More car shit! Yay!

[Tgo01]

God has made it His life mission to make sure I have car problems every few months.

So the latest bit of fun started a few days ago when I noticed my car was leaking oil. Since I had the oil changed the week before I figured it was something they did so I took it back to where I got the oil changed and they said the person who did the oil change must have accidentally got some oil in the belly pan.

The way they were talking I thought they were saying they found the oil, cleaned it up and my car shouldn't leak oil anymore.

So a couple of days later I noticed my car is still leaking oil. I call the place back and I got the same guy I got last time I called about this and he said once oil gets in the belly pan it's really hard to get it out and the only thing they could do for me is pressure wash it to try and get the oil out other than that I just have to wait for it all to leak out. This sounded reasonable considering I know jack shit about cars and had no idea what a belly pan was so I left it at that.

However I was just Googling belly pans and they don't look all that difficult to remove, y'know assuming you're at a car shop and you have a lift and all of the tools and you remove this shit for a living. Are they really just giving me the brush off and they don't want to pay someone 30-45 minutes of labor to fix their fuck up? Or is really as difficult as the guy was claiming it would be?

[RSR]

More than likely, they over tightened the drain plug on your oil pan causing the seal to leak.

[Tgo01]

More than likely, they over tightened the drain plug on your oil pan causing the seal to leak.

I was just thinking that another possibility is they damaged my car and they're hoping if I ignore it long enough they can claim it got damaged elsewhere.

Damn bastards.

Although to be fair it's not much oil leaking, the car sat there for almost 48 hours and we're talking about two really small spots.

Still if they fucked it up they should be fixing it.

[Warriorbird]

RSR has your probable answer. It comes from not being very good.

[diethx]

God has made it His life mission to make sure I have car problems every few months.

Maybe you should change your ways. You're obviously being punished for something.

[Jhynnifer]

Worst case scenario, and if you're really concerned it might be something else, take it to a dealership and pay the $30 bucks for them to diagnose it. Get it in writing and then you can call up the guys who did the oil change and demand they fix it.

Of course I had the same problem with my car for almost 2 years and it took 3 mechanics and eleven trips to finally fix it so who knows!

[poloneus]

I'm guessing you went to that 9.95 oil change shop? Always go to your mechanic, even if he's charges you more. In the end you'll get better value with your mechanic. I've always found that the special oil change and tire places are generally staffed with pretty unexperienced mechanics and they have high employee turnover. A lot of the times they just don't give a fuck. A good mechanic shop has people that have chosen a shop/career and they'll get to know you and your car. Yeah you'll pay more for some routine maintenance things, but those cheapo places will make you their bitch, especially if you don't know much about cars.