Oil Filter Troubles

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

Taka,
Dealerships employ the dregs of society and give them
the title of "Tech" for figuring out the important
concept of righty-tighty, lefty-loosey.

Aftermarket warranty.
Bruno.

Nuff said.
--- TM <t44tq at mindspring.com> wrote:
> More of a general question to everyone- any problems
> with
> dealerships overtightening oil filters?
>
> I went to change the oil on the A4 today and the oil
> filter
> was on there so tightly that it just wouldn't come
> off- to
> the point that the oil filter wrench crushed the
> filter, nearly
> broke it in two and I only managed maybe 1/4 turn
> with all of
> that effort.
>
> Now the car has been flatbedded to a local garage to
> try and
> get the filter off the car.
>
> I only install oil filters 1/4 turn past the gasket
> contacting the
> housing, never had a problem with that technique, I
> guess some dealers
> must somehow install filters with an impact wrench.
>
> The dealership in question is Palisades Audi in
> Nyack, NY. I will never
> recommend them for service as long as their current
> personnel are there.
>
> I'm going to be contacting AoA (however useless it
> may be) to see what
> can be done... first, spilled brake fluid all over
> the reservoir and
> around
> the master cylinder, as well as the wheels; second,
> installed the
> undertray
> with three missing Dzus fasteners; third, scratched
> the wheels because
> they
> can't figure out how to remove an OEM Audi centercap
> from the matching
> OEM
> Audi wheel; now this.
>
> Taka
> dead A4
>


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