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Originally Posted by Ed_T
What if the tech puts the car on the rack, drains or siphons the oil, and the engine starts in the middle of the oil change because he//she never 'off'd' the start button?
I'd bet this has happened plenty of times to many hybrids. I've done all my own oil changes//tire rotations since new, because honestly, these guys screw up alot. If an engine did start without oil, I don't believe the service provider would reveal that to the paying customer. Perhaps minimal or no engine damage might occur, but who would want it to happen to their vehicle anyway?
Perhaps I'm being overly fearful? Maybe paranoid? But if the clunkerheads at certain quick lube joints can regularly and effortlessly mess up regular non-hybrids, who's to say what really goes on there and at the dealerships as well? I don't think this is too far out...
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Boy is this very true!!! Years ago in another life I worked for GM Caddi Div. Got a call from dealer that an engine had froze on a customer car. The lub boy was on a test drive when she froze up due to lack of oil. He could not remember putting oil back in after oil change. So this type of thing happens more than you would ever want to beleive and is usually swept under the large carpet lol. The day I do not change my own is the day we quit driving.
