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bluwtr49
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Jul 23, 2013

Interesting Service Experience

A week or so ago we took the MH to Pacific Truck in Coburg, OR for a complete fluids change including switching to ELC coolant. BTW, they really are a class outfit, Very careful, clean, and quick. Considering that the coolant change is quite involved they did the whole jog about 5 hours.

But....isn't there also a "But", when I went to check out I noticed a charge for 42 qts of oil. Interesting since the C-12 hold 36 qts. To their credit, they immediately sent a tech out to double check and yep, I was overfull. 5 qts were drained out before the level was correct (the dipstick is calibrated).

Turns out, the tech that did the oil change was told it was a C-13 engine which does hold more oil.

I'm not sure what would have happened if it hadn't been caught but I suspect it would have been messy.

That issue aside, I would still recommend them to anyone for service.

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  • A "Tech" does NOT have to be told how much of anything IF he is qualified to do the work. Besides, HE should have checked the Dipstick once the job was done. Sorry, but this type of mistake is NOT a normal mistake at a "class outfit". Doug