Senator71
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- First Name
- Joel
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- Sep 4, 2019
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- Location
- New York, NY
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- Jeep Wrangler JLU Sahara
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I took my Wrangler for a routine oil change yesterday. Dropped the Jeep at 8am, was called at 3pm to say it was ready to collect. About 3 miles after collecting the Jeep (was actually very nicely cleaned for me free of charge), the low oil pressure light came on. I picked my daughter up from school and drove home while trying to call the dealer - of course it was after 5pm by then and no one answered. Obvious thought was that there was low oil - they'd failed to top it off properly. No apparent leaks under the car.
I limped home - about 5 miles from where I picked up my daughter and parked my car. The oil dipstick was completely dry!
I called the dealer first thing this morning and they sent out a technician.
ZERO oil in the engine.
After a day reviewing the situation, they are claiming that there was a leak in the oil gasket and that the engine had dumped all it's oil during the first mile or so after I picked up the Jeep.
Something doesn't add up to me.
There was no smoke coming from the engine, no apparent leak when I stopped to collect my daughter after driving about 2 miles from the dealer. Where could the oil have gone??? Could the engine really have let go of 6 quarts of oil without any obvious signs from the driver's seat??
They say that there's "no lasting damage to the engine" but none of this really adds up to me.
Any thoughts? My JLU is 3 years old but "was" in immaculate condition, having only done 8600 miles.
Not sure what to do...
I limped home - about 5 miles from where I picked up my daughter and parked my car. The oil dipstick was completely dry!
I called the dealer first thing this morning and they sent out a technician.
ZERO oil in the engine.
After a day reviewing the situation, they are claiming that there was a leak in the oil gasket and that the engine had dumped all it's oil during the first mile or so after I picked up the Jeep.
Something doesn't add up to me.
There was no smoke coming from the engine, no apparent leak when I stopped to collect my daughter after driving about 2 miles from the dealer. Where could the oil have gone??? Could the engine really have let go of 6 quarts of oil without any obvious signs from the driver's seat??
They say that there's "no lasting damage to the engine" but none of this really adds up to me.
Any thoughts? My JLU is 3 years old but "was" in immaculate condition, having only done 8600 miles.
Not sure what to do...
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