A day in the life of BB

So I go to get my first oil change at NTB here in Weatherford....
The monkeys broke my side skirts and spilled oil all down the engine block.
I get in the car today to take it back down so the manager can see the damage....i check under the car to see if any oil is leaking just a few drops as expected after the spill and sitting overnight.
I go inside NTB and me and the manager are looking over the damage, as I walk around the car to show him the drivers side I step in a huge puddle of oil and think surely this isnt coming from my new car.....but it is.
They put the car up on jack stands this time and tell me the filter and drain plug are dry and that the oil is leaking from the valve cover.
I look and see that it does apear that some oil is back there, so i call Mazda service and then a dealer in Ft worth and roadside assistance....the car is now being towed to the dealer to find out what is boogered up.

Lovely.

If it's like my wife's old Mazda 3 (we gave it to her parents when we bought her the TDI Jetta) then the oil filter probably popped off when the oil change place put the WRONG SIZED one on.

Daughter took her car to NTB Grapevine to get the tires (purchased there) rotated and balanced, before taking the car on the road to school this fall. They told her it would be 2 hours. When she finally got the car home, I could tell they hadn't balanced the tires. Tire pressure on all four was at 20 psi. The only thing they did for sure was rotate them. I called the manager and told him what happened and he generously offered for me to bring it back in. I took it to Discount Tire instead.

Sorry to hear about your bad luck, how come you didn't change the oil yourself?

its a little difficult on the NC, especially one as low as mine.
I have to run up on boards to even get a jack under it.
Thought I would save some time.

Who knew NTB even did oil changes!

Well I guess they don't really do them all that well...

Sorry to hear about the car Billy! I hope the leak isn't anything too bad.

Have you done an oil change on the NC yet? I really think it's easier than the NA, mainly because of the location of the oil filter. I use standard rhino ramps to do oil changes, but have no problems getting my jack (harbor freight) under my lowered NC.

Billy have you been hangin out with Adam Payrot????? You two have the worst luck of anyone. I'm sorry to hear this.

I've got a black cloud over me, life's been kicking me in the face since i was like 4 years old....obviously the powers that be seem to think it's funny like..."Let's see this bastard get out of this one...hahaha"
I quit trying to understand why a long time ago it just is.

This is the first oil change on the car.

Sent a letter to NTB, will be calling Bankston "where they took the car" and I'm not happy about it.

I feel it in my bones I am going to be in a blame game and have to fight to get this resolved, sometimes I like it...but am not particularly thrilled about it today.
I would rather spend my energy on something productive or creative.

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Originally Posted by Billy Blaze

I've got a black cloud over me, life's been kicking me in the face since i was like 4 years old....obviously the powers that be seem to think it's funny like..."Let's see this bastard get out of this one...hahaha"
I quit trying to understand why a long time ago it just is.

This is the first oil change on the car.

Sent a letter to NTB, will be calling Bankston "where they took the car" and I'm not happy about it.

I feel it in my bones I am going to be in a blame game and have to fight to get this resolved, sometimes I like it...but am not particularly thrilled about it today.
I would rather spend my energy on something productive or creative.

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A friend of my :queen: seems to have a similar knack for bad luck, for years her nickname has been "crap magnet".

I can introduce you, she's single now since her husband just left her. ::Banana:: Nine out of ten mathemagicians say that two negatives make a positive.

lol maybe worth checking out.

Sing a song, go and sing a song.......

When I took the Boxster in for new tires I took a picture of the car sitting in the bay before they jacked it up. Then I proceeded to take HIGH RESOLUTION pictures of each wheel and all of the side panels. If they did screw something up I'd have proof that nothing was wrong before they got ahold of it. It really sucks that you have to take precaution like that. Nothing happened, but you never know.

An employee took his car into Jiffy Lube, and they did not tighten the oil drain correctly. Guess what, His wife called two hours later from the side of the road with a really bad knocking. They had the car towed back to Jiffy lube and they said it was not their fault. He wound up selling the car, knock and all. The bad thing was is that the car was paid for and they were going to keep it for a while.

luckily i just drove it home, and then back to NTB the next day. there was still oil in the car when i pulled up in front of NTB.
So i dont think there is any damage, there was no noise either.

Just got a call from the dealer first off they said that the oil cap was left off, i told them No it wasnt i checked that when i got home and the oil cap was there.
Now they are going to clean the engine off and run dye through it to check for the leaks but they are already on the deffensive stating that they have never seen a car with this low miles having a leak without someone else being at fault other than Mazda.

more to come.

