I worked at a JiffyLube for a while, one of our "techs" put 1.50 qts of oil in a 2023 super duty instead of the 15 it holds, bro drove it for like 3 miles and came back, the franchise owner knew and basically told the guy he couldn't prove we did anything wrong, he refused to accept any responsibility and the dude had it towed to a dealership. I went ahead and found a different job.
There was this dude who would drive around in his SUV in Miami with big lettering on it stating that Jiffy Lube F’ed up my engine and so forth. Every time I saw him I felt bad for the guy.
Thanks for reminding me that in I want to put Pennzoil Ultra Platinum in my engine I need to do it myself, or go to the dealer, no matter how enticing the Pennzoil sign may be. Only problem a few problems I’ve had at the dealer. Once overfilled, they drained and refilled it. I don’t know how bad that could have damaged anything.
It goes both ways. I used to work at a speedy lube. Some guy came in with an s2000. Serviced the car and he came back a day later with his engine oil cap missing from the engine. Some people make mistakes and some people try to scam you for a new motor. Most of the time it's someone making a mistake, but every now and then you get scam artists preying on any business with insurance.
It’s funny reading this comment because I’m a Ford dealer tech and had a guy destroy us since I put in 13 quarts instead of 15 and actually on the workshop maintenance spec it says it can operate off of 13 quarts. Can’t IMAGINE how bad we would get wrecked over 1.5 😂😂
@GixxerRider Amen to that! It's always worth doing yourself! I've owned nothing but used high mileage japanese cars. And I've always changed the fluids myself. And never had any major problems from any of them
This is why I DON'T. If I screw it up, it costs me an engine and trying to find transportation in the meantime. If someone else screws it up, they are paying for an engine and a rental.
@@timramich Yea, you will have take them to court and find a lawyer. Sometimes the damage they did is so small that it's not even worth a small claim court. Also, you may lose in court. GL tho! You go teach them those crooks a lesson!
Our Sequoia had this happen! bought an 04 and the seller had Valvoline change the oil the day before (had a receipt). They used a big steel washer instead of a gasket. the inner diameter was so large there was a gap on one side. Found a giant puddle the next day- it was down almost three quarts! So glad I saw it before my wife left for work. Changed the gasket right there and it’s been 40k miles since 😮💨 close call
I did my own oil since teenager. It was because I was cheap at first, but learned later it was to prevent getting the lowest paid monkey from touching my cars and trucks. I had to change my oil after one of those monkeys overtorqued the filter. This was before the car became mine.
Start and end with feel & a torque wrench? The electric impacts are good, but if you do it by hand, you can feel if a fastener was cross threaded, loose, or over-torqued.
100% why i do my own oil changes no matter what! I always say to my self no one does a more fussy oilchange than myself! I rather have the piece of mind knowing exactly what oil is in my engine and that i touched and inspected everything!
Just had this happen to my nephew at a local dealership in Lehi Utah area, the tech forgot to tighten the drain plug down and he almost blew the engine up. Luckily when he noticed a massive oil stain on his driveway the engine had only lost about 1.5 quarts and drain plug was hanging by a couple threads. This is why I do all my oil changes myself.
I like the way you explain things on diagnostics. It helps the less knowledgeable people in vehicle maintenance and even purchases in making informed decisions. Thank you and keep up the good videos. An old retired mechanic.
Had the oil changed at the GM dealer on my new 2001 2500 / 8.1. Plug came out 3 days later while in a passing lane going 90. Pulled over because of the smoke and watched the last of the oil drain on the ground as the engine stopped. Dealer had it towed in and checked it, showed me on the scan tool that it shut off because of the knock sensor. They gave me a letter stating they would stand behind this engine for as long as I own the vehicle, it currently still runs and has 342k miles on it having been a work / plow truck since new.
It does not matter how cold it gets outside or hot I always do my own oil changes and atf changes myself to make sure they get done right it is the only way to make sure
dave my personal favorite thing that i get from your videos is your communication with the techs,service advisors, and even the customers. i learn so much even as just a tech. communication with everyone is key i believe to having a satisfied customers.
This is why I do my own oil changes. Also, I never needed a washer in the 28 years I have been changing my own oil. Make sure it is clean when you put the plug back on. I have never had an engine failure due to lack of oil. knock on wood.
Morning Dave. You have some great guys working for you. They know their stuff. I use to be a car Inspector for Amtrak in NYC. Work on railroad cars in the rail yard in Long Island City. We changed wheels, brake shoes, air brake inspections and trouble shooting the equipment. When you have a good team to work with and that you can count on that tells it all. Have a great day.
Unless you need a Subaru motor replaced then they want to charge 20k for a stock engine rebuild and replacement when you can get a remaned from the dealer for 2 or 3k!!!!! Some of the stuff they do is great but I have seen them skip some stupid checks and do stuff that makes no Sense!!!!!!
Years ago (over fifty years now), auto mechanics shop class, it was an automatic swat on the butt with the paddle from the old shop professor if he found a lose drain plug. If the drain plug was out it was OK but if it was screwed in, it better be good and tight and that old man didn't play games, he swung a mean paddle. Some things you never forget.
People ask why I spend 85 dollars on an oil change if I don’t do it myself. I bring it to my mechanic who I trust will do a great job and charges a reasonable rate for all the work he does. He never tries to upsell me and is honest.
Ex daughter-in law took her Chevy Equinox to a local dealership here in Michigan for a routine oil change. Parked in the garage and when she went to use the car oil was everywhere. Dealership said they didnt do anything wrong and that they video all oil changes!! After much effort they “replaced” the oil. Luckily no damage (1 yr. plus later now). Large multi city dealership, I have had my oil changed there in the past. Never again!!
That’s why I do my own oil changes now because after I took my truck to an oil change place, they didn’t get oil drain plug in correctly it started leaking. Fortunately I caught it in time before losing all of the oil.
30 miles and enough oil leaked to blow the engine? You’d see the oil along the undercarriage and a huge puddle. Sounds like this customer is looking for a payday.
That Engine Holds 7.9 Quarts No Gasket On Drain Plug Would Not Leak All The Oil In 30 Miles. And Uses A Fiber Gasket Not A Crush Washer. Lastly The Filter When Indicate Everything After The Oil Change, With It Being Clean I Would Say Scam
Driving around with no oil and the old 5.7L still purrs away as if nothing happened! 🤪💪...meanwhile the new 3.4 TT v6 completely shits the bed with a full crankcase of oil and 5k miles on the odo 🤣
Dude, did you not see the oil? It was clearly changed. It came out nice and golden, doubt it had even 100 miles on it. The problem wasn't lack of oil changes, it was a huge error of the crush washer not being installed when they changed the oil so it all leaked out. You're just regurgitating what everyone else on the internet constantly keeps spamming without actually having watched (or maybe you did watch but just didn't understand) such a simple video.
Jiffy lube failed to put oil in my 94 4runner when I was in high school. We had left on a family trip for about a week after the oil change. I got back, drove to school, and on the way home back from school, I had a bad rod knock and no power. Went back to Jiffy Line Lube and they told me there was no way to know if I was telling the truth. After that engine swap, I began changing the oil myself.
Oil change places are bad for that I have seen them forget to put the plug back in. There being rushed to do a half assed oil change in 10 minutes. I don't think I have ever had a car were the oil drains out completely in 10 minutes it's so stupid I won't take my vehicles anywhere to get a oil change i always do my own even a month after I had a triple aortic dicection I changed Hy son's oil. It's easy enough to do and atleast I no it's done right!!!!!
2008 land cruiser drove nearly 5 years with almost non existent transmission fluid ! Apparently they changed the transfer case they also drained the transmission
I had FIRESTONE using an impact to tighten the bolt, stripping the threads. They sent me home without telling me, but put a note on the bottom of the paperwork. When I got home the next day and noticed the large oil stain....... It took over a month but they replaced the oil pan.
I like that time when Dave was talking about brake pads, and every time he said pad slap, I got the feeling that he got that from the phrase pimp slap!
I know Toyotas 5.7 iforce motors use oil pressure for the timing chain tensioners. Car Care Nut mentions this. With no oil pressure, the chain was probably whipping in that timing cover.
It’s amazing it was still running without missing yet. IMO if I this sequoia gets totaled by insurance I’d just replace timing chain, guides, engine flush, clean pickup, and new oil. Then I wouldnt be scared to send it. My Toyota 4.7 & 4.6 run like champ past 200k-shows Toyota v8 quality.
Ran my '73 Polara (360 2 bbl, 727) out of oil 40+ years ago. Stopped rather abruptly. Humped back to the house, all I found was the waste oil can. Poured it in, by then it had cooled off. Started up and ran fine ( yes I did change the oil) until I wrecked it a couple years later. $150 rusty Northern beater, I beat the snot out of it and that was the only time it left me walking right up until the physics lesson...
Good documentation. Keep the pics in an easy to find file. Inform the customer that there seems to be no further demage on this 2013 vehicle that would justify his expenses of an engine disassembly. 😉 Do your job, exclude warranty for anything different than YOUR oil change and don't forget to torque and document the torquing of the drainplug for a critical customer, new washer/screw with paint-mark after torquing. 😎
There is likely an entire lower engine block casting holding the crank main bearings and blocking access to the connecting rod bearings. The "crankcase pan" removed in the video is very small.
I had an engine ruined when an oil change place changed my oil, but the attendant must have gotten distracted, and he just put one quart of oil in it. I then went on a road trip. A little voice told me to check the oil level before going but I didn't listen.
