I just discovered that my 2005 and 2006 Jettas have the same oil filters as when I bought them 2 years ago. I have had the oil changed 2-3 times a year on both cars, but the car wash place I've been using has lied about changing the filter. I suspected they weren't changing it and on my last visit I asked what brand they used. They showed me a Fram filter. Well last night I was changing the SAP and I removed the filter cannister as it was in the way. Surprise! There was a VW filter in the cannister. Suspecting the worst I took the other Jetta to mechanic that I trust and surprise, another VW filter was in the cannister.
I have come up with a cunning plan. I plan on leaving the filter off on one car and taking the car to the crooks. I will ask for a oil and filter change and ask to see the old filter. If they tell me there wasn't a filter in the cannister, I'll probably just say nothing and never use them again. If they tell me they already threw it away, or show me an old filter, I will spring my trap and inform then that they car had no filter when I brought it in. Then I will insist that they remove the cannister and show me the new Fram filter they said they installed. I plan on having my wife video this on her cell phone.
Does anyone have any better ideas on how to pay back these crooks? I plan on putting the video on Youtube plus insist the crooks refund my money for every oil change they ever did on my cars. I don't want to get myself into any legal trouble so if anyone has any info on whether I can post the video, I would appreciate a heads up.
You're going to drive your car there for an oil change with no filter on it?
This is why I do my own work. If the job is too complex for me, the only place I trust is the dealer.
Definitely not. By the time you get there you'll be pretty low on oil if not empty, and a possibly seized motor.
It's a cartridge filter. So you could put the canister on without the filter element. He won't lose any oil, but still not a great idea.
To the original poster.......you already know the place is screwing you, why do you need to prove it once again. You could just go to VW and get a synthetic oil change with a VW filter for $75 and be good for 8,000 miles.
It's a cartridge filter. So you could put the canister on without the filter element. He won't lose any oil, but still not a great idea.
To the original poster.......you already know the place is screwing you, why do you need to prove it once again. You could just go to VW and get a synthetic oil change with a VW filter for $75 and be good for 8,000 miles.
To the original poster.......you already know the place is screwing you, why do you need to prove it once again. You could just go to VW and get a synthetic oil change with a VW filter for $75 and be good for 8,000 miles.
Principle! Also it should make a good Youtube video and hopefully cost them business. Do you think that cheaters should just go on cheating? I'm gonna expose them for the ass$#%^s they are.
why would you even let some joe schmo at a car wash be trusted with changing your oil? do that ish yourself...at least that way you know its done right and you get to see what else is going on under there that you may need to fix soon!
why would you even let some joe schmo at a car wash be trusted with changing your oil? do that ish yourself...at least that way you know its done right and you get to see what else is going on under there that you may need to fix soon!
It didn't go well. I lost my temper and cussed them out. Eventually the manager admitted they had bad people working there and he fired one the previous week. The oil change guy panicked when he saw there was no filter as he assumed they had left it out on the previous visit. He pulled one out of the trash and tried to say it was the one from my car. The manager got the truth out of him, but because I lost my temper it was a hollow victory.
Losing your temper is understandable. These are the people who give honest mechanics the bad reputations and bad press that we all have had to deal with for years. Obviously these guys are not professionals and do not deserve your patronage. What skills and equipment does it require to wash a car and change the oil and filter? That's why they work in places like you describe, no skills necessary.
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2 years with the same oil filter
Jetta
you couldnt out run a golf cart.
1987 Volkswagen Jetta Coupe
1973 volkswagen type 1
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