To be fair, it's very difficult to mix up the positions of an engine and transmission on a longitudinal powertrain layout, short of having nearly zero mechanical knowledge. Did the catalytic converters survive?
@@omniton4106 that's the problem as a Mechanical moron you would 100% double check what you do, this sounds more like complacency and failure to check own work
Well it's not impossible especially if you consider that you're working 10s of cars a day, and you usually look toward the centre from the bottom of the car looking up on FWD cars and you wouldn't realise your mistake until you remember it's Quattro therefore has a longitudinal layout, but only A4s and up, quite a lot of things have to go right to make this mistake but it's easy if you hate double checking service manuals, but that would mean the car has to have the manual and/or looking up the VIN on the service computer and then you realise the subframe obscures the view of the drain on the similar looking oil sump as contrasted to the trans sump. The location of the pan is rarely relative to the top of the engine, or the drain plugs. I say this because I had a 2006 Beetle, I initially thought the thing (auto trans sump) I would see from the bottom was the engine oil pan, until I saw the drain bolt for the engine oil was off to the side pointing toward the back/centre of the car, trans drain plug was right under the trans sump, you refill it from the bottom too. (Made for a Fantastic time DIY servicing it💀) More experience for me though, I've learned not to assume😅.
@@autodrivennam Indeed. Very descriptive response, also gave me a different insight into how it can go wrong in other scenarios. There was no intention of being mean 😄
@@theoriginalerk it's a Volkswagen/Audi and it's a DSG more than likely -- it's Clear or gold colored. Regardless, transmission fluid is NOT brown colored 😂
I went to a 'Grease Monkey' one time, before a long trip. They stripped the fill plug, so the oil slowly drained out, 3 states away when I discovered it. NEVER take your car to 'Oil Change places'. Take it to a good mechanic or a dealership, or DIY, IF you know what you are doing... If IF was a SKIFF, we'd all be on a boat ride.
I do mine myself. The drain plug and filter on the 2.8L VW/Audi from around Y2K are super easy to access. I only need to put it on jackstands because there's no room for a drain pan underneath. Oil pan change is a bit trickier. First one worked great first time, second change I can't get it right and it keeps dribbling a bit after two tries... @@devinnorsworthy9154
@devinnorsworthy9154 as an aprentice mechanic with about almost 1 year of experiance i uace to say its absolutely crazy mechanics mess up an oil change.... like, i have been doing it for 11 months and i just pulled my engine threw it back in it stadted right away, indo clutches and repaurs as well on some models, but someone else f*cks up an oil change????
I took my Q5 to a 15 minute oil change spot when I first got it. The mechanic didn’t use a crush washer on the drain plug🤬 I ended up bringing it back 4 times before they figured out why I had a leak🤬🤬🤬🤬
This is why you should attempt simple maintenance like oil changes. It’ll save you money and you’ll never have to wonder if it was done right. Get an extractor and you don’t even need mechanical knowledge to figure out how to do this.
@WhiteG60 not sure what car you have but personally I've got a 2016 Audi S4 that does not have a dipstick and I have to read through the MMI. The funny thing is the car has a dipstick tube but it just has a cap on it instead of a dipstick. You should still be able to put an oil extractor into that tube. Pretty sure this goes for all 3.0t unless they changed it after 2016. I could be wrong on this last bit of technical info as I just have extensive knowledge on my car and my car alone.
@drdozer Unfortunately some cars don't have dipsticks which is silly. I own a Passat and Audi with the ea888. Some manufacturers like MB use an extractor per factory recommendation.
@@WhiteG60 Ah, I figured you probably didn't have an Audi after I read your username but I had already written most of my previous comment so I continued. I used to have a 2006 BMW 550i with the 4.8L N62B48 motor but those still had dipsticks.
My late Passat and current Audi used the 2.8L V6 that has a really easy to access drain and oil filter. They're right behind the bumper on the driver's side (US LH drive). I put a quick drain valve on it so I don't even have to worry about cross-threading or stripping the oil drain plug. @@TheWalterHWhite
One single check of a dipstick after the fill should let them know they done fucked up, IF they are following any sort of procedure at all, one look at the color of the fluid, one look at the shape of the unit above the drain pan and the proximity of the drive shaft. One look at technical data for a car you’ve never worked on before. There are so many reasons this shouldn’t have happened. That quick lube place better be cutting your shop a check for any and all work related to this.
