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To: Signalman

Jiffy Lube had to buy me a new transmission, because their idiots put motor oil into my transmission, by mistake!

Well, I hope it was a mistake, since it requires a funnel to get the spout from the oil hose into the transmission, the nozzle is too big.

It might have been my Republican bumper stickers?

Lots of work release prisoners work at these joints in my area!


3 posted on 05/01/2011 10:56:30 AM PDT by Kansas58
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To: Kansas58
Jiffy Lube had to buy me a new transmission, because their idiots put motor oil into my transmission, by mistake!

Don't ever, never take your car to jiffy lube or any of those places.

When ya drain the oil, leave the drain plug out for 15 or 20 minutes. I leave my out for 2 hours. You have to allow all the dirty oil to drain out that is clinging to all the internal engine parts..

If ya don't do this, your putting new oil in with old nasty dirty oil.

If ya like your vehicle, and want it to last, do this.

6 posted on 05/01/2011 11:03:59 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Kansas58

Reminds me of the time as a kid when I changed the engine oil in my car.

I couldn’t figure out why the transmission was slipping while I was out for a test drive. I coasted over to the curb and checked the transmission fluid — nothing. Not a drop.

I checked the oil — it was well above top mark on the dip stick.

I pulled the plug on the transmission fluid instead of the engine oil. The car was fine after I added transmission fluid and drained the oil. My grandfather had a good laugh.


23 posted on 05/01/2011 11:18:03 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: Kansas58
Jiffy Lube screwed up a simple oil change for me. I had them do an oil change (they tried to sell me a whole bunch of other services). The next day the engine smelled of burned oil and was about two quarts low. I topped it off and called my mechanic, fearing an oil leak. I left it with him and told me it definitely did not have an oil leak. Apparently the morons had spilled oil on the exhaust manifold and left the sump almost dry. He preformed an oil change, and new filter gratis. I couldn't pay because I picked it after hours and there was no one there to take my money and the repair ticket was $0.0 dollars. I've put about 7,000 trouble free miles on it since. Guess who I'm taking it to next time?
29 posted on 05/01/2011 11:28:09 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Somewhere in Kenya a village is missing its idiot)
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To: Kansas58
Lots of work release prisoners work at these joints in my area!

They can rehabilitate these guys on their own dime - I had one of the 'wanting to go straight' people put 50 lbs of pressure in two of my tires... These folks need factory jobs where they can't damage citizens ...

63 posted on 05/01/2011 12:42:29 PM PDT by GOPJ (Understanding the Koran: http://www.citizenwarrior.com/2009/05/terrifying-brilliance-of-islam.html)
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To: Kansas58
Jiffy Lube had to buy me a new transmission, because their idiots put motor oil into my transmission, by mistake!

I know of a case in which Jiffy Lube told their customer that his transmission (manual) was dry of oil. Of course, put some in, he said. The problem was they looked in the inspection hole for the timing mark on the flywheel, and saw no oil. They proceed to pour several quarts of oil onto his clutch.

They paid for his new clutch. I don't think he uses Jiffy Lube any more.

I have also heard of them putting power steering fluid in the brake fluid reservoir.

68 posted on 05/01/2011 12:52:19 PM PDT by Fresh Wind ('People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
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To: Kansas58

hey Kansas, how did you go about getting them to claim responsibility? the regional director keeps trying to claim their dexron with additive is a sufficient alt to jws3309 which we of course know, is not.


104 posted on 03/28/2012 2:32:15 PM PDT by xc70 (torched tranny)
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