Why Oil Change Shops are a Scam

Oil change scams. Why Oil Change Shops are a Scam, DIY and car review with Scotty Kilmer. Oil change shops caught cheating. Oil scams. Shopping scams. Scammers caught. How to spot a scam. How not to get scammed. The truth about oil changes. Why oil changes are important. What oil change shops really do when they work on your car. The truth about oil change shops. Car Advice. This was an excerpt from one of my Live Car Talk shows where I answer your car questions Live. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 50 years.

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This was an excerpt from one of my Live Car Talk shows where I answer your car questions Live. If you enjoyed it, every Thursday at 1 pm CST and Saturday 10 am CST I live stream and answer your questions!

[yqwgjsg]

I was going through some things the other day and found something from long ago. One day back in the early 60’s, a guy pulled into my Dad’s gas station and ask him to check under the hood. My dad did and told the guy what he needed. What about this the guy asked? No, that’s all right. No need for that? No, you don’t need that. The guy then opened a case and presented my dad with a folder with 5 silver dollars. The folder stated that he had been targeted by the Gates Rubber Company traveling inspector. He told my dad that he traveled around looking for honest mechanics able to spot problems who did not try to rob unsuspecting customers. My dad kept that displayed under glass for many years while he was alive.

[fifteenbyfive]

When you're changing manual transmission fluid it's a good idea to locate and loosen the fill plug before cracking open the drain plug. If the fill plug is seized or you figure out too late it's inaccessible with the tools you've got, you could find yourself in a situation with no transmission fluid and no other way to fill it back up again.

[thickheart]

Rev up your engines! after you change the oil yourself

[UmmYeahOk]

Love that your father taught you this lesson. When I was 16/17, my father went with me for my first oil change/inspection. He told me that they would suggest a new air filter, but to tell them no. This was the late 90s, and I STILL own and drive that car. Well, my father passed away in 05, when my brother was only 13. So when it came time for his oil change, even though I wasn’t with him, I told him exactly what our father told me. They will try to sell you an air filter, don’t.

[DoYouWantTaBeFree]

In college, I worked for a large oil change chain. The actual training that we recieved advised us to only inform customers what services were due when. We were told to pull the air filter to show the condition to the customer. We were specifically instructed to not offer an opinion unless replacement was very obvious. We did not get a cut of the sales, but the guys in the shop would pride themselves in "selling" services. The guys who were using a pressure sales technique were actually not following their training. So, are they a scam? Not always. They do perform a valuable service. Just like anything, find a reputable shop and build a relationship with them and most importantly, understand how your car should be maintained.

[landonbays]

I work at a Valvoline quick oil. We do have protocol that we have to offer certain things if they are not up to date in our system. But we also don’t tell people they need things when they really don’t. We don’t even get paid more for the more stuff we sell

[richdoh]

I worked at a few fast oil change shops. We make a commission off everything we forced people to buy. It's all gimmicks and useless crap that does engines no good. I have actually told people that their car will break down and be a hazard on the highway if they didn't buy the crap I was selling.Irony is I am old now and hate changing my oil. I go to fast oil change shops and have to deal with some punk trying to sell me worthless crap.

[maddog]

I am the store manager of a chain lube shop, and I can tell you that the industry has changed a lot. Our company strives for honesty integrity and respect, and I push my employees to be that way everyday. Still love your channel though haha

[bigbean]

I’ve been going to the same independent oil change place for 20 years. I started going there because if I wanted to use a certain oil and filter, they’d do it for $10-12 bucks. Good and honest guys that won’t try and sell you anything you don’t need. They’ll show you the air filter and let you decide if you want a new one or not. If you don’t, they hit it with light compressed air and reinstall it. They’ve plugged a few tires for me over the years and didn’t charge me a cent.

[timerickson]

I used to take my cars and trucks in for oil changes because it was cheaper than doing it myself. But now prices are through the roof.
Recently I was changing the coolant hoses on my mother's Toyota just preventive maintenance. I had to pull the air filter box I found a unbelievable old dirty air filter. I replaced it. Then I thought for a minute I rifled her glove box and found over the 100, 000 miles of oil changes every 3, 000 miles she had paid for no less than 8 air filters.
I have been a mechanic for about 50 years on trucks and equipment I have never seen such a filthy filter. I strongly suspect that filter had never been changed

[jjakob]

I was a store manager in a oil change center for 2 years. Any services (trans, power steering, brake fluid, coolant, and of course oil weights and viscosity) we recommended were by mileage the manufacturer stated. Air filters and cabin filters were based on visual inspection. We never scammed people, sold dishonestly, and most of our customers were repeat customers.

[swampcrawlerls]

I worked at a oil change shop once, it was shady at best, just learn basic maintinence and change your own oil and stay away from them.

[stonedchef]

Scotty is like the cool grandpa who has infinite knowledge about cars and very good sense of humour

[rorilovita]

When you get a coupon from these places, the 15 dollar oil change becomes a 25 dollar deal when you read the fine print and pay the shop rag fee, the disposal fee, the environmental fee, on and on. What a joke.

[leonarddroneview]

I was told at a place like this that my fuel filter on my Lincoln town car with 78k miles was clogged up. I said if its clogged up why is the car running and how can you see in it. They wanted $300 to change it . I drove the car another 50k miles then sold the car there still driving it to this day and the filter still has not been changed. This should be Against the law they are scamming people who don't know anything about cars.

[outdoorfreedom]

I had just installed a new air filter in my van and the shop i had changing the oil always told me i needed a new air filter!
Just took my 99 Olds van into the GMC dealer in Merced CA. The transmission was sometimes shifting hard, both up shift and down shift. After having it for a week i was told it needed a new trans. $3, 750 and the van books for $1, 100!
I took it home and changed the filter and fluid, also cleaned the pan.
I was told they pulled the pan to check things, good trick, the mud was still on the bolts. I was charged $150, 00 for the service. Cost me about $80, 00 in parts and the problem is fixed!
Dealers arent any more honest then the local shop!
Im 70 years old and didnt really feel like going under the van to do the work but my problem is, i know how!!

[tootall]

my local mechanic does my oil changes. I'd rather he get the few bucks than the chain places.

[mac]

When I was 17, I worked at a local, independently-owned Shell gas station. The owner, Mike Shields, was a great man that never would cheat a customer. And this was in an upper-middle class area, where the customers would just throw money at an issue without a second thought. Miss those days....

[LN-ix]

When I worked at one of those shops, we had a whole selection of old dirty fluid samples they'd have us show the customers. They wanted us to tell them it came from their car.

The highlight was a pile of rusty old fuel filters. You'd change it, then grab an old rusty one, hit it with a hammer and then show the customer how nasty "their" old filter was.

I ended up being fired because I didn't upsell enough customers things they didn't need.