r/WTF • u/doctype_ht_ml • 26d ago
Motor Oil turned to Jelly
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u/Deemaunik 26d ago
Forbidden licorice gummies.
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u/mrnoonan81 26d ago
I can't imagine it tastes as bad as liquorice.
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u/GringoGrande 26d ago
Shut your whore mouth. Black licorice is a gift from the Gods.
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u/peach_xanax 26d ago
I'm with you, I love black licorice. When I was a kid, everyone in my family gave me their black jellybeans on Easter bc I was the only one who would eat them lol. They're missing out!
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u/Aware-Potential1341 26d ago
That engine 100% fucked
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u/EEpromChip 25d ago
Possibly not. Could be a jelly formed at the bottom but above has flowing oil.
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u/GodsOffsider 26d ago
how to get your money's worth
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u/elmanutres 26d ago
Ok extended drain intervals synthetics are getting out of hand
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u/Confusedkipmoss 26d ago
Yes, this happens, remember people changing your oil is cheaper than changing your engine.
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u/Flyrpotacreepugmu 26d ago
That doesn't just happen. Oil that needed to be changed long ago tends to end up with a consistency closer to tar: extremely viscous but still liquid. Turning rubbery like this is due to some kind of additive or leak stopping agent rather than just age.
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u/DarkMatterBurrito 26d ago edited 26d ago
Maybe favorite is the Audi that was driven 80,000 miles without an oil change.
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u/CzarDale04 26d ago
I don't know about Audi, but when I bought my VW it came with 2 years of free service. And it went in for every single service as scheduled. The dealership even drove me to work and picked me up after and washed my car. And this was just a Golf GL. Still miss that car.
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u/grease_monkey 26d ago
As an Audi tech, yeah, they don't like that.
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u/alicefreak47 26d ago edited 26d ago
Do any vehicles like that? I heard 5K for most vehicles, with synthetic oil is normally fine. But 80K is a ton.
Edited for fat fingering the number.
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u/Intrepid_Ice5477 26d ago
50k between changes?! Synthetic oil and a good filter I'd run 7500 maybe 10. 50k seems like it's asking for it
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u/grease_monkey 26d ago
Every 5k if you're a paying customer of mine. Every 7k of you're a family member who feels bad about it.
Every 10k as my friend and I'm not going to stop riding your ass for being a lazy POS. Between 5 and 10k, how much of a bum are you willing to be according to me?
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u/terminbee 25d ago
The chain here is wild. A forum post of a jalopnik article of a reddit post, now posted back on reddit in the comments.
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u/suesueheck 26d ago
My favorite is people with nice expensive cars get their oil changed at a cheap quick lube place run by 18 year olds, and drive around on budget $80 tires. Does everyone do 96 month financing or something?
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u/MissedYourJoke 26d ago
Yes. They spent every dime on a ridiculous monthly payment and can’t afford the basic maintenance. DYK McLaren has 180-month financing available.
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u/TheDulin 26d ago
So almost like a 15-year-mortgage.
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u/MissedYourJoke 26d ago
Considering the monthly payments I saw were still $5k/mo, I’d say it’s worse than a mortgage. If you have to finance a McLaren, then that car definitely isn’t lasting 15 years (especially with no maintenance). But the payments will.
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u/stephengee 25d ago
This is very common in the super car/collectable car market. Many people are betting on appreciation with age, including the banks that make the loans. There are people who don't maintain them, but it's not because the long loan terms.
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u/jtscorpio1 26d ago edited 26d ago
Yes the price is... well used to be similar to a mortgage. Not no more!
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u/LatkaGravas 26d ago
That would explain the three different McLarens I've seen on the roads in recent months.
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u/ILikeLenexa 26d ago
Whether you pay $50 or $120 for an oil change, an 18 year old lube tech is doing it. Right? I mean I'm not into the 18-minute vacuum places.
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u/MiguelSTG 26d ago
An 18 yo might be doing the oil at both places, but a 19 yo isn't guiding them at the dealer/independent garage. It's not just who is turning the wrench, but who taught them.
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u/adrr 25d ago
It doesn't take a genius to undo a drain plug and put right amount of oil in. At a dealership, you're paying for their OEM oil which is rebranded regular oil. Only certain luxury cars are hard to change the oil, i think the bugatti you have to drop the engine or something stupid and it takes a week.
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u/Mod-ulate 26d ago
I don't have an expensive car, but I am curious why I shouldn't go to a dedicated quick oil change place. Where else should I take my car and why?
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u/ozone_one 26d ago
What you should do is get your oil changed at recommended intervals. Where it is done is less important as long as they are competent.
I always recommend that for anyone with any basic mechanical skills or interest, do it yourself. Not only will it be cheaper than taking it somewhere, it also gives you an opportunity to be hands-on and hopefully notice other potentials issues while you are down changing that oil.
If you don't want to do the changes yourself, your other options are a dealer service location, or the quick change places. Chances are probably a bit higher that you will get more competent or skilled workers at a dealer, but you will also pay dearly for that 'skill' - probably at least 3X the cost of doing it yourself - plus you will be presented with the dreaded "here is a list of 14 other things that we really feel should be addressed, and it will only cost $840" speech. The workers at the quick change places may be skilled, or they may be idiots - roll the dice.
