I thought I had found a good, honest mechanic.. until he told me my cars' engine oil needed changing. Funny thing is I had changed it myself just 2 days earlier! Is it POSSIBLE he made an honest mistake or am I right in assuming he's really a crook?
oklatom
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Did you ask him why he thought that? Was his answer good? Did you tell him it had been changed 2 days ego?
I think I would find a different mechanic if you did not get a good explanation.
zipper
Most likely he was going by the sticker on the Windshield and by the mileage.
thebax2006
If you don't change your oil and filter every 3,000 miles there's a good chance the oil is black and dirty even though you just changed it.
Anonymous
You might ask him why he thought that. For example, my car electronically tracks when the oil is changed, but you have to manually tell the software that you did it. One time my mechanic forgot to do this and I got a warning from the computer a month later letting me know I was overdue for an oil change. I had to go into the system and let it know when it had been changed and set the reminder duration. So it's possible he checked the car's computer logs and saw that there was no information on the oil change and assumed it needed to be done.
STEVEN F
It is possible YOU used dirty oil or only changed half of the oil.
It is also possible he read a sticker from a previous oil change and told you that based on the mileage shown, you were due for an oil change.
It is even possible that an internal leak contaminated the oil with coolant, but it isn't bad enough to be clear that is why the oil looks bad.