My Chrysler dealer has never stripped the threads changing oil. They have
spilled oil all over the place though and one time the smoke was so bad I
had to pull over and make sure the engine wasn't on fire.


"Bill Putney" > wrote in message
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> The Commander wrote:
>
>> WARRANTY!!!! Be kewl with the service manager and they will
>> do it as "good will" towards the customers.
>> One thing I do is take my cars to the dealers and get my oil changed
>> when they send me cheap coupons... so when I have problems they
>> know me and do stuff for free for me.
>
> And end up with stripped out oil pan drain plug threads? No thanks.
>
> Bill Putney
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