I had my first actual nice car have drain plug hole stripped cause of a dealership apprentice and they gave it back with a steady leaky drip. That was the last time I took it there fixed with a helicoil. On my next car I now do all my oil changes.
For freaking life how does someone and not just anyone but a real mechanic at a mechanic shop not put in a drain plug properly? That is the easiest and simplest thing a human being can do to a car. In my opinion its total negligence and not caring about your job. People need to be held accountable. These sequoias run forever but no oil is equal to engine damage and new motor. Jiff lube did the same thing to my BMW needed a quick oil change,got home and all the oil was gone. Called them,they towed it back and did a drain plug properly but to my shock,They tried to charge me for the Tow Fees.They actually towed the car and it was their fault for not changing oil properly but wanted to charge for towing fees. I declined and they let me go. That jiff lube was shut down for customer complaints and it was on local news because of complaints and sketchy services. Since then, I do all my own oil change and never had any issues.
Happened to me. Got my oil changed, left the place and a few minutes later got a low oil pressure signal on my dash. I had to drive it about a half mile before i could find a place to park. Oil drain plug was gone.
How do you do that and have it on your conscience that somebody, maybe even a small family may end up buying a what will end up being a shitty vehicle? How could you live with yourself?
My '03 XC90 leaks oil too, but I always check. It's minimal. It was "fixed" but in garage, my car leaks everywhere lol. Hopefully today new garage fix will it but as cars get older. It's inevitable.
Split the steel high pressure line to the turbo on my way to work early one morning, from the oil stain on the tarmac i could see the exact moment the oil started pouring out and when it stopped, and i drove another 7km without. Oil light came on just as i got to work, then i noticed the engine oil dripping out the engine bay and all under the vehicle. Had a sourced a second hand line that day, fixed it, filled it up, about 8 years later i stripped that engine down without nothing catastrophic wrong with it.
So, to understand this correctly, you did add oil and change the oil filter before you started this up and reved the rpms knowing the problem beforehand?
I think the vehicle went back to the oil change place and they fixed the washer and topped off the engine and it got passed on to Dave because of possible engine damage. That may have been at the request of the insurance company.
Isn't there a separate Oil Pressure Warning light, different than the general Check Engine light? Most vehicles have a little "oil can" symbol to indicate loss of pressure, with an audible beeping, which is suppose to tell you to pull over and turn the engine off before a lot of damage happens.
Dave, I’m going to pick up a 7.3 soon. Can you make a video about the ppl whom had those gapless rings & new pistons in an new engine? I want to consider this and want to see story results from what you or they experienced for the last year or so. Really like the concept and ides it has and offers our engines. thx.
I would never take my car to a fast lube service centers such as Jiffy lube, Walmart etc for oil change service. It's always been at my local independent Honda service shops. These small independent shops can ill afford to mess up a customers engine.
I tell everyone after oil service make the mechanic go check oil before you pay bill. Then sit in parking lot run car until warned up and look underneath for leaks etc. Dont leave the facility until verified. Many GMs had low oil pressure switch which turns fuel pump off shuts motor off before damage occurs.
My son bought a car at the dealer. I wanted to change the oil engine because I want to sure. It turns out that they did not change the oil. It was darker than the octopus fluid. And guess what, the oil life is at 100%. Clearly they just reset the oil life and sell it.
Not sure how to feel about this one. Did the drain plug fall out? They never mentioned that. It's highly unlikely a missing crush washer would leak 8 quarts of oil in 30 miles unless the plug wasn't tight. If it did get completely empty I guess it's possible that lack of oil pressure to the tensioner damaged the chain guides, but it's equally possible the customer had a noisy chain already and thought, hmmm... payday! That material could have been in the pan a long time. I've seen that much and worse on oil pan gasket changes. That's what normal shops don't like oil changes.. minimum profit, maximum liability.
This happened to me on my 04 Ford f150 heritage edition... They insisted that I had to bring it to them for maintenance, tote the note place???, bc of some type of warranty they had for me.. so I drove from Dallas to Fort Worth and got it changed.. drove back about 30+ miles.. I got flagged down around Downtown Dallas and pulled into a Lowe's... When I looked under the truck no drain plug and I think bc I had shut it off I mean about 3 quarts of oil just dropped out like a siv.. ran and got one they dorman toggle bolt type universal drain plug and 6qrts of oil and ran her back home... That was at 175k... she would still run this day if the homeless ppl who tried to steal it didn't completely destroy the insides of the ignition spot on the steering column... I got it looked at and it needed the entire steering column replaced
I drove my Corolla 2002 with no oil and oil stick black many times. Ended up needing a new catalytic converter, and exhaust manifold split at 220,000 miles
So the absence of a drain plug washer wouldn’t allow it to lose all its oil in 30 miles. Is that what he said or was it missing the drain plug? I guess I’m missing how it lost enough oil in 30 miles to have even potentially damage anything unless it was the drain plug that wasn’t installed not just the drain plug washer
I don't get it - Dave and his mechanics never say they will recommend replacing the broken chain guide(s)! It's a $2,000+ job on this 5.7 liter V8 because of all the labor involved.
