Customer comes in, '04 Range Rover (BMW 4.4 V8) with 87k. Purchased at 69k and NEVER CHANGED THE OIL AT ALL DURING THAT TIME. Oil looks HORRRIBLE, hershey's surprise is a good name for it. Filter had degraded to nothing, bypass valve in filter housing was stuck for god knows how long. Changed oil and filter and advised customer of almost certian future engine problems. Car returns following Monday morning, now leaking from valve cover. Naturally both covers, both oil breather hoses and the weird oil seperator are totally gunked up, the pressure has to go somewhere. Pics coming soon- dont worry they are gonna be worth the wait.

1/31/2008 2:01:36 PM

I had a customer that had gone 40,000 miles on one oil change in a Mack truck. The oil looked like pudding. I tried to explain the price difference between the occasional oil change and a complete tear down and rebuild to no avail. Some people indeed.

1/31/2008 2:07:53 PM

haha

this stupid hooker that works at the same hospital as baby's mama bought a fairly new accord v6 coupe. she hasn't changed the oil in the 30-40k miles she's owned it.

it's also about to get repossessed, because she continually buys shit she can't even come CLOSE to affording. I mean, like, I probably make about triple her income, and she spends more money than I do.

it will be the 2nd car she's had repossessed...and she's lived in at least 3 different places in the last year, because she keeps dropping the ball on paying rent.

she's 23 years old (i think), has 2 kids (including one she had at 14) by 2 different dads, one of whom is in prison...recently got pregnant a 3rd time by another guy but ended up miscarrying.

1/31/2008 2:09:26 PM

i can't say much, i've definitely pushed 15-20k between changes before.

i had a pontiac vibe (toyota) come in to thompson one time with a rod knock. pulled the plug, and got about 1/2 a quart out. asked the guy when he had last changed the oil, and he said never... that he thought it was good until the warranty ran out. it had 36k on it. he was irate that he had to pay for a new motor.

1/31/2008 3:08:55 PM

breather hoses



oil seperator passages


in the heads


in the valvecovers


the pictures dont really do it justice, its a MESS.

1/31/2008 6:46:58 PM

tire's flat too

1/31/2008 6:54:47 PM

Quote :

"this stupid hooker that works at the same hospital as baby's mama bought a fairly new accord v6 coupe. she hasn't changed the oil in the 30-40k miles she's owned it. it's also about to get repossessed, because she continually buys shit she can't even come CLOSE to affording. I mean, like, I probably make about triple her income, and she spends more money than I do. it will be the 2nd car she's had repossessed...and she's lived in at least 3 different places in the last year, because she keeps dropping the ball on paying rent. she's 23 years old (i think), has 2 kids (including one she had at 14) by 2 different dads, one of whom is in prison...recently got pregnant a 3rd time by another guy but ended up miscarrying."

I have to ask, is she black?

1/31/2008 6:59:18 PM

I let the air out of the tires.

1/31/2008 7:01:14 PM

holy fuck

1/31/2008 7:08:20 PM

hooooollly shit. you would think people that could afford to buy a range rover (even an old one) would have more sense than that.

btw. how was it even still running when he first came in?

[Edited on January 31, 2008 at 7:25 PM. Reason : asldf]

1/31/2008 7:24:26 PM

^ the BMW 4.4 is an amazing engine, thats all i can say!

1/31/2008 7:27:34 PM

Quote :

"could afford to buy a range rover (even an old one) would have more sense than that"

driving a rover =/= having money
having money =/= knowing shit about changing oil

[Edited on January 31, 2008 at 7:29 PM. Reason : changing oil = drunk diving a fox body though, or so i hear ]

1/31/2008 7:28:37 PM

^yeah true, true. its just baffling to me.

1/31/2008 7:30:35 PM

^^ CORRECT. As a matter of fact, this particular truck is a company vehicle. When the bossman heard that it may need a new 12 thousand dollar engine, he came in immediately to check it out. Suffice it to say, he is PISSED that the employee who's car payment and maintenance expenses are taken care of neglected this vehicle to this extent.

[Edited on January 31, 2008 at 7:34 PM. Reason : ^^]

[Edited on January 31, 2008 at 7:42 PM. Reason : HOLY SHIT 25000 POSTS!!!!]

1/31/2008 7:31:59 PM

wtf are you serious? I hope that guy gets fired.

1/31/2008 7:33:22 PM

Bossman came by today and said that this guy would be without a vehicle for a good while since this one is getting sold ASAP. Assuming it runs long enough to get it home... I put it back together tomorrow.

1/31/2008 7:35:47 PM

do me a favor, and bitch slap the driver for me. I thought it was a girl who did this, but for a guy, it's no excuse to not knowing to get oil change.

1/31/2008 7:38:15 PM

^^^ yeah, he'd better be good as shit at his job if he wants to stay.

Quote :

"I have to ask, is she black? "

nope, she's white and pretty attractive. i guarantee every one of us would hit it.

[Edited on January 31, 2008 at 7:38 PM. Reason : ^^^]

1/31/2008 7:38:30 PM

^^ he claims he was waiting for the car to tell him to change the oil.


