Don't blame the shop. The oil change is sooooo routine that it is usually given to the rookie OR sometimes the "expert" in the shop figures "Hey its just an oil change" and does it half-assed while he is doing (or thinking of) something else.

So continue to take your car there they probably do the more complicated stuff really well. Oil change? Get a ramp and do it yourself, its a piece of cake like you found out and you can be as anal as you want to be about it 'cause its your car

For what its worth I have never checked the housing after I take it off. But I will now so thanks for the heads up.

During the last Brake class I took, one of the young ladies in the class was in the process of changing her oil. The drain plug was on rather tight so she got a small hammer and helped the wrench along. After she had drained her oil, she was going to use the hammer on the wrench to tighten the drain plug. I advised her against using the hammer and told her why. Disaster averted.

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Warren

Currently 1965 220Sb, 2002 FORD Crown Vic Police Interceptor

Had 1965 220SEb, 1967 230S, 280SE 4.5, 300SE (W126), 420SEL

ENTER > = (HP RPN)

Not part of the in-crowd since 1952.

.......ramp........what's a "ramp"???.............