Whenever I get an oil change or tire rotation done, i check the oil level before leaving the dealer, and check the lug nut torque. Guess why I do this?
I worked at a JiffyLube for a while, one of our "techs" put 1.50 qts of oil in a 2023 super duty instead of the 15 it holds, bro drove it for like 3 miles and came back, the franchise owner knew and basically told the guy he couldn't prove we did anything wrong, he refused to accept any responsibility and the dude had it towed to a dealership. I went ahead and found a different job.
This is a perfect case of someone spending $100K on a car and trying to save $50 on an oil change.
There was this dude who would drive around in his SUV in Miami with big lettering on it stating that Jiffy Lube F’ed up my engine and so forth. Every time I saw him I felt bad for the guy.
Thanks for reminding me that in I want to put Pennzoil Ultra Platinum in my engine I need to do it myself, or go to the dealer, no matter how enticing the Pennzoil sign may be.
Only problem a few problems I’ve had at the dealer. Once overfilled, they drained and refilled it. I don’t know how bad that could have damaged anything.
It goes both ways. I used to work at a speedy lube. Some guy came in with an s2000. Serviced the car and he came back a day later with his engine oil cap missing from the engine. Some people make mistakes and some people try to scam you for a new motor. Most of the time it's someone making a mistake, but every now and then you get scam artists preying on any business with insurance.
It’s funny reading this comment because I’m a Ford dealer tech and had a guy destroy us since I put in 13 quarts instead of 15 and actually on the workshop maintenance spec it says it can operate off of 13 quarts. Can’t IMAGINE how bad we would get wrecked over 1.5 😂😂
This is why I do my own oil changes.
@GixxerRider Amen to that! It's always worth doing yourself! I've owned nothing but used high mileage japanese cars. And I've always changed the fluids myself. And never had any major problems from any of them
This is why I DON'T. If I screw it up, it costs me an engine and trying to find transportation in the meantime. If someone else screws it up, they are paying for an engine and a rental.
@@timramich They woukd fight u on it most likely but yea I c your point and its valid
@@timramichIt’s very simple. The difference is you will take your time. I took mine to a Toyota dealer and they royally screwed up.
@@timramich Yea, you will have take them to court and find a lawyer. Sometimes the damage they did is so small that it's not even worth a small claim court. Also, you may lose in court. GL tho! You go teach them those crooks a lesson!
Our Sequoia had this happen! bought an 04 and the seller had Valvoline change the oil the day before (had a receipt). They used a big steel washer instead of a gasket. the inner diameter was so large there was a gap on one side. Found a giant puddle the next day- it was down almost three quarts!
So glad I saw it before my wife left for work. Changed the gasket right there and it’s been 40k miles since 😮💨 close call
This exact situation happened to me and is why I started changing my own oil.
Have seen it happen to a lot of people I have always changed my own and my families oil will never take it to a quick lube hack place!!!!!!!
I did my own oil since teenager. It was because I was cheap at first, but learned later it was to prevent getting the lowest paid monkey from touching my cars and trucks. I had to change my oil after one of those monkeys overtorqued the filter. This was before the car became mine.
Same here. and how the hell does someone not put the drain plug in properly??? Like how does it happen? I am shocked.
Finally someone who gets a feel for the bolts and doesn't just grab the impact.
Take from someone who has stripped two bolts on a modern aluminum engine, that mechanic is right to tread lightly in that minefield.
Start and end with feel & a torque wrench? The electric impacts are good, but if you do it by hand, you can feel if a fastener was cross threaded, loose, or over-torqued.
Flat rate… definitely going straight for the gun
That's not a very flat rate thing, is it?
Doesn't matter if it's that bound up its going to break either way
100% why i do my own oil changes no matter what! I always say to my self no one does a more fussy oilchange than myself! I rather have the piece of mind knowing exactly what oil is in my engine and that i touched and inspected everything!
Just had this happen to my nephew at a local dealership in Lehi Utah area, the tech forgot to tighten the drain plug down and he almost blew the engine up. Luckily when he noticed a massive oil stain on his driveway the engine had only lost about 1.5 quarts and drain plug was hanging by a couple threads. This is why I do all my oil changes myself.
I like the way you explain things on diagnostics. It helps the less knowledgeable people in vehicle maintenance and even purchases in making informed decisions. Thank you and keep up the good videos. An old retired mechanic.
I really liked the vibe of that first guy, I liked that he hand loosened the oil pain fasteners.
