but you win some you lose some. At this stage in my life I know how to change oil in the cars I have and nothing is proved doing the same job over and over. Oh, do not use a quick oil change unless you do not have any other option. And then stop in the parking lot and check the oil level before driving off. Take care and in a thread on this site is how much geography five quarts of oil will cover. BOBB
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