I had the same experience on my Liberty. When it was time for its first oil
change, I had my K&N oil filter waiting to go on but it was an absolute act
of God to get the factory oil filter off. I really destroyed it doing so.
A friend of mine had a Suburban and Jiffy Lube stripped out his drain plug
so that it was slowly leaking oil. Luckily he caught it when he saw a large
puddle under the truck after leaving it parked for a while. They wound up
replacing his oil pan. Its just amazing how they not only screw it up, but
go ahead and send the customer on his way with eminent disaster to occur.
Rascal
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Zachary
Burcham
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 6:51 AM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: RE: DML: Jiffy Lube - Stupidity at its finest...
Wow, that took a lot of nerve. Not to defend the guy, but I remember my bro
had to butcher is stock oil filter to get it off, they are apparently
machine installed or something, he almost ripped it in half trying to get it
off. Using pliars wasn't the best option though, I couldn't comprehend not
having a oil filter wrench or strap wrench around.
Zach Burcham
92dakotahd
>Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:01:42 -0600
>From: "Bernd D. Ratsch" <fasstdak@hotmail.com>
>Subject: DML: Jiffy Lube - Stupidity at its finest...
>
>While I can't mention which one it was...it's definitely from one in
>Austin,
>TX.
>
>Had a 2005 Durango come in to the shop yesterday afternoon (5.7L Hemi -
>Loaded) with an oil leak and slight "ticking".
>
>Last oil change sticker was from a Jiffy Lube (very recent at that). Here's
>the kicker..."Factory Installed" stamped on the MOPAR oil filter with plier
>marks all over it (and a small hole due to the plier marks). Guess what
>happened...they couldn't get the oil filter off so they just drained the
>oil
>and refilled (leaving the factory installed filter on the vehicle).
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