Oil Filter Score
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With the age of these filters, I'd be concerned about any of the glued seams being dried out or cracked.
Our customers aren't kept in the dark about our parts. The filters are in plain sight where anyone can see them. The filters are much newer than anyone here is assuming. That's really all I have to add.
Awesome.
I hope the customers get a trunk-filter discount.
Chalk up another DIY reason.
I hope the customers get a trunk-filter discount.
Chalk up another DIY reason.
If these filters had been sold in the same situation, but were any other brand, there wouldn't be so much fuss over it.
Originally Posted By: 901Memphis
I have locks on all my fluid caps so they can't be disturbed! Like a locking gas cap.
What about the drain plug or the filter? What if someone went to do a good deed and drained your oil only to find that they couldn't put any back in? What if is ticked them off and they just left your car with no oil?
So much for Good Samaritan oil changers.
I have locks on all my fluid caps so they can't be disturbed! Like a locking gas cap.
What about the drain plug or the filter? What if someone went to do a good deed and drained your oil only to find that they couldn't put any back in? What if is ticked them off and they just left your car with no oil?
So much for Good Samaritan oil changers.
Originally Posted By: jhellwig
Originally Posted By: 901Memphis
I have locks on all my fluid caps so they can't be disturbed! Like a locking gas cap.
What about the drain plug or the filter? What if someone went to do a good deed and drained your oil only to find that they couldn't put any back in? What if is ticked them off and they just left your car with no oil?
So much for Good Samaritan oil changers.
I might consider welding the drain plug on and going mity vac only!
Originally Posted By: 901Memphis
I have locks on all my fluid caps so they can't be disturbed! Like a locking gas cap.
What about the drain plug or the filter? What if someone went to do a good deed and drained your oil only to find that they couldn't put any back in? What if is ticked them off and they just left your car with no oil?
So much for Good Samaritan oil changers.
I might consider welding the drain plug on and going mity vac only!
A true bitoger would pull the pan every time then and post pics of the internals.
My dad bought a couple of flats of filters at an estate auction a couple of years ago forpeople that had a small service station long ago. These were filters that listed the applications on the box. The newest application were from the late sixties to early seventies. I would guess that the filters were about that oldas the station closed in the late 70s. They were frams and some motor crafts if I remember right. He used a couple of the ones that fit his 94 ford truck (fl1a application) and sold the rest at a swap meet to collectors. Nothing he used blew up so they must not have been to bad.
My dad bought a couple of flats of filters at an estate auction a couple of years ago forpeople that had a small service station long ago. These were filters that listed the applications on the box. The newest application were from the late sixties to early seventies. I would guess that the filters were about that oldas the station closed in the late 70s. They were frams and some motor crafts if I remember right. He used a couple of the ones that fit his 94 ford truck (fl1a application) and sold the rest at a swap meet to collectors. Nothing he used blew up so they must not have been to bad.
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Originally Posted By: Red91
Our customers aren't kept in the dark about our parts. The filters are in plain sight where anyone can see them. The filters are much newer than anyone here is assuming. That's really all I have to add.
Hope your shop is insured and can handle potential claims under the doctrine of reasonable expectations statutes of your state (most states has them on the books in one form or another).
I for one would not reasonably expect a shop to install 20 year old filters or oil as part of a regular oil change service.
Our customers aren't kept in the dark about our parts. The filters are in plain sight where anyone can see them. The filters are much newer than anyone here is assuming. That's really all I have to add.
Hope your shop is insured and can handle potential claims under the doctrine of reasonable expectations statutes of your state (most states has them on the books in one form or another).
I for one would not reasonably expect a shop to install 20 year old filters or oil as part of a regular oil change service.
Originally Posted By: Red91
Our customers aren't kept in the dark about our parts. The filters are in plain sight where anyone can see them. The filters are much newer than anyone here is assuming. That's really all I have to add.
I doubt anyone going into your shop playing with their smart phone is going to know the difference between an oil filter and a can of beans.Let me know if you buy meat from the back of a station wagon.
Our customers aren't kept in the dark about our parts. The filters are in plain sight where anyone can see them. The filters are much newer than anyone here is assuming. That's really all I have to add.
I doubt anyone going into your shop playing with their smart phone is going to know the difference between an oil filter and a can of beans.Let me know if you buy meat from the back of a station wagon.
Originally Posted By: jhellwig
Originally Posted By: 901Memphis
I have locks on all my fluid caps so they can't be disturbed! Like a locking gas cap.
What about the drain plug or the filter? What if someone went to do a good deed and drained your oil only to find that they couldn't put any back in? What if is ticked them off and they just left your car with no oil?
So much for Good Samaritan oil changers.
I can`t imagine any scenario where someone would try to be a good Samaritan oil changer. That is pretty funny though.
Originally Posted By: 901Memphis
I have locks on all my fluid caps so they can't be disturbed! Like a locking gas cap.
What about the drain plug or the filter? What if someone went to do a good deed and drained your oil only to find that they couldn't put any back in? What if is ticked them off and they just left your car with no oil?
So much for Good Samaritan oil changers.
I can`t imagine any scenario where someone would try to be a good Samaritan oil changer. That is pretty funny though.
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