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I imagine you must feel really angry. So I'd be in your place.
My 2 cents : Never trust anyone when facing works done on your car. Never. Always check
what's done.
Once, I've given my 9000 for a little service at my Saab tech. ... but, you know the story :
flushing and changing fluids ( oils and stuffs ) is often a " young mechanic in apprenticeship " type of job. So, it was that time.
The young guy did wrong one or two things in the Saab's procedure ---> to cut the story short:
there wasn't enough oil in the engine. I've immediately noticed that on my way home, the engine
acts differently than usual : it was hotter than normal. Pulled my car on the side. Turned off.
Waited few minutes. Checked the oil level. It was way under the MIN on the dipstick.
Picked up my mobile and told it immediately to my Saab mech. The guy actually yelled thru
his garage asking who was on the job. And fired him right away. Never saw the young fellow
again. And that still embarasses me ... never thought that somebody could loose his job because
( indirectly ) of me. But, my Saab mechanic told me that the guy was wrong on his count of oil liters to put in and on the procedure to do it. And said to me that I was near of a need of a brand new engine. Opened my trunk ( always carry two liters of Mobil 1 10w-40 and Saab's coolant fluid ) and poured almost 1.5 liter of oil to obtain the right level on the dipstick.
Since that story, when I have work done on my 9000, I leave the mechanic shop and , immediately, when out of sight, I stop my car and check everything. I do that so I don't insult the mechanic by doing this in front of him .... but, being at a few hundreds meters of his shop, I am still able to run back to his garage if it needs to.
And, as paranoiac as I am : here's my procedure to step-in the car in the morning : open the door, then open the trunk, check the oil and coolant fluid. Turn the engine for two/three minutes and then leave. Two times a week, when stopping the engine, wait two/three minutes and then, check the oil level.
Check the tranny fluid once a week.
And never go to a company or somebody who's job isn't based exclusively on Saab thinking :
if a Saab mech. can be wrong from times to times ... an independant can be wrong more often on this particular engine.
Maybe that freaky procedure costs me a few minutes per week ... but that can save me from
troubles too.
posted by 217.136.67...
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Posts in this Thread:
- oil change = destroyed transmission, Larry Soda, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 08:54:41
- A couple other thots..., Noel, Mon, 3 Mar 2003 09:39:37
- Being paranoiac instead of broke ( and furious ) ..., Serge , Sat, 1 Mar 2003 05:20:10 <-- Viewing This Message
- Quick change places >>>>>>, BobD, Sat, 1 Mar 2003 00:39:09
- 2 things, Liam, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 22:19:09
- Oil change lesson. I ALWAYS CHECK LEVEL after changes, mdj, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 20:20:42
- That's the thing about quickie lubes., J, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 19:52:25
- I don't buy it., Allan, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 16:49:42
- '93 C900 5-speed doesn't have a drain plug, RS , Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:35:33
- So where did they put the oil?, ChrisB, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 09:34:44
- Manual transmission fluid level, Ken McKee, Tue, 26 Apr 2011 03:23:31
- and the transmission worked fine until sudden failure?, Aero'ed, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 12:45:20
- Re: and the transmission worked fine until sudden failure?, Larry Soda, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 21:49:34
- I think I'm with Ed..., bRAD, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 14:09:48
- to add fuel to the fire ->, michael p, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 14:38:57
- One more thing, michael p, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 14:40:14
- Re: One more thing, bRAD, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 14:51:25
- Holy sh!t ... From now on, no more quckie lube for me!, J, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 14:58:06
- The irony, J, is, your conclusion is opposite, michael p, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:24:18
- oil change = destroyed transmission, Larry Soda, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 17:34:38
- It happens, I have seen it., Jimbo, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 18:39:27
- In Court..., Stephen Goldberger, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 18:04:48
- Damn! You could have more SERIOUS problems., J, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 17:47:58
- Your Saab Tech can be an expert on the damage and, Terraplanem, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 09:34:02
- Going to Court, Stephen Goldberger, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 09:29:06
- Larry, look at my reply on Other Models. n/m, Dave Westlake, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 09:01:51
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