http://srtforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75356&page=1&pp=15 All I can is.......wow........ Read about halfway down the first page......you'll see what I mean LOLOOLOLOLL
I have a story to tell. A dozen or so years ago, I had a charcoal grey 308 GTSi that I sold to this guy from Detroit (?) and he was flying down to get his car and drive it home. Despite the fact that I had just changed the oil, filter etc...he insisted that I have that done again at a garage, with documentation. So I stopped at the local Mercedes Benz dealer and he had one of his mechanics change the oil for me. I proceeded to the airport, picked up the gentleman, drove back some 60 miles south, signed the paper, got my money; he got in his car and drove off. The next morning I get a call from him, that he was back home, hundreds of miles away, but that he had serious trouble and could shift gears for the last couple of hours...and when he looked in the engine bay there was oil all over. After quite a bit of thought I realized what had happened...the mercedes mechanic had taken the gear oil out...and left it practically dry, while overfilling the engine oil sump. One thing the mechanic had said to me finally made sense..he said that the engine's oil capacity is not more than 8 quarts...that the manual was wrong. The car had 20 quarts of oil in it, and no gear oil. The new owner sued the mechanic and sued me as well...and the mercedes dearlership's defense was that I told the mechanic were to drain the oil !!!! The judge ruled against the dealer..and I had to pay the new owner a couple of thousand dollars to make him happy, on top of the 18 grand from the mercedes insurance agent. He had replaced the engine, the transmission, and had the car detailed as he was going to sell the car himself to make a quick buck. Has anyone had some dumb mechanic not know the difference between Olio Cambio and Olio Motori?
but what workhorse that 308 had to have been...he drove it for 10 hours or more with an oil sumpo with 20 quarts of oil, and NO gear oil. Great transmission, if you ask me!!!!
That guy is pretty real. I wish I could locate the forum he's on at the moment. He's the kind of guy who retreads his truck tires with drills and saws. While it might be redneck style, he's quite creative and knoweldgeable in what he does.
Common problem with Porsche 911s too.....it has 2 drain plugs, unfamiliar mechanics find the engine drain plug but miss the dry sump drain plug; in goes 9-10 qts oil ....