XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: wade@cooler.net   
      
   On 3/29/21 10:52 AM, Frank wrote:   
   > On 3/29/2021 10:02 AM, rbowman wrote:   
   >> On 03/29/2021 06:49 AM, Frank wrote:   
   >>> I have a Crosstrek now configured the same and in latter years with not   
   >>> much driving just have the dealer service it.  Out of curiosity I   
   >>> watched a You Tube video on a guy changing the oil and he had a struggle   
   >>> getting off the factory installed filter.   
   >>   
   >> They haven't read the part about a quarter turn after the seal touches   
   >> at the factory. I've gotten a collection  of those end cap things over   
   >> the years and generally have one that fits. If not I fall back on the   
   >> strap wrench.   
   >   
   > I had the dealer put on a filter I could not get off in the limited   
   > space under my Forester when I went to change the oil.  I made the   
   > dealer take it off and replace it with my filter.  I had been screwed on   
   > a 60,000 mile service where I had changed the oil a couple of months   
   > before I went in and did not realize that they had done an unnecessary   
   > engine flush.   
      
   Surprising the dealer would install a part you supplied.   
      
   The usual party line why they won't do it is that the dealership   
   agreement prohibits installing anything but factory/OEM parts due to   
   liability and fit/function issues...the real reason being they don't   
   make any money on the part- just on the labor to install it.   
      
   OTOH, I can't imagine going into a nice restaurant and saying "here,   
   please cook and serve me this nice sirloin steak I bought in the   
   supermarket across the street"  ;-)   
      
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