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I can't even buy the oil and the filter for less than $20 and with it being winter, who wants to change their own oil? So I've got my last two oil changes done at Midas.

The first change went okay, but the recent change made me decide not to ever go back. All-in-all, it took 2 and half hours and I had to pay for a stripped oil pan plug. I explained to the guy, "I had my last oil change here. If the plug is stripped, it was the technician putting it back on that stripped it." He flat out lies to me without even a blink, "Well those things go bad on their own a lot and should be replaced every couple of years.

We had to go to the largest size up, so if this happens again, we'll need to replace the oil pan." I countered, "If the oil plug went bad on its own, wouldn't my oil have leaked out?" He replies, "Not if it were nice and snug." I had to pay an additional $9.00 for a new plug, bringing my total for the oil change to $32.00 after tax. It's only $9.00, but that's 50% more than the $20 I expected to spend, and it's also the principal. A bolt doesn't just strip on its own. It takes a person misthreading the bolt then forcing it to turn in order to strip the threads.

The fact that I had to pay for a technicians mistake really made me mad.

On top of that, the technician was implying that if I got my oil changed there again, I could expect for them to replace my oil pan. I would much rather ly in the snow and change my oil myself than to go back to these sabotaging crooks.

Location: Washington, District Of Columbia

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I went to midas less then a week ago and today i go to the car dealer for them to ch3ck a problem just to fine out that midas broke the threads to the oil pan. What the heck

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I can't even buy the oil and the filter for less than $20 and with it being winter, who wants to change their own oil?So I've got my last two oil changes done at Midas.

1. there is a reason it is least than 20 dollars

2.I want to change my own oil my Truck has never seen the inside of a shop since I have owned it especially for something as trivial as a oil change and the reason you stated it why because those places don't hire for quality the hire for profit cheap uneducated labor

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ah my friend, your missing the best part.

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We had to go to the largest size up, so if this happens again, we'll need to replace the oil pan

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That wasn't a warning, it was a reasonable prediction. When you put an O.S.(over sized) or D.O.S. (double over sized) oil plug i na pan, it is meant as a temporary fix. Let me explain it this way; If your oil plug was a 14mm x 1.5 pitch, and they put an O.S. plug in, that means the plug the put in your oil pan is 14.5mm x1.5. This means the plug was a 1/2 millimeter LARGER than the threads/bung (the bung is the plate that the threads are tapped into on an oil pan)in the pan.

So what happens when you force a bolt int oa hole/nut that is small than the shank of the bolt......

Sorry to tell you, but theres a decent chance that the O.S. plug they put in is now a permanent fixture of your oil pan...and all those metal shavings and pieces of thread that the TOO LARGE bolt created when it was rammed into your pan...guess where it went....

I hope for your sake they were dumb enough to state on your reciept that it was an O.S. plug, if so, keep your reciept...if not, good luck :upset

Guest

techiero, you are a *** ***. The dude is right.

A bolt doesnt go bad on its own. Don't talk about *** you dont understand.

Guest

If parts didnt go bad on cars there would be no auto repair business. look around there are tons of business around that do these services because parts strip and go bad.

Stop blaming people for things that are not there fault. fix your own car then :cry

Guest

@Darvious.

Change your own oil & filter in the fall using synthetic oil and a high quality filter. Unless you drive more than 20k per year, you should be good until the spring.

That way you don't have to deal with Mr. Badwrench stripping your oil drain plug, or have to worry about an incomplete /improperly done job. Full synthetic oil, such as the stuff that you can buy at Wally World or Advance is good for 5k (or more) or 1 year, whichever comes first.

IF you want an even longer drain interval, go with Amsoil full synthetic, they advertise up to 35k for normal service, 17k for severe, although personally, I'd never go even half of that. I've used nothing but full synthetic in my '97 vehicle with 120k miles on it, it still burns oil like new, about 1 quart per 20k miles.

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