Engine Power Flush at Jiffy Lube

[Kneale Brownson]

Shaun didn't say YOU had a bad experience.  He said enough Q-Listers have 
reported bad experiences at Jiffy/Spiffy/Quickie/etc. Lubes and their ILK 
that everyone should be wary of venturing to such "services".


At 04:04 PM 06/05/2001 -0400, Bhatti, Mohammed wrote:

>Who said I had a bad experience?  I was soliciting opinions on whether such
>a service as described was worth considering.
>
>mkb
>88 80q
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mullen, Shaun [mailto:mullens at phillynews.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 3:45 PM
>To: Bhatti, Mohammed; 'quattro at audifans.com'
>Subject: RE: Engine Power Flush at Jiffy Lube
>
>
>If I had a dollar for every tale of woe posted on the q-list over the years
>regarding a bad Jiffy Lube experience, I would be able to retire.  Or buy an
>S6.
>
>Go to a Jiffy Lube, or any other quickie joint where the manager is a
>19-year-old pimplehead and the hired help is one toke away from falling into
>the grease pit, at your own risk.
>
>End of sermon.
>
>Shaun Mullen
>Yorklyn, DE
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bhatti, Mohammed [SMTP:Mohammed.Bhatti at 247Media.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 2:04 PM
> > To:   'quattro at audifans.com'
> > Subject:      Engine Power Flush at Jiffy Lube
> >
> > Anyone come across this at they're local Jiffy Lubes?  They claim that
> > upto
> > a half quart of sludge, contaminated oil etc remain in your engine after
> > an
> > oil change and this stuff mixes in with the new oil they put in.  They
> > offer
> > this service called EnviroLution that power flushes this stuff out and is
> > recommended every 12000 miles at a cost of $80.  Claim that it prolongs
> > engine life, fuel economy etc.  Is this a valuable service or just a rip
> > off?
> >
> > mkb
> > 88 80q
>