True except for dipstick as these Audis do not come with a dipstick and infotainment oil level display will not show oil level hood's been opened (once the hood is closed car needs to be driven or left with ignition on for an hour for the oil level to be displayed again). But a reputable place would have an obd scanner that can access oil level data directly from the computer and first of all would know that the oil pan is under the engine and not the transmission.
@@rgolab3174that’s so stupid. More manufacturers making things harder to service at home! Nothing wrong with a $1 dipstick instead of a $20 sensor that’s impossible to easily replace.
Every car I worked on has a transmission and oil pan that looks alike. That is not an excuse whatsoever. There were so many red flags they should have seen. The color of the fluid, checking the dipstick, just hearing the engine after starting. How can you afford a car like this and take it to a jiffy lube type of place????
Clearly whoever changed the oil didn’t give a crap, was just there for a paycheck and knows nothing about cars. HOWEVER, I’m the opposite, care a lot about cars and know a lot about cars. My first job working on cars i worked at a lube cube in my town near Detroit. While I was doing the training my first week, a Cadillac came in (cts iirc) the guy training me told me to drain the oil so I went to drain the oil and he goes no, this one(points at trans drain). I told him no, this is the oil drain and that is the trans drain. Well he said bet you’re wrong, I’ve been working here for years doing this, I know what I’m doing. So he took the wrench from me and dropped took off the plug, and drained the transmission. I about died laughing when he looks at the fluid draining and asked me why it wasn’t dirty oil coming out. He was suspended for a week and had to arrange for a tow to a real shop across the street. In our shop that was our policy, first time you fuck up, you either fix it out of pocket(aka new oil change or trans sevrice service etc) or arrange the fix and go home for a week. 2nd fuckup was goodbye, you didn’t learn.
If you drain the engine and double fill your trans, you will overfill the trans and the overflow will go to the transfer case. So you will get a blown engine AND a blown transfer case.
@splendidcolors unfortunately I had no say in when he got fired. I was pushing for it long before that. The boss felt bad for him because he was the only one in his household who worked.
Two publishers of repair manuals for DIYers are Chilton and Haynes. They'll have photos and step by step instructions, plus a lot of general information about how everything works. @@haryadipoedjisudrajat9795
good on VW for making it "no start" if the trans is dry. There are Asian brands where they'll happily drive down the road shredding themselves to pieces after Jiffy Lube accidentally drained the trans.
After being a lube tech for some time in college, I understand why they thought that was the engine oil drain. Audi puts the engines in front of the front axle and the trans pan is around where it would be on most 4x4 trucks, SUVs, and older rwd cars.
At least on my Y2K era VW/Audi V6 engines, the freakin' oil filter is right behind the bumper and the oil drain is right next to it. But I should probably find a way to mark the transmission pan if I ever take my car somewhere that isn't a German auto specialist.
Ok, but if if you're an inexperienced tech and you look at both pans, wtf do you think the front one is?? Or, it takes 39 seconds to 1 minute to ask someone before you start on it. Very little effort.
I change my A4 oil and filter and DSG oil myself. Oil every 5k, filter every 10k and DSG fluid every 40k. I use an extraction pump to pull the oil so I do it all topside. Can’t change the DSG filter as it’s built into the mechatronic unit somehow. I don’t see how they could double fill a B9 transmission as it has to be pumped up into the case through the drain hole, but I get it.
that's too high of a frequency DSG fluid can go up to 80,000 miles and engine oil 8,000 filters are changed at the same interval as the fluids mechatronic work should only be done by German auto specialists
@@hurrymagwaya Audi specifies 40000Mi or 60000Km intervals for dsg fluid on the b9 platform. Note the b9 dsg transmissions have two separate fluid cavities, one for the gear fluid (MTF) and one for the mechatronics and clutches (DSG Fluid). The MTF is "Lifetime"
That also means they filled it and did not check the oil level afterwards. Even if the technician accidentally drains the transmission and doesn't realize it. Should have caught it with a after fill check.
