It goes like this. Took the car in yesterday @ 10:50. They pulled the car in right away. I left at 1:28. I was quoted "just over an hour". Not over 2 and a half. So I'm already peeved. On the way home I start smelling burnt oil and at my first stop light I have smoke billowing from under the hood.
Thinking they have just spilled oil on the exhaust I think no more of it aside from what a bunch of idiots. Well I park for about 2 hours at home and go out there after not noticing that there is a BIG puddle of oil under the car. Run my errands and return. See the oil and park a little further back. I think jeeze they spilled alot of oil and it is still dripping off the block. I go out later on yet and there is another puddle of oil about the same size. So I turn the car around to see if it is going to leak overnight. Sure does. Now I have a tonne of oil on the ground. More then can spread out and therefore there is almost a centimeter deep puddle. Call Active green and Ross. Tell them what is going on and that I will be there in a few minutes. Be ready for me. They hoist the car and notice that the drain plug gasket is faulty or not seated right and that the oil has been draining from the block. WTF? I say I have never heard nor seen such a thing. He proceeds to tell me it is pretty common
, Whatever. After excuse after excuse stating well it left no puddle in THEIR parking lot. Almost making me wonder if he was trying to accuse me. I finally just left. I'm furious. If it weren't for the oil change the service likely would have been fine. Why I had to wait for 2.5+ hours I still don't know and how they can send a car out the door with a seepage of oil is beyond me. I should also add that to smooth things over they gave me "one of their valued customers" (never been there before.) a card good for 4 free oil changes. (I pay for the filter and a enviromental disposal fee
) Yeah like I will go back there again.
As for the engine vac. I think it helped. Butt dyno says it did but they are notoriously inaccurate. There is less raw fuel smell when I get on it. A few tanks of gas will tell better.