When I saw the size ratchet he used for the Toyota oil filter, I almost chuckled.
Had the oil changed at the GM dealer on my new 2001 2500 / 8.1. Plug came out 3 days later while in a passing lane going 90. Pulled over because of the smoke and watched the last of the oil drain on the ground as the engine stopped. Dealer had it towed in and checked it, showed me on the scan tool that it shut off because of the knock sensor. They gave me a letter stating they would stand behind this engine for as long as I own the vehicle, it currently still runs and has 342k miles on it having been a work / plow truck since new.
It does not matter how cold it gets outside or hot I always do my own oil changes and atf changes myself to make sure they get done right it is the only way to make sure
dave my personal favorite thing that i get from your videos is your communication with the techs,service advisors, and even the customers. i learn so much even as just a tech. communication with everyone is key i believe to having a satisfied customers.
you understand he puts on a good face right?
This is why I do my own oil changes. Also, I never needed a washer in the 28 years I have been changing my own oil. Make sure it is clean when you put the plug back on.
I have never had an engine failure due to lack of oil. knock on wood.
I drive a car that is 35 years old and it finally needed a new washer at 33 years. They last forever, for sure.
Morning Dave. You have some great guys working for you. They know their stuff. I use to be a car Inspector for Amtrak in NYC. Work on railroad cars in the rail yard in Long Island City. We changed wheels, brake shoes, air brake inspections and trouble shooting the equipment. When you have a good team to work with and that you can count on that tells it all. Have a great day.
Once did a pre-purchase inspection on a Sprinter Van with the OM642 engine that had no oil filter cartridge in the housing!😮
OMG! 😂
Dave.. that Tech is worth his weight in gold. Well done.. 👍
Unless you need a Subaru motor replaced then they want to charge 20k for a stock engine rebuild and replacement when you can get a remaned from the dealer for 2 or 3k!!!!! Some of the stuff they do is great but I have seen them skip some stupid checks and do stuff that makes no Sense!!!!!!
@@stevenoe6395 when you say you’ve seen them miss things, they don’t always put every step in the edit. That doesn’t mean they miss checking things 🤷
@@stevenoe6395 You watch too much of the drama queen MrSubaru. They didn't even say the price in the video, dude just wants to start drama.
@@Motorsportsgeek that dude is all drama i cant stand him
I don't get his confusion about the oil. It had just been refilled.
Years ago (over fifty years now), auto mechanics shop class, it was an automatic swat on the butt with the paddle from the old shop professor if he found a lose drain plug. If the drain plug was out it was OK but if it was screwed in, it better be good and tight and that old man didn't play games, he swung a mean paddle. Some things you never forget.
5.7 Bullet proof. Even keeps running with no Oil lol. Proud 21 Tundra CM owner.
People ask why I spend 85 dollars on an oil change if I don’t do it myself. I bring it to my mechanic who I trust will do a great job and charges a reasonable rate for all the work he does. He never tries to upsell me and is honest.
Ex daughter-in law took her Chevy Equinox to a local dealership here in Michigan for a routine oil change. Parked in the garage and when she went to use the car oil was everywhere. Dealership said they didnt do anything wrong and that they video all oil changes!! After much effort they “replaced” the oil. Luckily no damage (1 yr. plus later now). Large multi city dealership, I have had my oil changed there in the past. Never again!!
TYSON !!! Best dude in the shop it takes one to know one!
That’s why I do my own oil changes now because after I took my truck to an oil change place, they didn’t get oil drain plug in correctly it started leaking. Fortunately I caught it in time before losing all of the oil.
30 miles and enough oil leaked to blow the engine? You’d see the oil along the undercarriage and a huge puddle. Sounds like this customer is looking for a payday.
That's what I'm thinking!
how many people keep that much of an eye on that stuff .
That Engine Holds 7.9 Quarts No Gasket On Drain Plug Would Not Leak All The Oil In 30 Miles. And Uses A Fiber Gasket Not A Crush Washer. Lastly The Filter When Indicate Everything After The Oil Change, With It Being Clean I Would Say Scam
Driving around with no oil and the old 5.7L still purrs away as if nothing happened! 🤪💪...meanwhile the new 3.4 TT v6 completely shits the bed with a full crankcase of oil and 5k miles on the odo 🤣
exactly. I have a 2019 tundra with the 5.7L and I’m NEVER giving it up for the v6.
Honestly impressed it sounded just fine with all that metal in the pan. They messed up getting rid of their strongest v8.
Tundras are so ugly
Said it before “OIL IS CHEAP AND ENGINES ARE EXPENSIVE” same for transmissions, differentials, transfer cases and so on😂😂😂
Very true i change all my fluids at regular intervals on my ram myself no shop needed its not hard.
Dude, did you not see the oil? It was clearly changed. It came out nice and golden, doubt it had even 100 miles on it. The problem wasn't lack of oil changes, it was a huge error of the crush washer not being installed when they changed the oil so it all leaked out. You're just regurgitating what everyone else on the internet constantly keeps spamming without actually having watched (or maybe you did watch but just didn't understand) such a simple video.
Jiffy lube failed to put oil in my 94 4runner when I was in high school. We had left on a family trip for about a week after the oil change. I got back, drove to school, and on the way home back from school, I had a bad rod knock and no power.
Went back to Jiffy Line
Lube and they told me there was no way to know if I was telling the truth.
After that engine swap, I began changing the oil myself.
They are thieves.
How do you not put the drain plug in properly?
Starts with an "R"
Forget to tighten it. Or they used a plastic drain plug washer…which loosens and the plug comes out.
Cross threading it or not tightening it all the way .
2 words jiffy lube.
Oil change places are bad for that I have seen them forget to put the plug back in. There being rushed to do a half assed oil change in 10 minutes. I don't think I have ever had a car were the oil drains out completely in 10 minutes it's so stupid I won't take my vehicles anywhere to get a oil change i always do my own even a month after I had a triple aortic dicection I changed Hy son's oil. It's easy enough to do and atleast I no it's done right!!!!!
always check your oil after you leave and then for the next couple of days
Very strange, no mention of the oil light going on when oil level is low.
After running an engine with no oil... the question isn't if, but how much engine damage happened.
Yup can't believe they don't check the bearings especially with the pan off wouldn't take much effort!!!!!
@@stevenoe6395 it's actually *alot* more work to get to them... lower oil pan still in the way which is also attached to the front timing cover.
It is very possible to put it in cross thread. Wall mart does it quite a lot.
2008 land cruiser drove nearly 5 years with almost non existent transmission fluid ! Apparently they changed the transfer case they also drained the transmission
2013 Sequoia.. nearly no rust on the frame??!! Wow!
I had FIRESTONE using an impact to tighten the bolt, stripping the threads. They sent me home without telling me, but put a note on the bottom of the paperwork. When I got home the next day and noticed the large oil stain....... It took over a month but they replaced the oil pan.
I like that time when Dave was talking about brake pads, and every time he said pad slap, I got the feeling that he got that from the phrase pimp slap!
Thanks for sharing knowledge and making videos and having the hammering stop.
8:58 "if you got chains, he's a chain breaker" 😂😂
I find it hard to believe that it lost that much oil in 30 miles with no drain plug gasket those engines hold 8 qts.
Over 8 quarts actually. Mine almost always take at least 8 and a half quarts of oil.
@@theunchartedtrucker1113 Yes
BANG BANG, Dave, hey I'm trying to make a video here!
Tech, sorry but I'm also trying to make you money.
Yeah… I didn't really care for that but I guess it is what it is and what it is is Dave's show!!! Say that 5 times fast!!
I used to do my own oil changes but age and those stupid filters made me give up. I go to the Toyota dealer for oil changes
I like that one time when Dave opened the oil pan on that one truck and the oil came out like thick black roofing tar. OMG!
ahh the legendary Toyota Sekoia
It's Sequoia....you ninny.....
Good job Dave it’s like when an engine has a head gasket failure and you worry about connecting rod or piston damage from hydro lock 😊👍
I know Toyotas 5.7 iforce motors use oil pressure for the timing chain tensioners. Car Care Nut mentions this. With no oil pressure, the chain was probably whipping in that timing cover.
It’s amazing it was still running without missing yet. IMO if I this sequoia gets totaled by insurance I’d just replace timing chain, guides, engine flush, clean pickup, and new oil. Then I wouldnt be scared to send it. My Toyota 4.7 & 4.6 run like champ past 200k-shows Toyota v8 quality.
@JohnBohl-u2d thats great, i juat traded my 2013 5.0 f150 for an 2018 5.7 Tundra last month. This makes me feel confident in my decision
Ran my '73 Polara (360 2 bbl, 727) out of oil 40+ years ago. Stopped rather abruptly. Humped back to the house, all I found was the waste oil can. Poured it in, by then it had cooled off. Started up and ran fine ( yes I did change the oil) until I wrecked it a couple years later. $150 rusty Northern beater, I beat the snot out of it and that was the only time it left me walking right up until the physics lesson...
Good documentation. Keep the pics in an easy to find file. Inform the customer that there seems to be no further demage on this 2013 vehicle that would justify his expenses of an engine disassembly. 😉
Do your job, exclude warranty for anything different than YOUR oil change and don't forget to torque and document the torquing of the drainplug for a critical customer, new washer/screw with paint-mark after torquing. 😎
Thats mad. I was trying to think of a way not to start the engine without oil, when I'm changing the oil. Going to make a big sign.
agreed!