I've unfortunately seen major damage done from a double filled engine as well, luckily it was a gm overhead valve engine so it survived but the overfilled oil was high enough for the crankshaft to spin inside it and froth the oil up, which air locked and fried the oil pump. Luckily the customer shut it off right Away when it got noisy and just the oil pump was all it needed to run good again. Anyway point is that customer is really lucky to not need a new engine and that oil change tech is really lucky to not need a new job
I've seen this first hand on audis too, even experienced people do this. Kind of like how Subaru drain bolts for the engine and transmission are side by side basically.
I understand theres a reason to be "fair to them", but it still presents the stipulation of someone did not fully realize what they were doing! Which can costs the person driving the expensive Euro huge bucks!!
I went to my local garage bringing me the correct oil and filter and asked them to change oil as I didn’t have time to do it myself. No problem, they were always happy to do if you bought correct parts. I returned to collect car and when I was paying the owner was distracted by incoming phone call. I wandered a bit and noticed through a gap in the office door my expensive top grade Castrol oil on the floor, unused! It was clearly my provided oil as the delivery receipt was still attached. So don’t trust anyone with your oil change unless you have to. You can only be sure of the oil in your engine if you’ve seen it go in. DIY oil change is easy and quick. Buy Castrol oil they make a superb product.
No it's called fecking ineptness!! If you can't work out where an oil pan is (under the engine!!!) and a transmission pan then you really shouldn't be let loose on cars. Simple!
That happened to my dearly departed Passat several years ago at the shop where I work. Fortunately it survived for many years after that…and I got a free transmission service out of the deal!
Not sure if it’s the same layout as my S3, but since my oil filter is up top, the wheels never leave the ground for an oil change. I don’t bother draining - just extract the oil - just like Audi Northlake used to do on mine while I had AudiCare. DSG - that’s another matter altogether.
Before I got my Audi A4, I have an vw gti and I have been changing the oil all the time. But for the first time I did it to Audi A4, I drain the transmission by mistake. Luckily, when I saw the oil color was clear, I realized something was wrong. Then I took off the second dust panel and found where the engine was. They look way too similar.
Welp customers need to start taking accountability for their actions. Why didn't he do due diligence before he decided to take it to any shop to make sure it was a reputable place he could of avoided all these headaches
It is obvious that the garages who changed the oil but drained tge transmission fluid should not be in business. If they're a true oil changing facility or mechanic garage. They should be aware of the locations of the oil pan and plug and transmission pan and plug. If not since we're in the digital media age they could have looked it up.
This is unfortunate yet I do understand the situation, the automotive mechanics are dying off the bred of people that are knowledgeable and want to service cars are really sparse, shops will take anyone now.. this example is evidence of someone having little to zero experience. On the job training is a foreign concept today.. my advice DIY or watch a billion of the videos showing how to do the simplest thing like an oil change if you don’t know how, dealerships are probably your safest place for service but no place is immune to screwups
Another reason to have a dipstick in the transmission. “Lifetime” fluids, no dipsticks, it’s almost as if the auto manufacturers want the cars are in cahoots with these terrible oil shops.
Well whoever did that is brain dead. Fluid coming out doesn’t look the same. Should be able to tell it’s a trans above that pan and bot an engine. And if they checked the dipstick they would’ve known.
If you have enough money to drive an Audi, you should have enough money to have it serviced by people who know what they're doing. Being penny wise and dollar foolish could end up costing you a lot in the long run.
Or just do like my local VW dealer and not change anything when you say you did. I marked my parts after i suspected this and I was right. Guess that's why they are called stealerships.
Eh? On the 2.8L V6 from around Y2K, the oil pan drain is a big old hex bolt sticking out of the oil pan next to the oil cooler with an oil filter on it. The trans pan drain is a giant Allen bolt on the bottom of the trans pan .
How does this even happen? I know you’re just being nice saying “they look a lot alike” but even my mom who couldn’t turn a wrench if she went to school for it, knows an engine oil pan va trans pan. There’s no excuses. That place is going to be paying lol.
I had a FWD Passat and now have an AWD Audi with the same 2.8L V6. The oil filter spins onto the oil cooler which is right effing next to the oil pan drain. They're all right behind the bumper on the driver's side.
Yeah, seriously! My oil drain plug is next to the oil cooler that the oil filter spins onto, makes it really convenient AND OBVIOUS. But this is an Audi from 1999...
Then we have people in the US with the same sentence over and over "european cars aren't reliable", then we watch these videos and found out why they're reliable in Europe and not in the US.
To be fair, it's very difficult to mix up the positions of an engine and transmission on a longitudinal powertrain layout, short of having nearly zero mechanical knowledge. Did the catalytic converters survive?
Yeah, the cats were the first thing I worried about. Good grief!
yeah theres no excuse for that in my opinion.
I am a mechanical moron, but I am sure I could have figured this one out.
@@omniton4106 that's the problem as a Mechanical moron you would 100% double check what you do, this sounds more like complacency and failure to check own work
second one this week? it sounds like a new guy at the same oil change place
Unfortunately 2 different places
@@Deutscheautoparts my theory is that he only lasted a day at the first place, then messed up again at the second
I work at an Audi dealership and this has happened so many times! How can they not realize that clean dsg oil isnt engine oil.😂@Deutscheautoparts
How can they pour oil into the engine and not check the level on the dipstick???
Still find it hard to get mixed up if you think a little. The oil pan is right underneath the engine after all
Well it's not impossible especially if you consider that you're working 10s of cars a day, and you usually look toward the centre from the bottom of the car looking up on FWD cars and you wouldn't realise your mistake until you remember it's Quattro therefore has a longitudinal layout, but only A4s and up, quite a lot of things have to go right to make this mistake but it's easy if you hate double checking service manuals, but that would mean the car has to have the manual and/or looking up the VIN on the service computer and then you realise the subframe obscures the view of the drain on the similar looking oil sump as contrasted to the trans sump.
The location of the pan is rarely relative to the top of the engine, or the drain plugs.
I say this because I had a 2006 Beetle, I initially thought the thing (auto trans sump) I would see from the bottom was the engine oil pan, until I saw the drain bolt for the engine oil was off to the side pointing toward the back/centre of the car, trans drain plug was right under the trans sump, you refill it from the bottom too. (Made for a Fantastic time DIY servicing it💀)
More experience for me though, I've learned not to assume😅.
@@autodrivennam Yes sounds like it haha.
@@vhjioa don't be mean okay, in the end, I double checked 🤣👌🏽
I just thought it's a really stupid mistake waiting to happen to some poor soul.
@@autodrivennam Indeed. Very descriptive response, also gave me a different insight into how it can go wrong in other scenarios. There was no intention of being mean 😄
@@vhjioa ❤️
Oil change place should've realized something was VERY wrong when the fluid coming out was CLEAR colored instead of oil colored. 🤦🏽
@@WhiteG60 no dipstick. Need to check it in the car.
@@WhiteG60 the transmission fluid on these is literally clear or gold colored, the complete opposite of oil 😂
This is false, almost all transmission fluid is red
@@theoriginalerk it's a Volkswagen/Audi and it's a DSG more than likely -- it's Clear or gold colored. Regardless, transmission fluid is NOT brown colored 😂
The transmission fluid for my 5-speed automatic 5HP19 from 1999 is golden. @@LoneWolfSparty
I went to a 'Grease Monkey' one time, before a long trip. They stripped the fill plug, so the oil slowly drained out, 3 states away when I discovered it. NEVER take your car to 'Oil Change places'. Take it to a good mechanic or a dealership, or DIY, IF you know what you are doing... If IF was a SKIFF, we'd all be on a boat ride.
Even some dealerships will gip you. No, you need to find someone tested and trusted to change your oils.
I do mine myself. The drain plug and filter on the 2.8L VW/Audi from around Y2K are super easy to access. I only need to put it on jackstands because there's no room for a drain pan underneath.
Oil pan change is a bit trickier. First one worked great first time, second change I can't get it right and it keeps dribbling a bit after two tries... @@devinnorsworthy9154
@devinnorsworthy9154 as an aprentice mechanic with about almost 1 year of experiance i uace to say its absolutely crazy mechanics mess up an oil change.... like, i have been doing it for 11 months and i just pulled my engine threw it back in it stadted right away, indo clutches and repaurs as well on some models, but someone else f*cks up an oil change????
