What could really go wrong with an oil change and tire rotation?
The oil change was fine but two wheel studs broke on the front driver's side tire. So frustrating. Then nobody sells the lug nuts, I got the wheel studs but had to go to the dealer to get the lug nuts. Going to do the repair in the garage this morning.
What could go wrong?
Re: What could go wrong?
From experience:
No oil in crankcase
No oil filter
Grease/oil all over the front seats
Missing articles from car
Filled gas tank with water
Filled portable welder with water
Filled tires to wrong pressures
Forgot dipstick
Forgot gas cap
Hard to believe all these things did take place, but I even bought a brand new F350 and when driving off the lot the rear wheel passed me. And to boot they forgot the power steering.
Do mistakes happen YES.
This is a small sampling of some mistakes...what can go wrong? LOTS!!!!!!!
No oil in crankcase
No oil filter
Grease/oil all over the front seats
Missing articles from car
Filled gas tank with water
Filled portable welder with water
Filled tires to wrong pressures
Forgot dipstick
Forgot gas cap
Hard to believe all these things did take place, but I even bought a brand new F350 and when driving off the lot the rear wheel passed me. And to boot they forgot the power steering.
Do mistakes happen YES.
This is a small sampling of some mistakes...what can go wrong? LOTS!!!!!!!
Re: What could go wrong?
So it gets better. As I'm finishing up torquing the nuts that hold the front drive flange to the hub two of the nuts won't reach torque spec and just start spinning. Great now I have to go to the dealership again and get two nuts and studs for the stripped studs. Sometimes the easy jobs can cause some problems too.
Re: What could go wrong?
Torquing is vital in many applications, what you are experiencing is normal. But you are working on your own stuff. How many so called professionals just say F**K it and walk away with out the concern nor effort to make good such a simple repair?...and the industry wonders why there are so many DIYers.
Repairs take time and patience and money. Learning the many things involved is a commendable feat. But many just blindly head into a repair with no thought and with today's cars that could be very expensive. Manufacturers make these vehicles to suite their needs and ultimately their needs are met. Not until the vehicle is released for sale do we experience some of the defects in the car but it takes time to find out the extreme cases of bad engineering all for a buck.
There are a lot of things going wrong with repairs but you cannot necessarily blame the mechanic or yourself, because the engineering around components is to make it the best...for the manufacturer. And with this attitude the buying public goes from one make to the other.
Manufacturers know this, some care some do not. Often when a car is made a special tool is made to work on that car. This is done frequently not only by manufacturers but by parts makers, tool makers and jobbers.
So expect wrong going things and when they happen fix them and enjoy the process.
Repairs take time and patience and money. Learning the many things involved is a commendable feat. But many just blindly head into a repair with no thought and with today's cars that could be very expensive. Manufacturers make these vehicles to suite their needs and ultimately their needs are met. Not until the vehicle is released for sale do we experience some of the defects in the car but it takes time to find out the extreme cases of bad engineering all for a buck.
There are a lot of things going wrong with repairs but you cannot necessarily blame the mechanic or yourself, because the engineering around components is to make it the best...for the manufacturer. And with this attitude the buying public goes from one make to the other.
Manufacturers know this, some care some do not. Often when a car is made a special tool is made to work on that car. This is done frequently not only by manufacturers but by parts makers, tool makers and jobbers.
So expect wrong going things and when they happen fix them and enjoy the process.