I cant believe they dint check the rod and main bearings!!! The oil pan is out its not hard to check with the pan off!!!!!!
Just because it’s not in the video doesn’t mean it wasn’t checked
There is likely an entire lower engine block casting holding the crank main bearings and blocking access to the connecting rod bearings. The "crankcase pan" removed in the video is very small.
@N4HHE I dint think of that good point!!!!!
fixmyrideai AI fixes this. Oil Change Nightmare: No Oil
I had an engine ruined when an oil change place changed my oil, but the attendant must have gotten distracted, and he just put one quart of oil in it. I then went on a road trip. A little voice told me to check the oil level before going but I didn't listen.
I've always changed oil on my vehicles, an also do all other maintenance, only time it goes to shop is for motor work or chassis or body.
Sequoias are usually bullet proof, but not idiot proof. My sequoia 4x4 is awesome, I pull my Ranger Comanche with it. Love it🏁
I had my first actual nice car have drain plug hole stripped cause of a dealership apprentice and they gave it back with a steady leaky drip. That was the last time I took it there fixed with a helicoil. On my next car I now do all my oil changes.
For freaking life how does someone and not just anyone but a real mechanic at a mechanic shop not put in a drain plug properly? That is the easiest and simplest thing a human being can do to a car. In my opinion its total negligence and not caring about your job. People need to be held accountable. These sequoias run forever but no oil is equal to engine damage and new motor. Jiff lube did the same thing to my BMW needed a quick oil change,got home and all the oil was gone. Called them,they towed it back and did a drain plug properly but to my shock,They tried to charge me for the Tow Fees.They actually towed the car and it was their fault for not changing oil properly but wanted to charge for towing fees. I declined and they let me go. That jiff lube was shut down for customer complaints and it was on local news because of complaints and sketchy services. Since then, I do all my own oil change and never had any issues.
I like how you got to the bottom of the story.
Not bad.
Dave loves those engine rebuilds. Big money.
Boy talk about easy to get at oil filter and oil pan. Great thinking
Happened to me. Got my oil changed, left the place and a few minutes later got a low oil pressure signal on my dash. I had to drive it about a half mile before i could find a place to park. Oil drain plug was gone.
Sell it to a dealer quick, then get a newer one.
That's real thoughtful.
@gstranman9677 😂
How do you do that and have it on your conscience that somebody, maybe even a small family may end up buying a what will end up being a shitty vehicle? How could you live with yourself?
@@Jasiel.95Sadly there are people who do $hit like this all the time! That’s why I never buy anything from Home Depot where the box has been retaped!
@@Jasiel.95 OMG it's just a joke. Calm down
This person avoided a disaster. The engine is fine. Drive it for another 400,000 miles.
Yea for sure! 3urfe engines are crazy reliable
Should recommend replacing the timing chain guides and, get a drained engine oil analysis.
this is why i change my own oil. im at 236,000 and still going strong with the help of Lucas for a 5.7 hemi
Don't you check the oil filter first before pulling the pan?
My '03 XC90 leaks oil too, but I always check. It's minimal. It was "fixed" but in garage, my car leaks everywhere lol. Hopefully today new garage fix will it but as cars get older. It's inevitable.
Dude, wear some gloves. Getting raw oil on your hands every day is eventually going to catch up with you in a bad way.
3:34 did he forget the bolt was still in 😂
Split the steel high pressure line to the turbo on my way to work early one morning, from the oil stain on the tarmac i could see the exact moment the oil started pouring out and when it stopped, and i drove another 7km without. Oil light came on just as i got to work, then i noticed the engine oil dripping out the engine bay and all under the vehicle. Had a sourced a second hand line that day, fixed it, filled it up, about 8 years later i stripped that engine down without nothing catastrophic wrong with it.
I got a fumoto drain plug on my truck....no wrench needed
This guy looks like a retired russian mob boss living in witness protection fixing cars pretty badass
Nobody even mentioned how tight the oil filter was?!? The guy needed a a 15" long breaker bar, and still had to strain to break it loose?!?
The plastic ones can crack if over tightened.
You don't know Toyotas most of the time 15" is Childs play. What you really need is a 22" breaker bar.
So, to understand this correctly, you did add oil and change the oil filter before you started this up and reved the rpms knowing the problem beforehand?
I think the vehicle went back to the oil change place and they fixed the washer and topped off the engine and it got passed on to Dave because of possible engine damage. That may have been at the request of the insurance company.
Isn't there a separate Oil Pressure Warning light, different than the general Check Engine light? Most vehicles have a little "oil can" symbol to indicate loss of pressure, with an audible beeping, which is suppose to tell you to pull over and turn the engine off before a lot of damage happens.
Never trust the idiot lights, some of them remain OFF way too long. If the light comes on when pressure drops to 2psi, it's too late.
