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F150 guys: I think Bennys oil change is full of crap

Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:49 pm
Posted by TulaneUVA
Member since Jun 2005
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Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:49 pm
2012 Ecoboost with 83k miles. Need a quick oil job. Normally always use synthetic and wait till light comes on truck saying to chnage oil. In this case, the mileage times up right with sticker. Last oil was motor craft synthetic.

Anyway, ask for Mobil 1 and they show me dipstic after and I glance at briefly. Thought it looked kind of dark but thought my eyes deceived me.

I roll off into vacuum area and check for myself. Sure enough looks brown.

I ask the guy to compare new oil and old and sure enough it doesn't look even close.

They offer to drain and fill again. Manager comes out and says basically that it's an issue with my engine type. Saying that the injection of ecoboosts come on "top vs the sides". Saying he went to ExxonMobil school as they taught him that. Says even if I crank it up for 2 seconds that it will be brown.

I say, ok well after you top it off let's look at it again before and after I crank. Both times no chnage. Dip stick doesn't look like brand new oil but much much better.

I think Benny's is full of shite. Not sure what they did the first time but it was almost like they didn't drain it all first time. But their sheet says they put in 7.9 quarts
This post was edited on 8/14/17 at 1:15 pm
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:51 pm to
You'll never get all of the old oil out and it's all going to turn brown almost immediately.
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
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Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:53 pm to
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I think Benny's is full of shite. Not sure what they did the first time but it was almost like they didn't drain it all first time. But their sheet says they put in 7.9liters.

I've never seen anyone track oil volume by the liter.
Posted by TulaneUVA
Member since Jun 2005
25880 posts
Posted on 8/14/17 at 1:04 pm to
Sorry. Quarts.

They didn't list units of measure in sheet. I inserted my own. Fortunately they are pretty close
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
67475 posts
Posted on 8/14/17 at 1:23 pm to
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I think Benny's is full of shite

Reason #15 why you should change your own oil
Posted by TheBoo
South to Louisiana
Member since Aug 2012
4470 posts
Posted on 8/14/17 at 1:32 pm to
It will be darker but oil due for a change won't look like oil that has been run for a few minutes. Injectors have nothing to do with that topic of discussion...?


Gotta watch yourself with those quick oil change places.
Posted by Boudreaux35
BR
Member since Sep 2007
21377 posts
Posted on 8/14/17 at 1:32 pm to
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Need a quick oil job.


quote:

you should change your own oil


Changed mine this weekend. Took less than 20 minutes.
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
67475 posts
Posted on 8/14/17 at 1:39 pm to
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Took less than 20 minutes.

Profit
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Posted on 8/14/17 at 1:41 pm to
Well it is direct injected meaning it likely has oil-driven injectors and an oil lubricated fuel pump and all that means more old oil left in the system after draining.
Posted by weadjust
Member since Aug 2012
15069 posts
Posted on 8/14/17 at 1:42 pm to
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Profit


Maybe a $1.00

and I change my own oil
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 8/14/17 at 1:43 pm to
I don't think I've ever changed my own oil for less than a 5 minute place charges.
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
134808 posts
Posted on 8/14/17 at 1:46 pm to
quote:

Sorry. Quarts.

They didn't list units of measure in sheet. I inserted my own. Fortunately they are pretty close


Your 6 cyl takes 8 quarts?
Posted by TulaneUVA
Member since Jun 2005
25880 posts
Posted on 8/14/17 at 1:49 pm to
After some research, it should take less. 6 quarts. Maybe they flushed some? I don't know
Posted by Chuker
St George, Louisiana
Member since Nov 2015
7544 posts
Posted on 8/14/17 at 1:51 pm to
I change my own oil not because of time or money but because I don't trust a $9/hr worker to change the lifeblood of my truck.

Recently worked for an older man who just had to pay 20k to have his Mercedes engine replaced because the quick change didn't replace or tighten the oil plug.


I don't want those fools anywhere near my shite.
Posted by redneck
Los Suenos, Costa Rica
Member since Dec 2003
53585 posts
Posted on 8/14/17 at 1:51 pm to
were you pulling a camper on I10E in Mississippi on Friday? Saw an F150 with a tulane and UVA sticker and figured it was you
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
134808 posts
Posted on 8/14/17 at 1:51 pm to
Sounds like they overcharged you for oil. I know some places will charge you for an extra disposal fee for anything over 6 quarts. Better look closely and ask them wtf they're charging you for.
Posted by Chuker
St George, Louisiana
Member since Nov 2015
7544 posts
Posted on 8/14/17 at 1:58 pm to
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redneck



By chance were you in the LP last thursday driving a 1992 lifted gmc sierra 1500 with a confederate sticker on the back? Pretty sure it was you.
Posted by TulaneUVA
Member since Jun 2005
25880 posts
Posted on 8/14/17 at 1:58 pm to
Yeah that was me.
Posted by brass2mouth
NOLA
Member since Jul 2007
19666 posts
Posted on 8/14/17 at 2:05 pm to
Why would you take a Mercedes to a quick change? That's just ignorant.

They give you a courtesy car while they change it at the dealership.
Posted by bapple
Capital City
Member since Oct 2010
11870 posts
Posted on 8/14/17 at 2:50 pm to
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I don't think I've ever changed my own oil for less than a 5 minute place charges.


You end up paying more because you have much shorter change intervals.

I use Mobil 1 Extended Performance with a Mobil or Wix filter. Generally I won't change it until the computer tells me, which is usually around 10k miles.

quote:

After some research, it should take less. 6 quarts. Maybe they flushed some? I don't know


The 5.0L version has an 8 quarter oil pan so they may have just pulled the information from a database. I would certainly contest that since you have the V6 instead.
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