Re: Jiffy Lube

From: Steve Lowe (Slow@Primenet.Com)
Date: Wed May 14 1997 - 11:46:57 EDT


On Wed, 14 May 1997 14:14:53 -0700, you wrote:

>the car, and drove right down there and demanded an explanation: The unit
>that does this is like a dialysis ?sp? machine, and blows the oil in
>through the valve
>cover, and sucks it out the drain plug hole. So what happens is they put
>pressure
>through the entire system, and who knows if it increases the oil
>pressure... who
>knows if it will increase blow by on older cars... They didn't know.
>

I hate to see this happen to people. I used to turn wrenches for a
living and had the inside scoop on all these kind of scams. Mercedes
never pulled these stunts but I know a lot of shops that do.

You might find out that by pressurising your engine, they might have
caused a few oil leaks....

        Steve

 



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