I have one of these and it’s a 13 model 👍
Wow, that is incredible. I can't wait to tell this story to all my friends and family!
@ behind a screen you act big 🤣🤣🤣🤡
Please have more videos with Tyson in them! He is a wealth of knowledge, and deals with daves b.s. Just joking dave! 😂
About to bring yall my engine!
Get a second mortgage.
@@9ZERO6 a third
Dave,
I’m going to pick up a 7.3 soon.
Can you make a video about the ppl whom had those gapless rings & new pistons in an new engine?
I want to consider this and want to see story results from what you or they experienced for the last year or so.
Really like the concept and ides it has and offers our engines.
thx.
How to kill a million mile engine? Take it to jiffy lube
The thumbnail looks like the title of the video could be called, "Dave Bell Oil Change Meltdown."
That’s a Toyota for you even though it has engine damage you never heard anything lol sounded good.
That truck well maintained should last 25 years and 500,000 miles 😊
Forbidden glitter 😮😮😮😮
how come the one guy doesn't have a uniform like the rest of the techs? no hate just wondering.
I like these videos but there are so many that just get left without showing us what the outcome is 🤔
I would never take my car to a fast lube service centers such as Jiffy lube, Walmart etc for oil change service. It's always been at my local independent Honda service shops. These small independent shops can ill afford to mess up a customers engine.
I tell everyone after oil service make the mechanic go check oil before you pay bill.
Then sit in parking lot run car until warned up and look underneath for leaks etc.
Dont leave the facility until verified.
Many GMs had low oil pressure switch which turns fuel pump off shuts motor off before damage occurs.
My son bought a car at the dealer. I wanted to change the oil engine because I want to sure. It turns out that they did not change the oil. It was darker than the octopus fluid. And guess what, the oil life is at 100%. Clearly they just reset the oil life and sell it.
Been warming up in the cold too long
30 miles isn’t enough to run it out of oil.
@Heartbeat1991 that was my thoughts, something doesn't add up
Wow
10 seconds before the first add . Not at all greedy.
Not sure how to feel about this one. Did the drain plug fall out? They never mentioned that. It's highly unlikely a missing crush washer would leak 8 quarts of oil in 30 miles unless the plug wasn't tight. If it did get completely empty I guess it's possible that lack of oil pressure to the tensioner damaged the chain guides, but it's equally possible the customer had a noisy chain already and thought, hmmm... payday! That material could have been in the pan a long time. I've seen that much and worse on oil pan gasket changes. That's what normal shops don't like oil changes.. minimum profit, maximum liability.
That's a clutch fan that runs at all times. That thing still sounds like a lovely
Lesson of the day - Buy our secret sauce and golf ball pistons
When is the Gladiator drawing? Over a week since drawing should have been done with no update. Was this a scam?
No they announced it already
They won it 😅
@ Did they? Not seeing it on their giveaway page. Still says it's going to be drawn on the 7th.
@@dasfahrer8187 yeah it was a short, not a long form video. Someone out of AZ won it
@@TheHeadG4mer Don't see it in their Shorts list either lol. Not updated on the official page, nor in their YT channel. Not a good look at all.
Best thing to do would be to send an oil sample for analysis
This happened to me on my 04 Ford f150 heritage edition... They insisted that I had to bring it to them for maintenance, tote the note place???, bc of some type of warranty they had for me.. so I drove from Dallas to Fort Worth and got it changed.. drove back about 30+ miles.. I got flagged down around Downtown Dallas and pulled into a Lowe's... When I looked under the truck no drain plug and I think bc I had shut it off I mean about 3 quarts of oil just dropped out like a siv.. ran and got one they dorman toggle bolt type universal drain plug and 6qrts of oil and ran her back home... That was at 175k... she would still run this day if the homeless ppl who tried to steal it didn't completely destroy the insides of the ignition spot on the steering column... I got it looked at and it needed the entire steering column replaced
And that was at 215k
I drove my Corolla 2002 with no oil and oil stick black many times. Ended up needing a new catalytic converter, and exhaust manifold split at 220,000 miles
So the absence of a drain plug washer wouldn’t allow it to lose all its oil in 30 miles. Is that what he said or was it missing the drain plug? I guess I’m missing how it lost enough oil in 30 miles to have even potentially damage anything unless it was the drain plug that wasn’t installed not just the drain plug washer
@@sterlingswildwest this whole thing isn’t adding up
I don't go to "quick" oil change places. The GM dealer is actually cheaper now.
I don't get it - Dave and his mechanics never say they will recommend replacing the broken chain guide(s)! It's a $2,000+ job on this 5.7 liter V8 because of all the labor involved.
Whenever I get an oil change or tire rotation done, i check the oil level before leaving the dealer, and check the lug nut torque. Guess why I do this?