Oil Change

[elevatorman]

Recently took my car in for a regular oil change. The place I went was attached to a very large store. A few days later I noticed transmission fluid on the floor of my garage. When I looked under the car I did not see a problem. I opened the hood thinking maybe a dipstick was left askew or a cap was off. Found nothing,then I noticed the cap was not on fully on the radiator overflow bottle. No big deal. But I could not get it on. There was a rubber washer with it that had swollen and would not allow the cap to fit. To make a long story short... I found the overflow had been filled with Transmition fluid. Luckily none had been sucked into the cooling system.

Anti-freeze from Toyota is red unlike others. I guess the kid who was filling the under hood containers saw red fluid and pumped in ATF. I originally thought that the transmission cooling portion of the radiator had broken and somehow got into the engine cooling system. I guess the moral of the story is you get what you pay for. :(

[golf2140]

Recently took my car in for a regular oil change. The place I went was attached to a very large store. A few days later I noticed transmission fluid on the floor of my garage. When I looked under the car I did not see a problem. I opened the hood thinking maybe a dipstick was left askew or a cap was off. Found nothing,then I noticed the cap was not on fully on the radiator overflow bottle. No big deal. But I could not get it on. There was a rubber washer with it that had swollen and would not allow the cap to fit. To make a long story short... I found the overflow had been filled with Transmition fluid. Luckily none had been sucked into the cooling system.

Anti-freeze from Toyota is red unlike others. I guess the kid who was filling the under hood containers saw red fluid and pumped in ATF. I originally thought that the transmission cooling portion of the radiator had broken and somehow got into the engine cooling system. I guess the moral of the story is you get what you pay for. :(


Would that have been on CR 466?

[Bogie Shooter]

Recently took my car in for a regular oil change. The place I went was attached to a very large store. A few days later I noticed transmission fluid on the floor of my garage. When I looked under the car I did not see a problem. I opened the hood thinking maybe a dipstick was left askew or a cap was off. Found nothing,then I noticed the cap was not on fully on the radiator overflow bottle. No big deal. But I could not get it on. There was a rubber washer with it that had swollen and would not allow the cap to fit. To make a long story short... I found the overflow had been filled with Transmition fluid. Luckily none had been sucked into the cooling system.

Anti-freeze from Toyota is red unlike others. I guess the kid who was filling the under hood containers saw red fluid and pumped in ATF. I originally thought that the transmission cooling portion of the radiator had broken and somehow got into the engine cooling system. I guess the moral of the story is you get what you pay for. :(
What was management's response when you took it back?

[chuckster]

It would help to know the name and address of the place that did the oil change. Thanks

[tcbernack]

I go to Frost automotive every 3500 miles. They are in wildwood on 301 and I get a 10% discount by being an AGA member. Billy seems to be a great guy. He was raised in sumter, and all his employees are pleasant as well.