I'm Pissed!!!! Need to vent!!!!

[newexplorerguy]

Hi Folks;
I went and got my oil changed a while ago. I took my case of Mobil 1 and filter with me. Told the guy; "hey, tell them to leave the air filter alone, its a K&N; and its clean"!
Well; I'm running down the road later on and my wife says to me; "hey, your truck is a little louder now". I just dismissed it at the time. Well, I'm sitting around the house bored to tears the other day looking at my new Black and Decker drill and say to myself; "self, you have hole saws out in the garage".
Naturally; one thing led to another and I find myself drilling the airbox on the truck (what the heck else would I be doin', huh?). As I lift the top off of the airbox; I discover that the little wet-behind-the-ears, snot-nosed little punk that changed my oil did open the airbox (probably to see what a K&N air filter looks like) and when he put the top back on, he clamped the coolant recovery hose between the airbox top and the filter!!!!!!
Now; after contemplating what the state of California would give me for what I believe would be justifiable homicide; I calmed my self down and then drilled one hole in the front and two holes in the side of the box facing the fender. All of these holes are 1 1/2" in diameter.
The truck seems to idle better and definitelly sounds better when I get on it. I have not been able to check for improved mileage yet, though.
Well; thanks for letting me vent, folks.
George

 

[Raceit]

I hear ya. I use to have to go to those quickie oil change places becaused I lived in an apartment. The last time I went I had a coolant flush done on my Ex. Of course they have to discconect hoses from the engine to hook it up to the pump machine. So then there's these hose fittings just dripping..almost gushing...out of the freaking hose all over my engine and right on top of my battery. I'm like WTF! So not only did my engine get a nice soaking they of course got grease from their hands all over the fenders and hood.
I could have thrown everyone one of them down into that pit. Nobody is paying attention to what they're doing and just really making idiots out of themselves.

Luckily since then I've moved in an apartment with an attached garage and those retards at the oil change places can kiss my grits!

 

[red96camaro]

I got the apt situation too and I'm due for an oil change. I'm scared to the point where I'm thinking about driving to a empty parking lot and doing it myself.

 

[aldive]

I hear and feel for you guys' been there done that,

Now we know where the old airport "security" employes are employed.

 

[410Fortune]

I live in a condo, I change my oil right in the condo parking lot. In fact I do a ton of work there, neighbors have just gotten use to it and the stupid realtor people can bite me.

You know what makes a real sweet disposable self contained drian pan? A small box (case of beer) with a heavy black trash bag. Works perfect, slap it in the cargo area and take the dirty oil to checker, then you just cut the corner of the bag and all the oil drains right out, no mess.

I almost ran a hose from my bathtub, over the patio down to the 1st story, into the parkinglot so I could fire up my 2 stroke outboard boat engine!!! that woulda probably pushed them over the edge


Damn I need a garage..........

 

[addkev]

I almost ran a hose from my bathtub, over the patio down to the 1st story, into the parkinglot so I could fire up my 2 stroke outboard boat engine!!!

That is awesome!

 

[1991XLT]

HeHe.. I could see that.. Dude out in the parkinglot Cranking on his outboard engine.. them things are loud out of water.. and if ya have like a V-4 or bigger they sound pretty freakin cool and responsive out of water.. (I used to work at a Polaris & Johnson Dealer as a Small engine Tech.)

 

[Broccoli1]

after my visit to the local oil shop the clerk says to me "... and we topped off your windshield wiper fluid because you were a little low." I kindly reply " that's quite interesting since I don't even have a resevoir for you to top off, may I see the manager?"The manager tries to explain that she was just reading what was printed up from the technician blah blah blah."Hmmmm" I says "so how can I be reassured that any of the 24 checkpoints or even the oil(which I came in for)was checked. Before he even had a chance to respond I just said "do everything again". "Huh?" he blurts. Oh yeah do it again and I do believe my next visit will be free? Being polite and right is a wonderful thing.

