Jiffy Lube didn't put oil in the car. DW blames me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dude, you must be a beta. What dude takes his ride to Jiffy Lube? Man up bro.

Real men change their own oil. It isn’t hard.

NP. You...don't realize that some people live in locations where they cannot do car maintenance themselves, I think. Great that you live in a house with a yard and a driveway, I guess? Not everyone does. And FFS, nobody should be changing their oil in some random parking lot; in fact it's prohibited in most places like apartment complex lots or shopping center lots...But you enjoy your privilege, bro.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do oil lights not go on anymore? Or some sort of warning?

There woul certainly be some sort of light, low engine oil etc.

DP. Pretty easy to mess with sensors so they're "broken" and don't turn on when oil is low, or tire pressure is low, or whatever. I know this from experience with a tire place. So don't leap to the assumption that the OP is stupid and didn't notice a sensor light; the sensor might be broken for real--or broken "accidentally-on-purpose." Especially by a place that's scamming on the oil change and wants customers to drive away and not realize the issue until they're off the lot.

[Anonymous]

I learned this lesson years ago. I was 19 and moving to Maryland from the midwest. Took my car in to jiffy lube just before my trip. I made it to Pennsylvania before realizing something was wrong. The mechanic we found told me to never, ever go to places like jiffy lube. Lesson learned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m trying to figure out how you didn’t notice right away. Didn’t your car’s idiot lights come on? Didn’t it handle badly?

The oil light you see on your dash is oil pressure, not oil level. And the oil pressure sensor won't activate/work until the car has run for a bit since the pressure builds over time.

And handling? Please, engine oil has nothing to do with the suspension.

Go back to baking cookies like a good girl.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Right. She’s not responding to the mistake. She’s responding to your likely underreaction and absence of a plan. The shop likely destroyed your engine. Match your wife’s concern because it’s warranted. Then make a plan and follow through so you’re made whole. That’s all you need to do.

So he doesn't manifest his displeasure in a way that satisfies her and therefore she is justified in taking it out on him? No wonder your husband wants a divorce.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m trying to figure out how you didn’t notice right away. Didn’t your car’s idiot lights come on? Didn’t it handle badly?

The oil light you see on your dash is oil pressure, not oil level. And the oil pressure sensor won't activate/work until the car has run for a bit since the pressure builds over time.

And handling? Please, engine oil has nothing to do with the suspension.

Go back to baking cookies like a good girl.

Umm...

There is absolutely an oil level sensor in the oil pan. Sure it might have been tampered with or whatever.

https://futureautoservice.net/blog/symptoms-of-a-bad-or-failing-oil-level-sensor


As to what warning it triggers, I guess it depends on the vehicle, but having worked in powertrain a few decades back, we absolutely made use of that data and if it was out of range, would have triggered a check engine light. Are you talking me thst the even more computerized cars nowadays don't have a warning associated with this sensor. I find that hard to believe.

Now I feel like some cookies.
NP

[Anonymous]

* telling me

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m trying to figure out how you didn’t notice right away. Didn’t your car’s idiot lights come on? Didn’t it handle badly?

The oil light you see on your dash is oil pressure, not oil level. And the oil pressure sensor won't activate/work until the car has run for a bit since the pressure builds over time.

And handling? Please, engine oil has nothing to do with the suspension.

Go back to baking cookies like a good girl.

Tell me you know nothing about cars without telling me you know nothing about cars.

[Anonymous]

You need a better mechanic.

[Anonymous]

Blaming you is ridiculous! Jiffy Lube is to blame so she should be focused on ideas to get fully compensated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Right. She’s not responding to the mistake. She’s responding to your likely underreaction and absence of a plan. The shop likely destroyed your engine. Match your wife’s concern because it’s warranted. Then make a plan and follow through so you’re made whole. That’s all you need to do.

+3

OP what do you mean you disagree on next steps? Jiffy Lube might need to repair or replace your engine. What is there to disagree about?

[Anonymous]

WTF is there to disagree on?

You should be livid with them. Now is the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m trying to figure out how you didn’t notice right away. Didn’t your car’s idiot lights come on? Didn’t it handle badly?

The oil light you see on your dash is oil pressure, not oil level. And the oil pressure sensor won't activate/work until the car has run for a bit since the pressure builds over time.

And handling? Please, engine oil has nothing to do with the suspension.

Go back to baking cookies like a good girl.

Tell me you know nothing about cars without telling me you know nothing about cars.

https://www.carparts.com/blog/what-does-the-oil-light-mean-and-can-i-drive-if-its-on/?srsltid=AfmBOorTe2OM6ssnO9sIMHAS7_hyqT5A9Ky0QdTKUbV-umfrqtQ2fy0K

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I shouldn't have "been cheap" and gone to Jiffy Lube, even though she's taken her car there many times.

Our regular mechanic insists on keeping the car for days for any type of service, including a simple oil change, and I didn't want to be without the car for days. Oil changes are what Jiffy Lube does, so one would think they would know how to do it right...

The car is possibly out of commission for a couple of weeks while they figure out the extent of the damage, and DW and I disagree about how to proceed (that's a bit of an understatement).

Someone give me some hope.

I would blame them too. Doesn’t everyone assume that the oil is replaced by a garage? And I don’t trust Jiffy Lube.

Once had a Jiffy Lube oil change. They didn’t put the oil plug back in correctly and the plug fell out the oil drained out onto 95 somewhere in NC in the middle of the night. It was a real problem. We were stranded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you have an insanely old car? Wouldn’t most cars still have the oil light on if they hadn’t changed the oil properly?

DP. I wouldn’t assume this in a new or old car.