1 oil change at the dealer, apparently 1 too many.

[simple_gifts]

Recently bought a leftover 2006 B-2300; I had the dealer change the oil to get the old oil out. Looks like about 3/4 qt overfill. Truck doesn't even take fractional quarts. Four quarts is four quarts. What is so hard about this? Place only sells Mazdas. How many engines does over, 7 maybe? Sheesh.....

 

[Warlord]

My ranger was about 3/4 qt overfilled as well when I bought it. I have the same engine as you and I can't imagine why nobody knows how much oil these need.

 

[KieferS]

 

[ThirdeYe]

My mom just had her oil changed in her Chevy Malibu after getting engine work done (otherwise I would've done it, and done it right), they overfilled it by a quart. You'd think a Chevy dealership of all places would know how much oil goes in their cars.

 

[SaturnIonVue]

Most dealerships that use bulk oil, and most do, have trouble measuring out their oil in the proper increments. So you usually get Mechanic Last Class Delbert - - - - - -'s method: "hmmmm, that looks like about 4 quarts...duh, well maybe a bit more...duh, better over-filled than under-filled."

 

[Mr Nice]

Do you really expect a guy who makes $8 as a dealership lube tech to really care if your engine has the 'exact' oil level ??

 

[Lonnie]

You guys are sure directing a lot of grief toward the lot boy changing the oil. Besides the directions are probably in English.

 

[Merkava_4]

They use an oil gun to fill up your crankcase. Sometimes the guns need to be recalibrated periodically. These guns also have a trigger lock so the lube tech can go visit the soda machine as he fills up your motor.

 

[nooil]

Well, I'll tell ya. Went to one of these stupid 5 min oil change places for a change. Now I remember why I quit going before. They over filled mine by a quart. When I went back and brought it to their attention, the manager didn't feel it was a big deal. He said the worst thing that would happen was that it would blow out the seals. Can you believe these idiots!!

 

[Kruse]

At the last dealership that I was employed, the "lube guy" was a girl.......
Actually, she was pretty good at her job. A little quick to have a complete personality change, but pretty good at her job.

 

[Merkava_4]

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At the last dealership that I was employed, the "lube guy" was a girl.......

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Hmm. . . a girl that's a lubrication expert. . .

 

[Warlord]

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Do you really expect a guy who makes $8 as a dealership lube tech to really care if your engine has the 'exact' oil level ??

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Nobody would really care if it wasn't exact. The problem is that its not even close.

 

[Drew99GT]

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They use an oil gun to fill up your crankcase. Sometimes the guns need to be recalibrated periodically.

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It's the dumb f%#@s that use the gun that need to be recalibrated.

 

[ewetho]

Our was a central unit that is out of date and no longer works. So we now use a jug with quart marks.

And now the auto manufacturer does not know how much oil goes in their cars. We have some that call for 5.5 and that leaves it on the low mark. Some are 6 and same deal. Stupid.

I now figured out how much to put in each so at least they are in the top 1/2 of the dipstick. Most of the fords seem to be designed to be their. Like a Five Hundred is a 6 Qt but when you put in 6 it is 1/2 qt low.

You figure it out let me know.

 

[KieferS]

You guys are being too picky. At work; my ranger doesn't have ENOUGH oil

And it's being idled for 5, 10 minutes 15 minutes w/ the AC on while i deal with vitchy customers. It's floored all the time, we let it knock w/87 octane it hasn't gotten an oil or filter change in 16k miles on Napa dino, i've only topped it off once, and then my boss got angry at me. I should of let it blow

the air filter is about 40k old it hauls so much oil that the back end near rubs on the tire, i've hauled over 34 cases of antifreeze (each case holds 6) so heavy that i weave all over the road w/ one small mistake and this engine still has 90k miles. This thing has really made me respect ford. The Chevy colorados we have always give us suspension issues, weird noises etc.
The rangers in the fleet all seem to have a trans. problem though.
Kinda wanna get a UOA on that truck.

 

[Merkava_4]

ewetho, I know exactly what you mean man; my little Buick states 4.5 quarts in the owners manual, but when I pour in a 5 quart jug, the dipstick reads exactly on the full mark.

 

[wgtoys]

I frequently find that our cars take a different amount of oil to refill after a change than the manual says, usually I need about 1/2 quart more than the book to hit the top line. I check with the car level, after it has run, and after letting it drain down for at least five minutes.

Maybe it is because I have the car up on ramps when I do a change and I let it drain much longer than most shops would.

 

[Colt45ws]

Dipsticks are inaccurate. Also, some times where they are looking up the capacity is inaccurate. For example a couple weeks ago a '05 Grand Marquis comes in for a PM and when I go to fill it the computer says it takes 7 quarts. I happen to know far too much about those cars, and I knew that was too much, so I put in 6 quarts and it was on the money. But if it had gone to someone else, it probably wouldve gotten the whole 7 quarts.

 

[Triple_Se7en]

Do it yourself! That way you know it's done properly.

 

[Shannow]

or as Red Green said.

If you get someone else to do it, you won't know if they've done a bad job. Do it yourself, and know for sure.