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Why I Change My Own Oil

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Old 09-23-2006, 08:02 PM
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Why I Change My Own Oil

I am not implying that a MB dealer would let such things happen but below is why I now do my own light maintenance on all my vehicles. I caught a chevrolet dealership not doing a coolant flush for me once and on my MB they forgot to tighten the drain plug and it leaked oil on my garage. Please see video below. Some Jiffy lubes were recently caught on camera. 5 out of 9 did not perform the services.

http://mfile.akamai.com/12924/wmv/vo...52183.200k.asx
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not working for me either.
Old 09-23-2006, 10:22 PM
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Sorry, try this.

http://www.dieseltruckresource.com/d...ght=jiffy+lube

Hit video link in first post.
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id never bring my car to one of those places anyway, and when i need work done its straight to the dealer and i check the car before i leave the dealer, i needed a new cataylic converter poped the hood saw a nice shiny silver one on the side that need changing and the other was old and rusty so i knew it had been changed dealer must hate me but owell
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Originally Posted by JRGD4L
Sorry, try this.

http://www.dieseltruckresource.com/d...ght=jiffy+lube

Hit video link in first post.
Here is the full link to the video: http://mfile.akamai.com/12924/wmv/vo...52183.200k.asx
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I haven't paid for an oil change, brake job, etc for as long as I remember. I enjoy working on my cars including installing headers, CAI, and other fun stuff!
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i agree. oil changes are important..go to a legit place like the dealer , its only 30-40 bucks more.
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Never spit into the wind,tug on superman's cape or have your car serviced at a MB dealer.They don't do very good work.

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