XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: "@frank.net   
      
   On 3/29/2021 12:58 PM, Wade Garrett wrote:   
   > 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"  ;-)   
   >   
      
   It was a while back but the complete story was I had taken the car to   
   the dealer for the 60,000 mile check up and when I brought it in asked   
   the cost and what it entailed and they told me to wait and they would   
   get back to me.  I waited several minutes but then my wife came to take   
   me home and I did not get it and found out when I picked up the car.  I   
   was pissed at the cost in part as engine flush is not really required   
   along with necessary oil and filter change.  Then to find they put on a   
   filter that I could not remove must have got me really pissed because   
   they changed the filter at no charge.   
      
   To answer other response, I have had plumbers install items that I bought.   
      
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