I took my Q5 to a 15 minute oil change spot when I first got it. The mechanic didn’t use a crush washer on the drain plug🤬 I ended up bringing it back 4 times before they figured out why I had a leak🤬🤬🤬🤬
I’ve never used a crush washer on any of my cars and never had a leak, that’s unfortunate
@@2zer084same. I just use the old ones and they're fine almost always.
This is why you should attempt simple maintenance like oil changes. It’ll save you money and you’ll never have to wonder if it was done right. Get an extractor and you don’t even need mechanical knowledge to figure out how to do this.
They probably didn’t torque it to spec either lol that’s why.
@@jamesfranko5098do you change the drain plug or use the old one too?
Honestly, the best way to go about it is to buy an oil extractor and do the change yourself. A 10-minute job with zero mess.
@@WhiteG60find out how many quarts it takes with a filter change, and just dump that amount and check on the dash
@WhiteG60 not sure what car you have but personally I've got a 2016 Audi S4 that does not have a dipstick and I have to read through the MMI. The funny thing is the car has a dipstick tube but it just has a cap on it instead of a dipstick. You should still be able to put an oil extractor into that tube. Pretty sure this goes for all 3.0t unless they changed it after 2016. I could be wrong on this last bit of technical info as I just have extensive knowledge on my car and my car alone.
@drdozer Unfortunately some cars don't have dipsticks which is silly. I own a Passat and Audi with the ea888. Some manufacturers like MB use an extractor per factory recommendation.
@@WhiteG60 Ah, I figured you probably didn't have an Audi after I read your username but I had already written most of my previous comment so I continued. I used to have a 2006 BMW 550i with the 4.8L N62B48 motor but those still had dipsticks.
My late Passat and current Audi used the 2.8L V6 that has a really easy to access drain and oil filter. They're right behind the bumper on the driver's side (US LH drive). I put a quick drain valve on it so I don't even have to worry about cross-threading or stripping the oil drain plug. @@TheWalterHWhite
One single check of a dipstick after the fill should let them know they done fucked up, IF they are following any sort of procedure at all, one look at the color of the fluid, one look at the shape of the unit above the drain pan and the proximity of the drive shaft. One look at technical data for a car you’ve never worked on before. There are so many reasons this shouldn’t have happened. That quick lube place better be cutting your shop a check for any and all work related to this.
No dipstick
True except for dipstick as these Audis do not come with a dipstick and infotainment oil level display will not show oil level hood's been opened (once the hood is closed car needs to be driven or left with ignition on for an hour for the oil level to be displayed again). But a reputable place would have an obd scanner that can access oil level data directly from the computer and first of all would know that the oil pan is under the engine and not the transmission.
@@rgolab3174that’s so stupid. More manufacturers making things harder to service at home! Nothing wrong with a $1 dipstick instead of a $20 sensor that’s impossible to easily replace.
@@rgolab3174 i guess as a VW guy I’m more familiar with the MQB cars which are more service friendly, remind me not to get an A4.
Wait wait wait, you mean the engine oil pan is by the engine and the transmission drain plug is by the transmission?! 🤯
Every car I worked on has a transmission and oil pan that looks alike. That is not an excuse whatsoever. There were so many red flags they should have seen. The color of the fluid, checking the dipstick, just hearing the engine after starting.
How can you afford a car like this and take it to a jiffy lube type of place????
Clearly whoever changed the oil didn’t give a crap, was just there for a paycheck and knows nothing about cars.
HOWEVER, I’m the opposite, care a lot about cars and know a lot about cars. My first job working on cars i worked at a lube cube in my town near Detroit. While I was doing the training my first week, a Cadillac came in (cts iirc) the guy training me told me to drain the oil so I went to drain the oil and he goes no, this one(points at trans drain). I told him no, this is the oil drain and that is the trans drain. Well he said bet you’re wrong, I’ve been working here for years doing this, I know what I’m doing. So he took the wrench from me and dropped took off the plug, and drained the transmission. I about died laughing when he looks at the fluid draining and asked me why it wasn’t dirty oil coming out. He was suspended for a week and had to arrange for a tow to a real shop across the street. In our shop that was our policy, first time you fuck up, you either fix it out of pocket(aka new oil change or trans sevrice service etc) or arrange the fix and go home for a week. 2nd fuckup was goodbye, you didn’t learn.
