HELP my rig is bleeding to death
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HELP my rig is bleeding to death
ok so the grease monkeys at my local jiffy lube cross theaded my oil pan and now im leaking pretty badly, I get about a hand sized oil spot parking overnight. I have little money so I'm gonna have to do the work myself, i have a haynes repair manual, I just need to find a new oil pan cheap and JC whitney doesnt carry toyo oil pans....any ideas people??? also any advice on the labor would be helpful..... I am located near atlanta
its a 1995 v6 sr5
its a 1995 v6 sr5
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Go directly back there and have them repair it, they have the means. speak directly with the manager, and express your discontent. try to get a new pan out of them.
are you sure its cross threaded or did they just forget the gasket?
are you sure its cross threaded or did they just forget the gasket?
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I find that if you keep your cool, show the receipt from the last time you got your oil changed, they should help you out. I had what I thought was a problem and ended up being my ignorance. They were very cool to help out.
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the gasket is on there, the oil is coming from around it. they told me it was already leaking and I know it wasn't. This came FROM the manager. what he had said it looked like it was 'previously cross threaded.'
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would it be possible to just put a bigger/wider gasket on the oil pan plug?? I have also tried silicone and it just washed away with the leaking oil
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you should be able to get an over-sized drain plug to go in there. its just slightly bigger than usual and creats new threads for itself. it may help.
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hmm...that may be a lot cheaper than replacing the g- damned oil pan...
im gonna be real mad though having to change my oil for the second time in 3 days
im gonna be real mad though having to change my oil for the second time in 3 days
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