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metalschlager oil
extreme twister oil filter
2005 mazda 6 blown engine pics
ok, i was just wondering if anyone could help me out here. i think that the mazda dealership is trying to screw me out of fixing actually replacing my engine even though it is still covered under warranty, not to mention i even had purchased the extended warranty which doesnt really matter at this point because im still under the basic warranty being that i purchased my car exactly 2 years ago (labor day 2005) and i only have 36,234 miles on it. anyway, here's what happened. i was driving my car on the freeway last weekend and all of a sudden i hear this loud pop from under the car and then the engine started to like sputter. then the check engine light and the oil light started to flash on and off as i was trying to get to the right shoulder so i turned the engine off and proceeded to coast to the shoulder. at that point i knew it wasn't good. the hood started to smoke so i had to call triple a to come get me and my car. the next day i had the car taken to where i bought the car in tustin. first off let me say that i take extremely good care of my car. i get my oil changes every 3000-4000 miles (my brother in law is the manager at a quickie lube and has always taken care of me) so i thought this for sure was something that i had nothing to worry about, it had to be covered by warranty. well anyway, i got to the dealership shortly after my car arrived there and immediately, the service guy said "oh well you know those quickie lube places...they probably did something wrong when you took it to them, they are known to use the wrong parts" so without even looking at the car yet he assumed and was trying to blame someone else. well, i got a rental car which mazda said they will cover if they are at fault. but i just got news back yesterday from them saying that they say that my engine (cylinder #1) has a hole in it and it is all due to the oil filter because it is not the oem part and it was twisted from being the incorrect size therefore it was not doing its job filtering which caused the engine to blow??? i dont know much about cars but my dad does and he's not convinced. everytime i've had my oil changed they have used the same kind of filter, so wouldnt this have happened sooner? the oil filter being twisted isn't enough to cause such a catastrophic failure as this is it? any help or input on what i should do or how i should approach this would be much appreciated. also here is the link to the pics that the dealership took.
2005 mazda 6 blown engine pics to me it looks like mazda doesnt wanna pay up for something that should be under warranty. thanks
T
my poor little mazda ------>
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metalschlager oil
extreme twister oil filter
2005 mazda 6 blown engine pics
ok, i was just wondering if anyone could help me out here. i think that the mazda dealership is trying to screw me out of fixing actually replacing my engine even though it is still covered under warranty, not to mention i even had purchased the extended warranty which doesnt really matter at this point because im still under the basic warranty being that i purchased my car exactly 2 years ago (labor day 2005) and i only have 36,234 miles on it. anyway, here's what happened. i was driving my car on the freeway last weekend and all of a sudden i hear this loud pop from under the car and then the engine started to like sputter. then the check engine light and the oil light started to flash on and off as i was trying to get to the right shoulder so i turned the engine off and proceeded to coast to the shoulder. at that point i knew it wasn't good. the hood started to smoke so i had to call triple a to come get me and my car. the next day i had the car taken to where i bought the car in tustin. first off let me say that i take extremely good care of my car. i get my oil changes every 3000-4000 miles (my brother in law is the manager at a quickie lube and has always taken care of me) so i thought this for sure was something that i had nothing to worry about, it had to be covered by warranty. well anyway, i got to the dealership shortly after my car arrived there and immediately, the service guy said "oh well you know those quickie lube places...they probably did something wrong when you took it to them, they are known to use the wrong parts" so without even looking at the car yet he assumed and was trying to blame someone else. well, i got a rental car which mazda said they will cover if they are at fault. but i just got news back yesterday from them saying that they say that my engine (cylinder #1) has a hole in it and it is all due to the oil filter because it is not the oem part and it was twisted from being the incorrect size therefore it was not doing its job filtering which caused the engine to blow??? i dont know much about cars but my dad does and he's not convinced. everytime i've had my oil changed they have used the same kind of filter, so wouldnt this have happened sooner? the oil filter being twisted isn't enough to cause such a catastrophic failure as this is it? any help or input on what i should do or how i should approach this would be much appreciated. also here is the link to the pics that the dealership took.
2005 mazda 6 blown engine pics to me it looks like mazda doesnt wanna pay up for something that should be under warranty. thanks
T
my poor little mazda ------>