If you drain the engine and double fill your trans, you will overfill the trans and the overflow will go to the transfer case. So you will get a blown engine AND a blown transfer case.
we had a tech do this on several audis. He was fired after like the fifth time
Some people just arent born with brains unfortunately. They may look like they have one, but really its just air inside
It took five failures before you fired him?
@splendidcolors unfortunately I had no say in when he got fired. I was pushing for it long before that. The boss felt bad for him because he was the only one in his household who worked.
Why did you let him do two more after that? 😂
@@jordanwauters2205 yeah I sadly didn't have any authority to fire him. If I did, he would have only made that mistake once before he got fired
This is why i do all car maintenance myself
Hi... how we can get the manual book, to locate/do the right pocedure. 🙏🏻
Thank you very much, this is the best way to take care of your car. Or either someone you know and trust
Two publishers of repair manuals for DIYers are Chilton and Haynes. They'll have photos and step by step instructions, plus a lot of general information about how everything works. @@haryadipoedjisudrajat9795
Ya no kidding. Anytime I went to these cheaper places they would always under fill my oil. Thought I was burning oil til I started changing my own.
good on VW for making it "no start" if the trans is dry. There are Asian brands where they'll happily drive down the road shredding themselves to pieces after Jiffy Lube accidentally drained the trans.
my guess is that double filling the engine is what caused the no start, not the trans being empty.
Not being able to deferentiate between engine and transmission pans just screams don't touch cars ever again 😢
After being a lube tech for some time in college, I understand why they thought that was the engine oil drain. Audi puts the engines in front of the front axle and the trans pan is around where it would be on most 4x4 trucks, SUVs, and older rwd cars.
At least on my Y2K era VW/Audi V6 engines, the freakin' oil filter is right behind the bumper and the oil drain is right next to it.
But I should probably find a way to mark the transmission pan if I ever take my car somewhere that isn't a German auto specialist.
Ok, but if if you're an inexperienced tech and you look at both pans, wtf do you think the front one is??
Or, it takes 39 seconds to 1 minute to ask someone before you start on it. Very little effort.
I change my A4 oil and filter and DSG oil myself. Oil every 5k, filter every 10k and DSG fluid every 40k. I use an extraction pump to pull the oil so I do it all topside. Can’t change the DSG filter as it’s built into the mechatronic unit somehow. I don’t see how they could double fill a B9 transmission as it has to be pumped up into the case through the drain hole, but I get it.
Yeah, my 1999 Audi A6 has a 5-speed manual that has to have the transmission fluid pumped up through that drain hole too.
that's too high of a frequency
DSG fluid can go up to 80,000 miles and engine oil 8,000
filters are changed at the same interval as the fluids
mechatronic work should only be done by German auto specialists
@@hurrymagwaya Audi specifies 40000Mi or 60000Km intervals for dsg fluid on the b9 platform. Note the b9 dsg transmissions have two separate fluid cavities, one for the gear fluid (MTF) and one for the mechatronics and clutches (DSG Fluid). The MTF is "Lifetime"
That also means they filled it and did not check the oil level afterwards. Even if the technician accidentally drains the transmission and doesn't realize it. Should have caught it with a after fill check.
Seriously people. Stop, THINK, then act. You'll have a wholesome life if you do.
I've unfortunately seen major damage done from a double filled engine as well, luckily it was a gm overhead valve engine so it survived but the overfilled oil was high enough for the crankshaft to spin inside it and froth the oil up, which air locked and fried the oil pump. Luckily the customer shut it off right Away when it got noisy and just the oil pump was all it needed to run good again. Anyway point is that customer is really lucky to not need a new engine and that oil change tech is really lucky to not need a new job
Nah man. That’s wild. Even I wouldn’t mix them up and I’m no mechanic during day, only hobby
Damn if you don’t know that difference please don’t mess with VW and Audi. That’s crazy lol
I've seen this first hand on audis too, even experienced people do this. Kind of like how Subaru drain bolts for the engine and transmission are side by side basically.
