[AT] Off topic, Jiffy Lube.

Thu Oct 12 16:45:57 PDT 2006

When I was working for the State of MD at the DNR, we had a woman pull 
up in a nice looking Buick Century.  However it was running very 
poorly.  She told us that she had just taken it to Jiffy Lube and had it 
serviced.  Needless to say, oil was up to the top of the stick and, when 
a real mechanic drained the oil, they filled a 5 gallon bucket plus from 
a V6 engine....

Ed

charlie hill wrote:

> Hi Louis,  this one surely isn't hearsay.  The quick lube place that I 
> always used went out of business when the owner ( a friend of mine) 
> died. We were going out of town and I didn't know exactly who I wanted 
> to start using for service.  I wound up at the local Jiffy Lube.  It 
> was my first and last time EVER.   The attendant told me their 
> computer was down but if I was paying in cash they could still do the 
> oil change.  I should have left then but I needed the oil changed and 
> didn't have much time to go somewhere else. When the guy started to 
> open the hood it didn't unlatch right and he started beating on the 
> hood with his fist.  I said something to him about it, walked out and 
> opened the hood myself.  That move apparently was worse than yelling 
> at the folks in a fast food resturant.
>
> After a few minutes they told me they were finished.  I paid them $40 
> cash and let them keep the few cents change since their electronic 
> cash register/computer wasn't working.  Of course I got no reciept.  I 
> drove off and made it about 3 blocks before the engine died out.  I 
> managed to get it refired and limped to a mechanic friends shop.  We 
> were headed out of town for the weekend and had to borrow another 
> friends car for a 1000 mile round trip.  When I got home the mechanic 
> ( a friend who I trust) had removed the fuel tank, flushed it and the 
> fuel lines out, replaced the fuel pump, replaced 4 out of six fuel 
> injectors and replaced the fuel filter twice.
>
> Turned out it had water and some other foreign liquid that we believe 
> might have been glycol (as in antifreeze) in the fuel.   I had filled 
> the tank a couple of days before and had just driven the car about 80 
> miles before pulling in to the Jiffy Lube.  It was running perfectly 
> when I pulled in there so I know the gas wasn't comtaminated prior to 
> going in the Jiffy Lube.
>
> There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that they sabatoged the car 
> because I said something to the guy about hitting the hood.  I also 
> don't think they ever changed the oil to begin with and I know they 
> didn't do the rest of the service which included checking the tire 
> pressure because one of them was low.  I bet another $40 that the 
> money never went in the cash drawer either.
>
> It cost a hair under $1000 to fix the car.  I never even bothered to 
> go back and confront them.  It would have cost me a couple of thousand 
> more to get out of trouble if  I had.   That happened last fall.
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louis" <louis at kellnet.com>
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>
>> I know this is hearsay.  I have a friend, who's cousin worked at one of
>> these quick oil change places.  He said they ran the drain oil through a
>> series of filters and then put it back in the engines of cars that came
>> through.
>>
>> Also, once I took my 1989 F-250 to one of those quick change places.  I
>> didn't have the time to do the lube job myself.  I knew the pan held 
>> 7 qts +
>> 1 qt for the filter.  This was a place where they pulled the vehicle 
>> in and
>> you sat in a waiting room.  When the truck was finished, I went up to 
>> pay.
>> The guy told me that they put 5 qt of oil in the engine.  I told him 
>> they
>> were 3 qts short.  He insisted they checked the dipstick.  I said, I 
>> will
>> make you a deal.  Let's go out and check the dipstick.  If it show 
>> the oil
>> is full, I will pay you double.  If it shows the oil is down 3 qts, 
>> you owe
>> me the oil change for free.  He thought he had me and said sure.  
>> Well, I
>> got the oil change for free, plus the 3 additional qts of oil.
>>
>> Lou
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Ed Stewart
>> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 6:12 PM
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>> Subject: [AT] Off topic, Jiffy Lube.
>>
>>
>> Hi, If you use Jiffy Lube you might want to check this out.
>>
>> **http://mfile.akamai.com/12924/wmv/vod.ibsys.com/2006/0503/9152183.200k.asx 
>>
>> **
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