In every neighborhood in america there is a house on the block that has a squirt trail goin from driveway around the block and back you and your son are not alone. The old double o ring trick.
Small town, small dealer. It is kind of do a good job or die.
I just went down a rabbit hole on oil extractors thinking I may have found an improvement. for the Ecoboosts i found it to be discouraged as it needs to drip for 20-30 minutes as there's oil somewhere tucked away that needs to get out due to the auto start stop feature. Perhaps if you sucked as much as you could and then waited a while to get some more would accomplish the same thing but I'd look into it.
Even then, I hesitate! I have a 2017 Super Duty, and right before the 3yr/36k warranty expired I noticed my rear pinion seal had a leak. I took it in and was expecting them just to fix the seal, nope! They did all of the recall work that I intentionally didn't want done, because I don't want people touching my cars if they don't have to. Well got it back and they performed the block heater recall and the seat belt tensioner recall. I thought to myself, great - what did they eff up??? So I checked the block heat, all good except the routing was not quite right and one of the tabs was not inserted into the frame for the wiring. Then I checked the seat belt tensioner area, both B-piller covers were scratched up like the were pulled of and just thrown on to the floor and slid.
Yep. My only point in any of this was that the dealer isn't ALWAYS a ripoff or doing crap work. Good dealer service departments, if you can find them, are worth their weight in gold. Just makes everything so easy and you never need to worry about your warranty.Also in play is how much a dealership is making from a given customer. Seeing as you take 5 cars to the BMW dealership for service, and you've used them for modifications, makes sense for them to treat you well.
A buddy of mine is a big spender at a dealership (including paying too much for cars because of his aversion to haggling). He told me the dealer loves him and family and treats them so good. Damn straight, if running that dealership, I would roll out the red carpet.
I stopped changing my own oil when I lost access to the lifts and disposal facilities at the dealership I used to work at.
Man local Wally Worlds take old oil, they gladly except mine even mixed with trans and dif fluids. My son took his Mustang GT to quickly change type of place, they forgot to add oil, toast down the road, he had his stereo blasting didn’t hear starved engine. it still ran he added oil and traded it in. Change your own freakin oil if at all possible. Don’t be cheap, these Eco Boost’s must have full synthetic.
I had the Hot Rod article up on my wall for years. Much like yours, but they liked to use a tile to cover up the pit when not in use. Classy!Check out popular mechanics for useful tips on how to dispose of oil.