"you're built too low boy, everything I says goes over your head" Foghorn Leghorn

Ed Conley
"oh the joys of apartment living"

 

[SteveVB]

nothing to do with this thread...well maybe

Ah the last oil change story reminds me of the time a gutter cleaning guy came to my door to sell his service- he gave me his speech for 5 min or so specifically pointing out the large white pines and the needles they drop and how he thinks that the right side gutter which is up 2 stories and will take him a long time to clean etc etc etc...so he gets to his point about how for 75 bucks he can assure me of a clear gutter and downspout so I wont have to worry about eroding my foundation and my house settling.... So I invite him to show me what he means, we walk around to the side of the house and I stand back and watch as he looks for the downspout, puzzled he looks up to the eave and says - "You dont have a gutter". " Nope" I said with a smile ,"no gutter- I would think that would be something to check out before you ask for 75 dollars to clean it."
"Thats mean man,.. just mean" It was quite funny as he walked away shaking his head.

Oh well just reminded me of the story, thanks for reading.

Stuff like this just affirms the skeptic in me...too bad.

 

[addkev]

I am a mechanic myself, but there would be times when I just didn't have the time (we can only work on our cars at the shop after hours) or just in a hurry or what ever. I took the Ex to a local speedy lube and they actually put 6 quarts of oil in my truck because it was a 4x4, luckily all they had done was start it up to verify oil pressure, who know what would have happened if I had drove around like that, over heating, excessive oil pressure, etc... Just like smashboxed when the guy told me, "We filled you up with 6 quarts of Synthetic", I was like, What?

Needless to say, I always make time now.

 

[snooper0069]

dumb ass's who work at the quick oil change places

hey i got a great one for yall . when i bought my 1993 explorer 5 speed i looked under the frame and saw that it had wet fluid by the drain plug on the tranny, well i figured it was only the gasket so i didnt think any thing major. well when i put her on the rack to fix it guess what , the dang tranny was cracked . i spoke to the former owner who told me the week before he decided to sell her he took the vehicle to quick lube and had them change the motor and tranny oil. well looked like this moron took a hammer to the plug (ouch) . guess the moron didnt know that hitting on aluminum was not a good thing.
well not being able to prove anything i was on my own with this problem and had to have the tranny case replaced ( bigger ouch ) .....all is right witht the world at this time ....

 

[Dan Whitaker]

When my wife and lived in an appartment i had a 4-Runner. I did oil changes in the parking lot. I also put shocks on it and did a brake job on it too. If they would have said something I would have said what about the guy that parks his dump truck there every night.

 

[Muskrat]

I have a friend who used to work for STS tire and auto, doing oil changes. He told me that reguardless of what the vehicle went in for, they test drove everyone, and they run the **** out of them. He said he had a brand new Chevy 2500 doing donuts on a back road, then we went back there, and there were massive burn out marks. I would never take my truck to a jippy lube or anything like that. "I'm sorry sir, I know you came for an oil change, but while we were moving your truck to the bay, the engine ceased." How the hell would they explain something like that?

 

[aldive]

This is by no means a defense of the runny noised kiddy mechanics at Jiffy Lube, but, I have never seen them drive a car anywhere except into the bay. And YOU are there while they do it.

 

[Muskrat]

He was telling me that his they run the cars hard, because "it better that it blows up with us driving it, than the owner" I'm not too sure about this.
Later,
Shaun

 

[red96camaro]

I went to a jiffy lube today and beside the price it was a good experience for me

 

[ChuckyD]

Originally posted by red96camaro
it was a good experience for me

You get your oil checked???

 

[AQexplorer]

oil changes dont take long...why dont you guys watch them change the oil, so you know they dont do something retarded.

the story about putting washerfluid in and there was no reservior for it...what if they put that in with the radiator coolant, or put that where the oil is supposed to go!!?!

 

[red96camaro]

Changed charlie, what are you talking about? I can check it myself in the apartment complex, it's the changing they get pissed about. They still must be passing good drugs around back home. LOL

I watched em like a hawk. This was the first time any of my vehicles had been in for an oilc change where i didn't know anyone working there and hearing everyone's stories I was a bit worried, but it's all good

 

[MONMIX]

Hearing all these stories about working on your vehicle in your parking lot , for some reason reminds me of that scene from Christmas Vacation , where cousin Eddie is dumping the sewage from his RV into the gutter
" Sh**er is full !! "
I don't know why I thought of that.