Dealer forgot oil cap during Oil Chane service

[Muchmore]

You got 220000 miles out of a Plymouth Voyager? That’s impressive

When you have a goat hauler that doubles as a soccer mom van you stick with it!

 

[Oldfart]

You got 220000 miles out of a Plymouth Voyager? That’s impressive

It still ran great when I sold it at 220,000. It had started using a little oil, but didn't smoke at all. They all were well maintained, but that one got pressed into moving a 5500 lb. boat from the lake to a dry storage area a few miles down the road most weekends in the spring/summer/fall. It needed a tranny at 100,000 and cv's a little later and that was it, other than consumables. I was really happy with how well they held up.

 

[EricM]

I voice my significant concerns about crap getting into the engine having just driven in snow storms and salt covered roads.

Did I dodge a bullet or should I be worried?

Snowblowers have no air filters.

There is no dust when there is snow.

 

[Reaper308]

I would go back and talk to the manager about the uncertainty of any possible damage their carelessness could have caused and without completely tearing down the engine you and your dealership are just hoping and praying there will be no long term damage due to their negligence. So an extended warranty would help you sleep better at night and not cause you to seek other ways to inform the public of their carelessness. Can’t hurt to ask for the extended warranty and probably would help you sleep better at night.

 

[Mylife98]

Dealer overfilled my transmission on my Gen2. 100miles up the road it overheated and spilled transmission oil/fluid everywhere. Dealer corrected and cleaned up the issue, but that same risk of 'what was damaged' was unknown. I had the Ford 100k warranty already, so dealer noted it in my service record that any future transmission issues they would cover. 10k miles later, clunking and slipping in 5th and 7th, they took the transmission apart, 'wow something got hot in here', rebuilt it no charge to me.

So like others say - no point asking for/doing a tear down and rebuild 'just in case', more wait and see and do your best to ensure you're covered if anything does go.

 

[Matt Pearlman]

Never go to any dealer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bracamonte]

I had a routine oil change performed at the local dealership 2 weeks ago (Jan 27th). Since the service, I had been smelling a faint burning odor when I would warm up the car on a cold morning - both outside and inside the truck. I initially wrote it off to some residual spilled oil during the service. I just finished a 1000 mile road trip and throughout I could still smell the burning. Yesterday I popped the hood to find half my engine bay soaked in oil, with the cap missing. The cap, surprisingly, was sitting on the radiator shroud just in front of the airbox duct. It must have wedged there with the hood closed. While driving like this, no abnormal eng oil temp/pressure readings (I have those gauges displayed all the time) - no CEL.

Needless to say I was furious and took the truck to the dealer right away. They changed the oil/filter and washed out my engine bay. They said it had only lost just under 1 liter of oil, and when drained, it didn't appear to be contaminated in any way. I voice my significant concerns about crap getting into the engine having just driven in snow storms and salt covered roads.

Did I dodge a bullet or should I be worried?

I think you dodged a bullet, especially if it didn’t throw any codes at you. Likely, your filter protected your engine.

I once left my oil cap off after an oil change. I warmed up the truck, then drove it around the block. It immediately threw a code and reduced power. It wouldn’t even shift to higher gears. The wrong type of pressure in the system threw it off.

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

Snowblowers have no air filters.

There is no dust when there is snow.

then why is it called a dusting of snow?

 

[Rickmeister]

I would do an oil change now and send a sample of the current oil to Blackstone-labs for a test. If it comes back contaminated, you have actual evidence to give the dealer and push for an extended powertrain warranty. If the oil report comes back clean, you have peace of mind.

 

[CancerDoc22]

Remind me to check the engine bay after my 1,000 mile oil change in 2 weeks…