My daily laugh, hubby's oil change...

[calimus at techography.net (calimus)]

I've got a good one.  About 4 to 5 years ago my father was getting ready to
take a long trip but didn't have time to do the oil and tranny fluid change
in his 94 ranger himself, which he is religious about doing.  So he went to
a local jiffy screwed and had them do it.  On his way home to load up and
leave he noticed that his shifting (it's a 5 speed) just didn't seem right.
As he got closer to home it really didn't seem right.  So as much as he
didn't want to he got under the truck and pulled the check plug in the
tranny to find it full of ATF rather then gear oil.  Not only was it full of
ATF, but it was way over-full.

Now there is a ford 5 speed tranny that takes ATF, however, it's not the one
in my fathers truck.  End result ended up in him draining the tranny,
flushing it with 90w twice and then filling it back up.  The tranny however
didn't last another 6 months and we had to swap it out (not an enjoyable
experience for me at all since I got to do it by myself).  Even funnier yet,
that same jiffy screwed got shut down about a year after this fiasco due to
so many complaints.

William
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Jarrett" <jarrett@rpa.net>
To: "Cathy Boyko" <roccit_53@hotmail.com>; "Scirocco"
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: My daily laugh, hubby's oil change...


On 1/11/04 12:13 PM, "C Boyko" <roccit_53@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> Okay, this was my laugh of the day. My hubby takes his PT to Craptacular
> Tire to get the oil changed. A few changes back a different Canadian Tire
> put the wrong oil plug in, and stripped it all to hell, but so far this
> local one's been okay. So he gets the Chrysler tank home, and the phone
> rings "Hello, ummmm, you just got your oil changed, right....well, ummmm,
we
> have your oil cap sitting here on the bench, ummmm, so I guess you can
come
> in and get in sometime when you're in town."
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't this procedure boil down to like five
> steps? (1. place catch basin,  2.  remove oil plug and filter,drain  3.
> replace plug and filter, 4. remove cap, add oil, replace cap,  5. check
for
> leaks...if it leaks slightly, it's all good, it's a VW) Well, 6 steps if
you
> count in the complexities of oil selection.
>
> Yep, incompetance is rampant. Didn't make as bad a mess as Adam starting
his
> without the valve cover though. But too funny. And explains why they will
> NEVER see mine. Plus I don't trust them to actually put that expensive
> synthetic in MY car. (not to mention I do love pouring oil all over the
> garage floor...)
>
> Other stories of dorks are invited...
>


LOL. Back when I had an Audi 4000, but before I became Mechanically
Inclined?, I took it to "Jiffy Lube" to get an oil change.

I drove home and when I arrived there, a huge cloud of blue smoke rolled out
from under the hood.

The "employees" had left the oil cap off the engine.  Fortunately, it was
wedged into something on top of the engine and survived the ride home.

I never went back. :-P

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