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Best Place To Get Oil Change
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^^ the SAME DAMN THING at Wal-Mart. I think I've told this one before.

We were due down to Toronto the next day. It was the second oil change on the Focus (right before the trip to the East Coast).

We were at the Northgate Mall (best one) in North Bay, grabbing provisions. I elect to take it to Wally World for an oil change as they apparently have 5W-20.

I drop it off, CONFIRM that they have 5W-20 on the shelf and will use it. They will, for a $5 premium. On a Focus. Whatever.

Drop it off, go do some shopping. Pick it up, inspect the service sheet, pay the flunkie.

Drove all of 5-6 blocks to Oscar's place. Start freaking out because the engine (especially the valvetrain) sounds noticeably LOUDER. Straight to the dealer after a phone call.

Detailed inspection (they might have even removed the valve cover) of the engine and oil within (fully drained, flushed)... they used 10W-30. JACKASSES. Inspected it for damage, ran it for a day... nothing lingering. Never had a problem since.

Man, I was so freaking paranoid for the first 2 weeks... I kept half expecting it to toss a rod or something... leftover damage from the other oil.

Moral of the story - there's a reason that even Ford trainee techs are fairly competent... they don't work for WAL-FART.
Daily driver 1: 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport "S"

33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.

Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT

COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.
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Best Place To Get Oil Change - cornflakes - 11-15-2005, 06:11 AM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - NOS2Go4Me - 11-15-2005, 06:20 AM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - TonyDee - 11-15-2005, 07:54 AM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - smith21 - 11-15-2005, 09:03 AM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - MAlby7 - 11-15-2005, 09:30 AM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - ZTWsquared - 11-15-2005, 10:37 AM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - paolo - 11-15-2005, 11:33 AM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - NefCanuck - 11-15-2005, 01:35 PM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - cornflakes - 11-15-2005, 01:39 PM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - SL8RZZX3 - 11-15-2005, 02:06 PM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - meford4u - 11-15-2005, 03:07 PM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - hardk0re - 11-15-2005, 03:11 PM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - 02ztsian - 11-16-2005, 12:43 AM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - Flofocus - 11-16-2005, 01:13 AM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - NOS2Go4Me - 11-16-2005, 04:13 AM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - 02ztsian - 11-16-2005, 04:20 AM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - Kool_ZX3 - 11-16-2005, 04:28 AM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - NOS2Go4Me - 11-16-2005, 04:31 AM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - Flofocus - 11-16-2005, 05:02 AM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - SVT ZX3 - 11-16-2005, 05:36 AM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - wrcfocus - 11-17-2005, 12:07 AM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - Casper - 11-20-2005, 11:06 AM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - cornflakes - 12-04-2005, 02:04 PM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - schade - 12-07-2005, 09:26 AM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - paolo - 12-07-2005, 02:20 PM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - CanadaSVT - 12-08-2005, 01:43 AM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - hardk0re - 12-08-2005, 01:56 AM
Best Place To Get Oil Change - cornflakes - 12-08-2005, 06:41 AM
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Best Place To Get Oil Change - hardk0re - 12-08-2005, 07:16 AM
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