A Toyota dealership stripped out the drain plug on my Mom's Camry, and she had it serviced only at that dealership ever since the car was bought new from them. I got the manager involved and they ended up replacing the oil pan for no cost. They claimed they always use a torque wrench and I asked "How do you know the torque wrench was always set to the right torque value, or how do you know someone wasn't half asleep and turned it the wrong way when removing it and that move over torqued it and stripped it out?" He didn't have a real answer for that. You'd think removing and reinstalling an oil pan drain plug would be the simplest thing in the world associated with working on an engine ... but plenty of evidence that isn't the case, even at a "professional" main brand dealership.
I changed the oil without changing the filter?
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A Toyota dealership stripped the bolts on my 4Runner skid plate during a free Toyota care oil change. After that, it was DIY oil changes.
A 4Runner is too complicated for a shop to do an oil change, I guess. 8 bolts and a few plastic snaps is just too much to ask.
A 4Runner is too complicated for a shop to do an oil change, I guess. 8 bolts and a few plastic snaps is just too much to ask.
Because that's what it says on the Internet and we all know that you can't post anything that's not true ..
You could run the filter a few thousand more miles, then, change the oil and filter.
My guy you can't use that on a 5th gen 4Runner oil filter.
Get one of these instead of Fumoto. ZERO risk of the valve opening by accident!
As long as the filter is still within the maximum recommended mileage, there should be no issues.
A lot of complaints about "the Dealership", or "Walmart", or "Quickie Lube". In every case, a PERSON did the work. Yes, that person represents the company that employs them, but, the quality of the job comes down to the individual that installed and turned the bolts/filters. Some are careless, some are purposefully harmful (I would hope not many), some make honest mistakes, some are fantastic. I do my own, because I know I'll get fantastic service. B-)
Corrected it for you
walmart in a small town southern Mo they use a orange filter all looked like the same size and couldn't see a brand no different from regular oil change placesFWIW in the future, walmart lube centers are better than the quick lube places. IIRC they even use torque wrenches!
What did the teacher say. Give her apple!
Look at the bright side. At least the tech didn't use a saw to cut a hole in your skid plate or splash shield, like a recent Audi owner reported.
