Quote from: SHOdded on March 01, 2016, 05:41:12 AM
Dealers will cut costs wherever they can. Makes me nervous though, because I don't know for sure that I am getting what I am paying for. And since the oil comes out of a bulk bin, you have no way to verify the source. So if you have a good relationship with the dealer, and your vehicle is running well, that may be the best measure of performance you get.
You bring up a very good point.
I paid for a BG service on the transmission 4 years ago on the sho and gave them all the Amsoil to do the job. I got the car back from the dealer (since most places won't do that service back then) and I had like 4 quarts left over. I asked wtf, this should all be gone!!??
Turns out they mixed what was already in the BG machine with my Amsoil and I hit the fan with anger!!
Point is, unless I didn't see them do the service or there wasn't any left over fluid in my trunk I would've never known what happened. Thank god the mechanic didn't take the remainder of the Amsoil.
I paid for a service that I didn't get. They had to buy all new Amsoil (there cost) and do the job again under my watchful eye.
There is no motivation for any shop to use distilled water because that would mean your cooling system would last longer and that is not good for business. You could insist and pay for it but whoever does the work will just say to themselves F it...they'll never know and I'm lazy anyways. Maybe they'll find out in 150k miles when they need a new heater core and radiator that I didn't do the job lol
Logically speaking, these days people don't make enough money to care like they used to...just the way it is. I've talked to a lot of people in my line of work over the years and this is a major problem. Also, people don't really listen anymore which really exacerbates the problem; a double whammy if you will.
Watch it get done yourself, or do it yourself is my only advice. Or, don't care and lease a car forever but that is expensive over the long term.
