Another scam by Jiffy Lube and EZ Lube!!
 

selling engine flush, fuel system cleaning and transmission flush,
causing engine to die
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf6KY6rrqYU

here are some old ones if you haven't seen it..
part 1, 2 and 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiCAJ8ULnaI
EZ Lube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE8aLaoj5n0
Jiffy Lube breaking ignition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch57PK2fAL0&feature=fvw

this reporter looks like a fag and like a rat too

Damn good thing i do most of the maintenance and repairs myself.

wow

im not suprised at all actually

so the fuel injector cleaner talked about in the first vid is bad for the car.

this is the same as the STP fuel injector cleaner liquids right?
http://www.stp.com/fuel_scfict.php

never knew these were detrimental..

How so?

Whats wrong with a tranny flush?

yea STP has terrible reputation.

it contains kerosine(jet fuel), which cleans out the carbon pretty well but also damages the metal really badly.

looks like something to do with the machine?

These places will continue to rip off their customers because the majority of them don't know anything about automobiles. More services performed = more profit. Wait, nevermind.. they said they were taking steps to minimize these problems :haha:

shit somebody should sue the manufacture thats producing these detergents. Whether its for your fuel injector or for your engine.

Fuck i used to put in fuel system/injector cleaner every once in awhile



Did a engine fluh when i first got the car



now whats wrong with transmission flush?
i know for manual you dont have to do the flush, simply drain it and top up.

Automatic on the other hand needs a flush which requires roughly 10-12 L of oil in order to completely push out the remaining dirty oil thats trapped in the torque converter. Simply bleeding it will not have the same result


Lordco, canadian tires sells all these detergents....they should be removed from the shelf

Same reason why you shouldn't flush anything in an older car. Flushing breaks off buildup that clogs openings.

this is what a mechanic said about my old car as well. he told me to drain/fill and leave it alone if it's not doing anything wrong. pretty much have to drop the pan and clean out the screen, etc. afterwards if you still want to do a complete flush otherwise all the crap/buildup will clog up everything :(

^does this apply to manual cars too? for the tranny flush that is

i don't think so. don't quote me on that though.

but if you drain the ATF and fill it from the top, there are still old fluid in the lines and torque converter...as soon as you drive it again, you will cross contaminate the new fluid with old one.

I still think complete flush is necessary but I didn't know that machine can hurt the car. Even dealership does the complete flush if you ask them.

manual cars aren't like automatic.
all you need to do is open the drain plug and get rid of oil fluid and fill up with the new one.
the MTF is not circulating to torque converter or anything...because it's a manual

apparently, I was told not to flush my tranny fluid for the Acura TL.

its recommened to do a drain and fill.
some people had their's flushed and soon their tranny broke down.
And that is for the Automatics I believe.

shit
but i thought a lot of dealerships uses machines to flush it out as well during tranny oil change

i think most dealerships also offer engine/transmission flush service.

"one of the employees we've caught on tape have now been TERMINATED":haha:

Service garages being dishonest? Noooooo... can't be.

Most of them do, however not all transmissions are suitable for the flush process.. it depends on the transmission model. Also the age of the transmission, older transmission especially those with lifetime transmission, a lot of the time is held together by the varnish.. if you flush it, it dies.

Ideally the shop one goes to is familiar with the car model and most importantly transmission model and use it only when it is absolutely necessary.

I would akin this to enemas, it might be useful in some cases, but no trained medical professional would give everyone who walk through the door one indiscriminately.

my consipiracy theories are running rampant again... maybe the stealerships are in on it as well.

for example for my vw, the stealerships have "hot oil flush" as part of the service schedule, and is quite expensive, despite the fact my maintenance manual makes no mention that i require it :rolleyes: