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Originally Posted by nhdoc
I can tell you from the receipts that the PO of my car used to pay his dealer for 9 qts of oil at every oil change even though the car only takes 8 to get it up to full....what does that tell you about the way dealers charge?
It tells me they are not above stealing $7 from every customer for every oil change they do...it does add up!  |
If they use bulk oil, maybe. Why maybe? Well, because I have seen many techs dump in all that the manual specifies. IOW, if it takes 8 according to the manual, 8 gets dumped in even if it reads full at 7.5.
It also tells me that you need to be next to the tech when he is working on your car. Every time I don't do that, I regret it. Case in point. I had a 91 190E 2.6. I said I needed a coolant flush to get all the oil out. 4 months later I was back wondering if that was all MB's coolant lasted. SA just looked around and mumbled something. This time I asked for Gilly. Guess what, oil never came back. Finding out later that that tech was famous for his brake flushes where he replaced the fluid in the reservoir but not flush the lines. Needless to say, I never used that tech again. My jobs at the dealership were done ONLY by Gilly nor nobody. Currently it is 210OLEMOTOR. When I go there, I specify that he does the work. They work on a 4 day 10 hr/day shift so I call and ask if Nick O is working on the said day. Also, I am there when the work is done so I get to BS with him and maybe pick up a few pointers. My Ford? Same. Chevy? Same.