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Dealer didn't change my oil filter? VQ40

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OK- so I just did my 2nd oil change at 6500 miles. The first one, at 3000 miles- I took advantage of a free one by the dealer where I bought my truck, and provided the Mobil 1 5w-30 myself.

2 suspicious things:
1- I provided the dealer w/ a 5 quart bottle and a ~2 quart left bottle, the 2 quarts I found to be untouched afterwards. (Granted, even with a filter today I found 5 quarts was fine- 1/2 way up dip stick, didnt need much topping).
2- The filter I had to take off today for my 2nd change was a real bi*ch and had the japanese writing on it and pn 15208-31U0D , which I've read is a factory filter only. From a different dealer I was provided with a 15208-31U00 that I used today. It was identical to the 31U0D.

So- did the dealer change my filter the first time? I'm calling tomorrow to see if they stock the 31U0D filter. If not I'm calling B.S. on them.
Thoughts? :thatswck:
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Clint said:
all my dealer bought filters are 15208-9E000.

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Yes, that's what I thought it should be- I was questioning b4 the install. But I found somewhere- a g35 board?- that the 9E000 was cross-referenced to the 31U00
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Volcano_God said:
Guys/Gals, if you can crawl and own a cheap set of metric wrenches, filter wrench and a catch can, you can easily avoid this behavior by stealerships and every having doubts about the quality of work done on your rides. I have ramps, but can easily change the oil in a matter of 20 or so minutes and then take the old oil to an auto-parts store and donate it to them for free. Total cost: price of old shirts/oil/filter/cheap harbor freight tools and a nice spill proof can. WAY cheaper than what the stealership charges. :)

I have a bag of copper crush washers, but am still running on my OEM one. If you have questions on what and how to do the changes, post them up. For those not sure what (reasonable) torque to use on installing the oil pan plug, you can purchase a cheap torque wrench for less than 30 smackers and do it to spec.
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well sure- I'm an engineer and I've rebuilt entire engines and transmissions... but sometimes convenience is nice. I felt like I could entrust this simple task... my mistake.
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VG, no problem, I agree.

I ended up dropping the front skid, then used a wide pair of channel locks to get the filter off. Last resort is always hammer and long screwdriver...
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