ok so today I went to change my oil, for the first time out of the dealer... and when they are going to take of the oil filter they ask me if this is my first oil change ever,, and I said no my car is a year old this is the 4th,, and they said that the oil filter is still factory sill and it has never been replaced,,, so I like thats not right,,, that could mess up the car,,, and well after the chage is complete,,, I call the dealer and they said that I should have chek that sooner,, and I say that they should chek there tecnichans because there not doing the job right,, and they just said,, well do ti some place els ...

Im so ******* mad,,, I cant stand my dealer... Sorry if this is not the right place to post this ...

belto

 

how can they tell if its a factory one? i use ac delco on both my cars and there all the same looking

 

GM Dealers only use AC Delco parts, so it might look as if it was never changed.

 

I replace mine with AC delco typically as well.

Did you take a look at the filter? As long as it wasn't full of metal shavings or otherwise fubar'd I'd say your okay.

 

why are you taking your car to a dealer and having them change the oil anyways? serves ya right :-p

 

They can tell that it was never replaced because the wen you buy you car,,, the car comes with the oil filter sill so is harder to open is like it has silicone and when it breaks its easier to open bc it just unscreews,, I having a hard time discribing exactly what it is,,, the car does not have any problem they check it and its ok bc I dont have big milage,,, but they say is very unprofecional of the dealer to not replace the oil filter....

 

How does it serve him right? Alot of people would rather take it to a dealership where they are certified and work on his vehicle alot...even with something simple as a oil change. Some people are just more secure with them. It's not his fault (if they actually didn't change the filter) that they didn't do it correctly.

And please don't say that "All GM Techs are dumb" non-sense cause I could point out some that are far knowledgable than you and me.

To the original poster, take it to another GM/Chevy dealership...just cause you bought your car from them doesn't mean you have to go to them.

 

whoa, i was teasin!

 

call gms head office, see what they think of it

 

I know if the dealer hadn't changed the filter in 3 previous oil changes I too would be

 

I got my oil changed somewhere and even though I explicitly showed them how to change teh oil before hand, they still never changed the filter. They can't think outside the box to put their arm UNDER the supercharger! What a bunch of morons!

 

I take my car to the dealer. it's still under warranty; and my techs there treat me well.. my family has spent a TON of money at their dealership though so they respect us.

 

It does have a Identification, some how you can tell ,I am positive.

It reminds me of a story about a women who brought her car in with engine problems
and they told her the oil was never changed because it had a stock filter and they would not warranty it,and she said how can that be my husband changes the oil and filter regularly.
Turned out her husband worked for in a gm plant and was stealing the filters.

 

u know wat, i had gotten my oil change at pepboys, and the oil change after that at another pepboys the guy told me that the filter wasnt changed from the last oil change. so i basically had a dirty filter for 6,000 miles is what he said....pretty weird

 

i used the purealor filter the last time, so i know that it's been changed.

esp with the SCs, a lot of places don't do it because it's a bitch to get to without that weird special socket. and it gets hot.

 

haha i work at chevrolet there i dont think there is a way to tell if it has been changed on the ecotec engine lol, but on external filters the one from the factory looks alot different than the acdelco filters that we replace with

changing oil on ss sc filter is a pita

 

Sorry, couldn't tell online.

My apologies.

 

this is all not right,,, your supposed to trust you dealer,,, I obiosly cant,,, but well, I only took it to the dealer the first year because it was free,,, but never more... thanx for the support... and I contact an old friend of my dads that is the head maneger of GM in Texas and used to be the head manager in PR... so I think im cover