toddjb122
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Up until I got the LR3 in 2005 I always changed my own oil. With the LR3, the dealer covered it for a while and then I just got used to having the shop do it. I usually had something else for them to check at the same time anyway...
So, for at least the third time since I've had my truck I found all my oil sitting in my driveway the day after an oil change. The first two times it was the dealer, I got it back to them and they claimed a bad oil filter. This time it was my local LR shop (good shop, no problems with them) and when I went underneath and took off the skid plates I found the filter was loose. Not wobbly, but it took very little effort to start the turn.
In all my years of changing my own oil, this never happened to me. But it's gotten to the point that I am not even comfortable getting an oil change the day before a road trip without putting some miles on the car first!
Is this just bad luck on my part, or is there something about the LR3 oil filter install that makes it prone to loosening up if they don't snug it really well? (I don't believe that the dealer had two filters fail. I think they had two service techs fail.)
Thanks...I realize this may sound like a stupid question, but I honestly have not heard other people have this complaint and EVERYBODY changes their oil!!! Well, not those Tesla guys.
So, for at least the third time since I've had my truck I found all my oil sitting in my driveway the day after an oil change. The first two times it was the dealer, I got it back to them and they claimed a bad oil filter. This time it was my local LR shop (good shop, no problems with them) and when I went underneath and took off the skid plates I found the filter was loose. Not wobbly, but it took very little effort to start the turn.
In all my years of changing my own oil, this never happened to me. But it's gotten to the point that I am not even comfortable getting an oil change the day before a road trip without putting some miles on the car first!
Is this just bad luck on my part, or is there something about the LR3 oil filter install that makes it prone to loosening up if they don't snug it really well? (I don't believe that the dealer had two filters fail. I think they had two service techs fail.)
Thanks...I realize this may sound like a stupid question, but I honestly have not heard other people have this complaint and EVERYBODY changes their oil!!! Well, not those Tesla guys.
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