Change your oil

Not Tundra related but had to share. Car wouldn’t run so customer had it towed to the dealer for warranty. Dealer asked for oil change receipts which they couldn’t produce(wonder why). Customer had it towed to my shop for engine replacement. Dumb asses!!

 

That's how my stomach feels after eating McDonald's.

 

Hahahaha!! That’s probably how it looks on the inside too.

 

Oh yeah, I've seen that before and what's worse on a Range Rover years ago when I used to work at a Land Rover shop. guy run the car until it won't run anymore, had no oil in it, it's amazing how some people are clueless about their vehicles.

 

"What? You need to change the oil?" In my Dumbass voice.........

Had a Brainiac uncle who has passed, but was a very intelligent engineer. He worked all over the world. He was having trouble with an older F150 and more or less gave it to my dad. The dipstick was dry with rust on it!

 

The best part is this car is a lease so they have to fix it. And they are going to end up buying it when the lease is out.

 

wow, bet you they will take good care of it after this.

 

Is that the valve cover?

 

I wonder about people sometimes!!

 

Yes. The inside of it. Covered in sludge.

 

People are freaking scary dude!! What goes through their minds??

 

The dealership would have had a field day on that customer.

 

My customer leased it for his daughter since she wrecked her other car. Thinking the least she could do was change the oil. Man was he wrong!!

 

LOL at least it didn't catch fire!

Sister in law buys a new car a few years ago. Decides to buy another one, I ask her "why". She states it's giving her problems and won't even start. I ask her what maintenance she's been doing to it. Looks at me with a blank stare, "what maintenance?". To that, I said "your dad's a mechanic, and you never once thought to ask him what you should do?" She just says "I thought he would bring it up". I ended the conversation right then.

 

here's your sign...

 

This bothers me to no end. I’ve had that look from quite a few people when I’ve asked them that question. I’m sure a lot of us miss certain key maintenance items. But at least change the damn oil and check all your fluid levels, tire pressure etc.

So many people buy high maintenance vehicles but never think about the cost of that when they buy it. Like you buy it and it lasts forever.

 

helluva expensive sign there huh? LOL

 

I'm not a mechanic by any means, but I know my way around a car. It's amazing how people assume cars are made out of vibranium and runs on cold fusion!

 

What he said /\ /\ /\

 

I do all my maintenance, I just trade them in when they get dirty.

 

makes perfect sense!

 

An absolute necessity. I have a boat that I do annual oil changes with and I've grown to hate the task. Five hours later and 17 gallons of oil and I'm done.

 

always heard the best days of a boat owner's life is the day he buys it and the day he sells it!

 

Funny, I have traded in two vehicles when I needed tires.

 

I’ve done that. I didn’t trade it in because it needed new tires it just happened to work out that way. But my last two vehicles I had just happen to put on brand new rubber before I got a wild hair to get a new truck.

 

Got that right! A never ending list of things to fix.

 

That’s why I borrow my cousins instead of buying LOL

 

Gah! These are probably the same people which tell you to just reset the check engine light. It's all good if it's off.

 

I've seen that even with regular oil changes, but only with Valvoline or Amalie oil.

 

Mine were kind of coincidental, knowing I was going to be in the market for new vehicle, tread getting low, doing the math got newer vehicle a month or two earlier.

I did put some new rubber on a truck once, it got totaled about a month later (not my fault), was more upset about having bought new tires and losing them than getting totaled......