OIL FILTER

1/31/2008 7:41:58 PM

cartridge style = pita

1/31/2008 7:44:29 PM

Its amazing what the M62 will put up with. I had one just like that.........but the history showed oil changes every 15,000 miles. Just another reason not to listen to BMW's stupid oil change intervals. I've had a few oil filters actually crystallize themselves.........weird crap.

Looks like their best bet is to throw a dart at a calendar...........as to when that thing will poop itself (more so than whats in the pics).

1/31/2008 7:46:32 PM

That's so awesome... I saw a jeep (old straight 6) like this back when I was working at Good Year. Good times. Seeing cars like this always made my day, pretty amusing.
Ahmet

1/31/2008 7:54:22 PM

put all the hoses and valve gasket back on.
put the plug back onto the drain hole.
our diesel fuel into the crankcase until that shit comes up to the oil cap.
close the cap.
let it sit overnight.
drain the diesel fuel.
do two oil changes, letting the car idle for a few minutes inbetween.
do another oil change and let that bitch roll.
$profit

1/31/2008 7:59:38 PM

here she is, on the left in the black leather jacket.

you wouldn't be able to look at her and tell she's such an idiot loser.

[Edited on January 31, 2008 at 8:02 PM. Reason : i'd hit it like a retard on a drumset, though]

1/31/2008 8:01:30 PM

eh, she's alright if you like that sorta thing.

1/31/2008 8:04:27 PM

i didn't say i'd date her or have any respect for her

i'm just saying that i would like to hit it




with great ferocity

1/31/2008 8:08:15 PM

meh- imo the other girl in the picture is in a whole different league

maybe it's just a bad picture...

[Edited on January 31, 2008 at 8:56 PM. Reason : ]

1/31/2008 8:55:54 PM

wtf is wrong with her jacket? i hope she didn't pay full price for a halfway finished jacket.

1/31/2008 9:03:25 PM

i mean, i'd hit it, but with 2 kids, i'd run away afterward.

1/31/2008 9:11:30 PM

duke seems to be drawn to trailer trash if you ask me

1/31/2008 9:29:13 PM

Quote :

"eh, she's alright if you like that sorta thing."

hahaha....coming from a motherfucka so horny he stick his dick in a rolled up towel

1/31/2008 9:35:05 PM

^^ dude

that girl would seriously serve a purpose

[Edited on January 31, 2008 at 9:42 PM. Reason : i'm not suggesting you should respect her, or even like her]

1/31/2008 9:39:49 PM

if I didnt have a world of porn at my fingertips, i would jerk to her

[Edited on January 31, 2008 at 9:42 PM. Reason : in other words.....id def. hit that]

[Edited on January 31, 2008 at 9:43 PM. Reason : its sounds like I could hit that, whats her number]

1/31/2008 9:42:07 PM

haha, i have no idea

[Edited on January 31, 2008 at 9:47 PM. Reason : but yeah, it wouldn't be much work to bone her, i don't think]

1/31/2008 9:43:44 PM

Quote :

"hahaha....coming from a motherfucka so horny he stick his dick in a rolled up towel "

haha i didn't come up with that idea and still have yet to try it.

does it feel real like he said?

haha

1/31/2008 9:49:32 PM

haha, I haven't tried that shit either, I got a bottom half

1/31/2008 9:51:35 PM

damn. let me borrow it. i promise to wash it when i'm done.

1/31/2008 10:22:54 PM

One of my best friend's girlfriends up here was riding with me in my car the other day. For some reason oil changes came up and she told me that she ruined the engine in her first car b/c she didn't know she had to change the oil, like ever.

She said nobody ever explained to her that changing oil is something you do periodically. I usually tear into people like this, but shes my boy's girl, so I refrained.

But holy fuck.

1/31/2008 10:51:03 PM

on 2nd thought, I probably wouldn't want to have sex with that girl. She's probably have STD.

1/31/2008 11:01:51 PM

AFAIK, this truck was picked up friday night (cleaned the valve covers and oil seperator and replaced the breather hoses) ................. who thinks it will be back at the shop monday morning???????

2/4/2008 12:26:31 AM

my sister falls into this category. she drove my dad's camry 23k in one year, on dino oil, no change. claimed she would have done it if someone told her she had to. I think the car had a fram filter or some shit on it too.

2/4/2008 10:35:13 AM

we've had a few customers come in with cars that havnt had oil changes in a lot of miles.

same old gunky build up. no excuse

2/4/2008 11:11:38 AM

I know a girl who did this twice by the time she was 18 years old. Parents bought her a decent used Accord when she was 16. She never changed the oil, so about a year later the pistons crapped out of the exhaust.

Her parents paid to have a brand new engine put in the car and she did it again. I don't remember what happened that time. I think she was being a total screw up (dropped out of school, living with random dudes who would take her in, etc.) and her parents finally gave her some tough love.

[Edited on February 4, 2008 at 12:50 PM. Reason : s]

2/4/2008 12:50:06 PM

My sister in-law jsut did this on her Chevy aveo, 15,000 miles she did no oil change, had the original facotry oil, never checked the tire pressure....

and complained she could not afford the $13 worth of oil and filter my wife put in it...

and wonders why it won't pass inspection (riding around with 13lbs of air inteh tires wears then quick!)

2/4/2008 6:28:15 PM