I understand theres a reason to be "fair to them", but it still presents the stipulation of someone did not fully realize what they were doing! Which can costs the person driving the expensive Euro huge bucks!!
I went to my local garage bringing me the correct oil and filter and asked them to change oil as I didn’t have time to do it myself. No problem, they were always happy to do if you bought correct parts. I returned to collect car and when I was paying the owner was distracted by incoming phone call. I wandered a bit and noticed through a gap in the office door my expensive top grade Castrol oil on the floor, unused! It was clearly my provided oil as the delivery receipt was still attached. So don’t trust anyone with your oil change unless you have to. You can only be sure of the oil in your engine if you’ve seen it go in. DIY oil change is easy and quick. Buy Castrol oil they make a superb product.
Happened at our garage, twice, same audi both times... ISYN, caught it the second time before oil was added.
Surely you’d smell the ATF and know it’s not engine oil?
No it's called fecking ineptness!! If you can't work out where an oil pan is (under the engine!!!) and a transmission pan then you really shouldn't be let loose on cars. Simple!
That happened to my dearly departed Passat several years ago at the shop where I work. Fortunately it survived for many years after that…and I got a free transmission service out of the deal!
I stg all u gotta do is look up and see if it's tall or not. Transmissions are usually wider,? Taller? Wider? Bigger? Sure than engines
It smells different they could’ve known if they didn’t give 100% fuck
Just do you own oil change. It is cheaper and you can choose your own oil.
In 17 years I’ve let someone else change my oil ONE TIME.
I take my car to a German motor specialist that only works on German motors. Liquid Molly and a mann oil filter every 5k miles. Never an issue.
Back in 2006 I was fooled by a Subaru.
Not sure if it’s the same layout as my S3, but since my oil filter is up top, the wheels never leave the ground for an oil change. I don’t bother draining - just extract the oil - just like Audi Northlake used to do on mine while I had AudiCare. DSG - that’s another matter altogether.
You're being far too kind Paul 😂 This should literally never happen somewhere You're paying for service at!
Before I got my Audi A4, I have an vw gti and I have been changing the oil all the time. But for the first time I did it to Audi A4, I drain the transmission by mistake. Luckily, when I saw the oil color was clear, I realized something was wrong. Then I took off the second dust panel and found where the engine was. They look way too similar.
Yeah, let's just take a guess without looking it up.
I change my own oil. I never have problems. Buying a crap ass ev is just a whole other set of problems. Stick with the ICE.
This is why I don't trust my GTI to quickie oil change places. I also don't trust them to use the right oil.
I accidentally took my car to what I assumed was Jiffy Lube. Turned out to be a Jiffy Pube. They manscaped me.
Welp customers need to start taking accountability for their actions. Why didn't he do due diligence before he decided to take it to any shop to make sure it was a reputable place he could of avoided all these headaches
It is obvious that the garages who changed the oil but drained tge transmission fluid should not be in business. If they're a true oil changing facility or mechanic garage. They should be aware of the locations of the oil pan and plug and transmission pan and plug. If not since we're in the digital media age they could have looked it up.
This is unfortunate yet I do understand the situation, the automotive mechanics are dying off the bred of people that are knowledgeable and want to service cars are really sparse, shops will take anyone now.. this example is evidence of someone having little to zero experience. On the job training is a foreign concept today.. my advice DIY or watch a billion of the videos showing how to do the simplest thing like an oil change if you don’t know how, dealerships are probably your safest place for service but no place is immune to screwups
Not acceptable if you can’t tell the difference between the transmission oil pan and the engine oil pan you probably shouldn’t be working on cars.
Pull out the oil via the oil dipstick hole. If it's the 2.0T engine you won't make it to 10000 miles before you've done 50 million oil top ups anyway.
Hell nah that’s wild! SMH :/
Another reason to have a dipstick in the transmission. “Lifetime” fluids, no dipsticks, it’s almost as if the auto manufacturers want the cars are in cahoots with these terrible oil shops.
Sounds like oil changes just racking up points 😂
There's absolutely no excuse!
I’ve had to fix some Subarus in the past due to this. Their oil pan and transmission pan are closer together
The word “Mechanic” is easily thrown around nowadays it’s lost meaning
So glad I’ll never have to worry ab stupid problems like this anymore 😊
So glad I'm competent enough to do my own work so I dont have to use people like you lmao
Can you guide me to the right answer and tell me why my VW CC 2.0 sport is loosing oil with no leaks and recently had a oil change
Well whoever did that is brain dead. Fluid coming out doesn’t look the same. Should be able to tell it’s a trans above that pan and bot an engine. And if they checked the dipstick they would’ve known.
If you have enough money to drive an Audi, you should have enough money to have it serviced by people who know what they're doing. Being penny wise and dollar foolish could end up costing you a lot in the long run.
Or just do like my local VW dealer and not change anything when you say you did. I marked my parts after i suspected this and I was right. Guess that's why they are called stealerships.
If you can’t notice that you have transmission fluid pouring out instead of oil then you have no business going near someone’s car
Did the transmission survive?
Question. What the hell did they do to the oil filter during that “service”?
Just do it yourself. It's not hard and it's cheaper.
Nobody, except audi, believes engine can be mounted so forward :D
if you drive a euro car please dont take them to those drive thru oil change shops lol
Went to a benz dealer for oil change and they double filled the oil
Even the dealer sucksthe oil from the top. Maybethe new ones don't have an oil dip stick.
Drain plugs look the same... VAG should make the trans plug red or some other color
Eh? On the 2.8L V6 from around Y2K, the oil pan drain is a big old hex bolt sticking out of the oil pan next to the oil cooler with an oil filter on it. The trans pan drain is a giant Allen bolt on the bottom of the trans pan .
Not an Audi problem .. it's in experience tech
“They look alike” anybody with a brain should realize the transmission is behind the engine…
Engine in front, Engine in front, transmission behind engine, transmission behind engine…
It’s not that difficult to figure out.
Audi...in the UK only bel"ends have them.
How does this even happen? I know you’re just being nice saying “they look a lot alike” but even my mom who couldn’t turn a wrench if she went to school for it, knows an engine oil pan va trans pan. There’s no excuses. That place is going to be paying lol.
If you buy a car like this, dint cheap out on where or how you maintain it. If you cant afford it, buy a focus
Easy mistake for Stevie wonder
Yeah I think that’s the front wheels drive version.
I had a FWD Passat and now have an AWD Audi with the same 2.8L V6. The oil filter spins onto the oil cooler which is right effing next to the oil pan drain. They're all right behind the bumper on the driver's side.
@@splendidcolors yeah it sucks
So the DSG runs just fine with engine oil?? 😅
There’s no real excuse for screwing that up. Not really.
Same thing happened to me
Day 2 of asking you to do a video on replacing the 2.0t Audi starter
When we seeing more on the r32?
So they changed the oil filter too?
Yeah, seriously! My oil drain plug is next to the oil cooler that the oil filter spins onto, makes it really convenient AND OBVIOUS. But this is an Audi from 1999...
Maybe it is just me!! ... but I don't see how it is possible to make that kind of mistake.
flat rate job areas everyone rushing to get efficiency
If you don't now the difference I don't think you should work on a car😂
Damn this is my model car.. hurts to see it
I work at Audi and see this all the time 🙄
Why the Hell are both pans PLASTIC??
They've been doing it for years at this point.
Yikes, I thought it was bad enough having aluminum pans on the Y2K era cars. (B5 and C5) @@LoneWolfSparty
Just simply too thick. Scary to think these people are wokinh on brakes!😢
Thought that was just a subaru thing.
Came from valvoline didn’t it
Then we have people in the US with the same sentence over and over "european cars aren't reliable", then we watch these videos and found out why they're reliable in Europe and not in the US.
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no thats no excuse
You have too be blind if you mistake transmission and engine. You should never be near cars again. Make pizza instead
This guy should not give up his day job, not a comedian
Naw I sueing jiffy lube I grantee that’s where they took it.
Q5 TDI, I’ve been using an extractor to suck it out of the “dipstick” tube, like the owner’s manual says to do.
What is the reason?
@@dragospahontu you’d have to ask the Audi engineers, but I’m guessing it’s so the undertrays don’t have to be removed
Lots of plastic parts
Plastic bottom end ?😂😢😢