The leak was caused by excessive jarring from the stiffer than stock Tein Flex suspension. As this root cause is not approved by Mazda, your warranty is now null and void. Can we interest you in a '09 MX-5? They just arrived and look really sharp!

::Censor::

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Originally Posted by Billy Blaze

without someone else being at fault other than Mazda.

more to come.

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Sounds 'bout right. :punchout: How much is all that going to cost and who is having to pay for it? ::Rant::

I'm trying to figure out how you got oil on top that appears to be leaking from the valve cover or from the oil cap.

LOL, yeah I expect something to be said about the Teins and muffler and front sway...lol

I suspect there was enough oil spilled on the engine to soak into the padding on the hood.
They suspected the oil cap was off and it got sprayed on it.

the morons left the oil cap loose, thats what caused the oil to get into the aluminum drip rail around the engine.
NTB is supposed to make it good taking the car down saturday to see the manager

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Originally Posted by Billy Blaze

NTB is supposed to make it good taking the car down saturday to see the manager

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So these guys screwed up your car so your going to take it back so they can make it good?

Why does that sound like a bad plan.

What are they offering a free oil change?

Tell em you want a free set of Azenis or something. I wouldn't let them touch the car again.

Chris

I mean pay me what i am out and replace my broken side skirts.

they are banned from my car

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Originally Posted by Billy Blaze

the morons left the oil cap loose, thats what caused the oil to get into the aluminum drip rail around the engine.
NTB is supposed to make it good taking the car down saturday to see the manager

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I thought you checked it when you got home from NTB? Back in the day when I let Firestone change my oil, I found the oil cap just laying in the engine bay next to the battery.

Well at least you just had the oil changed and not the Fuel Filter! ::Drive2::

Good Luck dealing with this crap. :punchout:

I have heard too many oil change horror stories that I won't let anyone to change the oil on any of my cars even though I may not save any money doing it.

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Originally Posted by cam76034

I thought you checked it when you got home from NTB? Back in the day when I let Firestone change my oil, I found the oil cap just laying in the engine bay next to the battery.

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I did check it, but since i never have removed the cap I thought it was tight, but it was a quarter turn loose it was like (-) and should have been like (l)
at any rate the motor is clean again the leak is gone, they will never touch my car again and they are saying they will repay me for what the dealership charged which wasnt bad, but they are trying to see if I will go for a repair on my side skirts.
That aint good enough, the parts were 2.5 days old on the car.
so they will have to replace them with new OEM sideskirts and labor at the dealer to install them or I will call my friend who is the editor of the local paper and have him do a story them hop on down to the court house to file a small claims suit.

I had a CJ-7 a few years ago that I took to a Jiffy Lube a week or so after I bought it. I was about to take it on a road trip, and wanted to get everything tip-top. I paid $150 to have all major fluids changed (oil, AT, transfer case, differentials). thsi was 15 years ago, so factor inflation. :)
I drove from Kansas City to Big Bend the next morning, only it started overheating and the oil pressure dropped by the time I got to Oklahoma. I pulled it over, and found I was very low on oil. I alway carried spare fluids for off-roading, so I put in 2 quarts (!) and made it to the next town. By then, the oil was almost gone again, so I had to stop in a motel for the night and find a mechanic the next day. Long story short:
The Jiffy Lube guys couldn't get to the transfer case fill hole easily, so he unbolted the crossmember/skidplate, which holds-up the tranny/transfer case/rear of the engine, and rested the entire weight of that assembly on the valve cover against the firewall. This pried it up, and allowed oil to spew out the back of the motor. I'm stuck 150 miles from home, in the winter, and friggin' nowhere!
After actually getting the tech to admit he lowered the plate (he wrote it on the service reciept and charged me extra labor for it!) and a letter from my attorney, Jiffy Lube agreed to pay for a rebuild, but still took months to do it, and this was my daily driver. Never reimbursed costs to return to KC, hotel, etc. I'll never let anyone else change my oil again, no matter how tempting the conveneince.

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Originally Posted by POS Racing

So these guys screwed up your car so your going to take it back so they can make it good?

Why does that sound like a bad plan.

What are they offering a free oil change?

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Should be a LIFETIME of free oil changes - SOMEPLACE ELSE!

Since this is from several months ago, I started reading and thinking damn Billy did you go to that place again?

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Originally Posted by Majik

Since this is from several months ago, I started reading and thinking damn Billy did you go to that place again?

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LOL, nope. Once there was enough.
Next oil change i will be driving to Denton where I bought the car....thinking of that oil change is coming up quick.