I took my car to a quick lube for an oil change and now it is leaking from the oil drain plug. It is too late to call them since their closed.I jacked it up to tighten the plug up but its like the thing is striped. I cant tighten it. I also backed the plug out and it isnt cross threaded and goes in straight.
Did they screw this up or am I missing something?

Many thanks!!
John

 

not install a new crush washer.They did not use the proper procedure of suction out the dipstick tube.They did not install a fleece filter.They did not use mb spec synthetic 0w40 wt. oil.
That's what you are missing
Have them pay to fix the damage if they over torqued the plug and have the proper oil and filter and procedure done either by yourself or a qualified indie shop that knows what they are doing.
Quick lubes do not know how to properly change oil in a mercedes.
ohlord
http://www.mercedesshop.com/Wikka/OilFilter2
2.5 gallon oil extractor in everett at hb tools
filter at autohausaz.com fleece only
oil at napa 0w40 mobil 1 syn

 

Thanks for the quick response Oh Lord,
I almost pm'd you when I wrote this.

I will take it in Moday first thing to chew them out before I go to MB.


Thanks again

 

go to mb.There are plenty of good indies around if you don't want to diy.
PM me we'll talk.

 

ohlord answered your question, but I can tell you that I recently did my own oil and filter change for the first time, and my E320 won't go back to the dealer for such an easy task. Mercedes makes it easy by having the filter mounted just under the hood; I wish all vehicles were like this.

I bought an oil extractor from Harbor-Freight and here's my link to the oil change process that I did...

http://www.geocities.com/mymercedesb...extractor.html

 

That does look easy enough.It will probably pay for itself after a couple of changes.

Thanks again guys.

 

is only 20 bucks,Richard just could not wait to get his hands dirty
So the 2.5 gallon unit pays for itself the first time out of the box.
ohlord

 

do I have to use an extractor to change the oil? isn't it enough just draining?

 

simpler,neater,no worry of getting the car at the exact angle to drain it all out,all done from the top side,faster,the way the shop does it..............
ohlord

 

ahhh, but that wonderful feeling of sliding under the car on an old piece of cardboard to drain from the bottom. And of course getting your hands coated with smelly old waste oil. Who can give that up?

 

what I keep these for
ohlord

 

that is just beautiful