I'm sorry I should have provided you guys with more details in the first memo.

The transmission was replaced out of state by a garage that works on foreign cars only. The SAAB mechanic didn't do this work, he replaced the second transmission only. The first replaced transmission was new. The Saab mechanic told me whoever put it in did an excellent job.

The following is the statement my SAAB mechanic gave me

"Found rear transmission case dry - no oil found engine oil over filled by 4 quarts of oil. Customer had oil change about 2 mnonths before. Drain plug to rear case had been off recently (which is normally never changed). Car had Mighty oil filter. What appears to have happened is the rear of the transmission was drained. The tech then added 4 quarts of oil to engine which he thought was drained. The ring and pinion ran for qwhile till the little oil left dried up. The automatic trans fluid is seperate on this car. I have seen several quick Lubes make this same mistake. I called the shop who did the oil change and asked if he could come and look so I could show him what happened. He refused and stated he would get back to me."

The thing that gets me was the Quick Lube place wouldn't even investigate my complaint. As you know 2 transmissions in 4 months is a very expensive investment. And on top of that I incurred longer than normal rental car fees because I delayed having the work done, hoping he would turn it over to his insurance company, or send a trusted mechanic up to SAAB to investigate.

Again, thanks for your help.

posted by 152.163.1...

• oil change = destroyed transmission, Larry Soda, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 08:54:41
  • A couple other thots..., Noel, Mon, 3 Mar 2003 09:39:37
    • Re: A couple other thots..., JimBlake , Mon, 3 Mar 2003 14:42:00
      • Re: A couple other thots..., Noel, Mon, 3 Mar 2003 17:51:17
  • Being paranoiac instead of broke ( and furious ) ..., Serge , Sat, 1 Mar 2003 05:20:10
  • Quick change places >>>>>>, BobD, Sat, 1 Mar 2003 00:39:09
  • 2 things, Liam, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 22:19:09
  • Oil change lesson. I ALWAYS CHECK LEVEL after changes, mdj, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 20:20:42
  • That's the thing about quickie lubes., J, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 19:52:25
  • I don't buy it., Allan, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 16:49:42
  • '93 C900 5-speed doesn't have a drain plug, RS , Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:35:33
    • I believe the tranny drain plug stopped in '90., KB88900T, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 19:30:34
  • So where did they put the oil?, ChrisB, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 09:34:44
    • Manual transmission fluid level, Ken McKee, Tue, 26 Apr 2011 03:23:31
      • Re: Manual transmission fluid level, JimBlake , Tue, 26 Apr 2011 06:48:17
    • and the transmission worked fine until sudden failure?, Aero'ed, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 12:45:20
      • Re: and the transmission worked fine until sudden failure?, Larry Soda, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 21:49:34
      • I think I'm with Ed..., bRAD, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 14:09:48
        • to add fuel to the fire ->, michael p, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 14:38:57
          • One more thing, michael p, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 14:40:14
            • Re: One more thing, bRAD, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 14:51:25
              • Holy sh!t ... From now on, no more quckie lube for me!, J, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 14:58:06
                • The irony, J, is, your conclusion is opposite, michael p, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:24:18
                  • oil change = destroyed transmission, Larry Soda, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 17:34:38 <-- Viewing This Message
                    • It happens, I have seen it., Jimbo, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 18:39:27
                    • In Court..., Stephen Goldberger, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 18:04:48
                    • Damn! You could have more SERIOUS problems., J, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 17:47:58
                      • Mmmmmmmm .... Dorito's nm, michael p, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 18:01:39
  • Your Saab Tech can be an expert on the damage and, Terraplanem, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 09:34:02
  • Going to Court, Stephen Goldberger, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 09:29:06
  • Larry, look at my reply on Other Models. n/m, Dave Westlake, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 09:01:51

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