Wal-Mart Oil ripoff Change overfilled and denied responsiblity Helena Montana

For why your car is having problems.

I'm not a mechanic, nor do I have a Driver's License (or ever plan on having one.)

What I do have is a husband who regulary overills the oil. And both of his cars still run fine. Time to get another excuse.

I bought my Cougar with the 3.8L V-6 and the guy who had it before me did an oil change without draining the old oil! It had like 11 quarts in it and ran beautiful! Scared the hell out of me even with my prior mechanical background, but all i got was an extremely clean motor.

No damage at all, not even fouled plugs!

Oil pressure was a little on the high side, but that was it.

You had more oil than required. What damage do you think happened? If the oil was filled all the way up to the top of the valve cover, and still ran(not oil fouling the plugs), there would be no damage done to anything. This would take several gallons, not just one extra. When the engine is running, all but about a quart is lubricating. That last quart is in the pan. That is why the add mark is 1 quart.

This is is why your claim was denied. The insurance company knows there is no damage, and refuses to pay for what they already know. At best, if the over-abundance of oil caused your plugs to get fouled, that's all they would owe you...new plugs.

Look on the bright side. You went there for CHEAP and got it. You also got the engine real clean in the process.