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Old 12-10-2011, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by JIM5.0
I heard of a guy who had his ol changed at the dealership and the moron techs forgot to put the oil fill cap back on the engine. The inside of his engine bay was sprayed with oil as the timing chain spewed it out.
I've done this before
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Old 12-10-2011, 08:43 PM
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I will admit, I done the same thing too. But a professional like Ford dealerships techs have no excuses at all especially since they do it day in and day out and there is a checklist they must follow.
When someone gets into an "Oh F*** It" attitude, the checklist is the first thing that goes out the window

I learned from my own experiences, if you do something yourself, follow a checklist, even for the most obvious tasks. That way such a stupid mundane mistake is not made
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Old 12-10-2011, 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by JIM5.0
...The Motorcraft "full synth" (it is not a true full synth) oil and filter change runs around $80-$90 in my parts. In NY, probably $90-$100 for the same service where the plain old cheapest *** dealership dino oil service is about $35 (maybe ~40-$50 in you area)...
Yikes!

6 quarts of Motorcraft 5W20 blend and the Motorcraft FL-820S filter at Walmart = about $25. Even my fufu, boutique Amsoil 0W20 ASM oil and Amsoil eA filter only costs me about $50.
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Old 12-10-2011, 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by JIM5.0
I will admit, I done the same thing too. But a professional like Ford dealerships techs have no excuses at all especially since they do it day in and day out and there is a checklist they must follow.
When someone gets into an "Oh F*** It" attitude, the checklist is the first thing that goes out the window

I learned from my own experiences, if you do something yourself, follow a checklist, even for the most obvious tasks. That way such a stupid mundane mistake is not made
I didn't do it on my own car, I did it on a customers car, haha. Mistakes happen, I fully apologized.
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Old 12-10-2011, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Nuke
Yikes!

6 quarts of Motorcraft 5W20 blend and the Motorcraft FL-820S filter at Walmart = about $25. Even my fufu, boutique Amsoil 0W20 ASM oil and Amsoil eA filter only costs me about $50.
+1. Do your own oil change. Save the extra $$ to buy parts for your 'stang.
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Old 12-10-2011, 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by baddog671
I didn't do it on my own car, I did it on a customers car, haha. Mistakes happen, I fully apologized.
You bad dog you! ***rolls newspaper***
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Old 12-11-2011, 10:19 AM
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Change it yourself save the $$$$ diff is more expensive and oil change intervals are longer so it evens out
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Old 12-11-2011, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by D'prived
Corvettes come off the factory assembly line with full synthetic oil in them.
I believe the motors are broken in at the factory, before they're released. Thought I read that somewhere at least.
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