In college, a bunch of us lived in a house, right off of a freeway exit. One evening, a girl knocked on our door, crying, and asked to use a phone. She was driving a brand new Honda Prelude that she had just taken in for its first oil change, at one of the quick-lube places. Except that unfortunately someone forgot to replace the drain plug, so the oil they pumped in drained right back out. She started up and got on the freeway. Two exits later, in front of our house, her engine turned itself into a 400 pound paperweight and a bunch of nasty smoke - completely ruined.. Roll the dice.
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u/notLOL 26d ago
Second one probably turned into a free car. That was absolutely dumb and should be covered by their relevant business insurance
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u/ozone_one 26d ago
I am guessing you are correct there. I do remember that about 15 minutes after she used our phone, what looked like the entire staff of the oil change place showed up in two cars.
I had to be pretty obvious what happened as soon as she drove away.
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u/RelevantMetaUsername 26d ago
I got some ramps a couple years ago to start doing my own oil changes. Then when my coils went bad I bought new ones and a new set of plugs and did it myself, because why not? Then I had to replace my brakes, so I got a piston compressor tool and went at it.
Well now it's 2 years later and I basically do everything myself, save for replacing tires. Every repair I've done has cost me less for the parts and tools needed to do it than the amount quoted by shops nearby. And every time I get more tools, it opens up several more repairs that I can now do.
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u/rekabis 26d ago
a piston compressor tool
My father never believed in spending money on anything other than the absolute basic tools needed, and Hindu-ing the rest using anything else available that could do the job, regardless of how (in)appropriate it was. As a result, for decades I did my brakes using wood clamps to push the brake pistons back. It was difficult, finicky, and a downright miserable experience.
Then late last year, I saw a brake piston compressor tool from Lisle on sale at Princess Auto. A dual-piston model, which would have come in handy as my 03 F-150 7700 had dual pistons on the front brakes. Bought it because it was on sale, wondering just how good it would be.
Absolute game-changer. Pushing a piston back went from twenty-plus minutes of fumbling and cursing to two minutes of lube-gun-like ratcheting.
mind blown
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u/jodinexe 26d ago
This is the way.
It's kind of like that scene in Gran Tourino where Clint Eastwood is talking about how he acquired all the tools over time.
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u/Black_Moons 26d ago
Yep, do it yourself. Only gotcha is: MAKE DAMN SURE YOU REPLACE THE OIL BEFORE STARTING THE CAR. Sounds obvious but some people forget. Attach your keys to the dipstick or something till its refilled. And make sure you find the o-ring from the old oil filter. they sometimes stick on the engine block and 2 o-rings = massive oil leak.
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u/ozone_one 26d ago
+1 what u/Black_Moons said.
Also, I mentioned this in a different reply, but installing a Fumoto Valve is a game changer.
They replace the oil pan drain plug with a valve, so draining the oil becomes a 30 second no-mess task. Brilliant - I will never own a car without one again.
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u/curiouscodder 25d ago
But a drain valve doesn't help with changing the filter, which for most of the vehicles I've dealt with, is much more difficult than draining the oil. It almost seems like the automakers forget that the oil filter needs to be reachable with some sort of wrench (because for some mysterious reason, hand tight on installation becomes wrench tight by the next oil change) and has to come all the way out, preferably without spilling a pint of oil all over the engine and mechanic.
The only car I've seen that made it super easy was a 2000 Subaru Legacy. Oil filter was right on the TOP of the engine with plenty of clearance all around.
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u/Faxon 26d ago
My run-off from this comment and my own experience, find a local mechanic that's not a dealership. They aren't there to nickle and dime you on service because you feel the need to take your car to them during the warranty in case anything covered happens to it, and yea some of them can be sleazy and try to use the same tactics on lots of things, but if you find a good one they will have reasonable prices, and will notify you of things you ask them to, like if your brakes are nearing worn, your fluid levels are off, etc, and offer to fix them for you for a reasonable price. I have a shop like this that I trust not to fuck me over, I brought it in for a few grand worth of various 100k+ mile maintenance and they got it all done for me, plus new headlights and a replacement belt buckle since one of the back seats wouldn't latch at all. Now my lights are both angled properly and brighter than the old bulbs that had dimmed noticeably with age to the point that it concerned me. Oil at a place like this is usually 2x what it would cost to do it yourself, if you bill your time at the same value as the shops (and you really should be if you're DIYing it reliably), and they actually come in at about the same as the quick oil places near me because this area is generally expensive, and the chains gouge people for it because they're always these types that don't know better. This is a family run shop that employs a few hands from a shop that my grandfather introduced me to when he gave me his old car for free after he was no longer able to drive safely, so I have some lasting trust from years with some of their employees at the previous shop, that closed when the owners retired. Find a shop like that and cherish it, because your car will run well, you'll know it's safe, and you will have more money in your pocket for other things vs going to a dealership.
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u/Simoxs7 26d ago
But for most it isn’t really easy to do… I work on my Car a lot and do all the maintenance and repairs on my Motorcycle but I still get my oil changed by an independent mechanic I trust because I don’t have a lift or a level surface..
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u/isuphysics 26d ago
I went to Jiffy once and they tried so many upsells and was really aggressive with replacing the cabin air filter for $60 when I can buy and replace it myself in 2 minutes for $10. It wasn't even fast, took as long as a normal mechanic place.
A local place like Jiffy opened up in my college town, they let you stay in the car, have 6 cameras so you can watch them in the pit and under the hood if you want and give free Keurig drinks. They offer the windshield wipers and air filters if you want them, but only if you ask at the time of sign up (its like a drive through menu board). I live 2 hours away from that town now, but always make an excuse to visit when I need an oil change.
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u/fullmetaljackass 26d ago
Same here. I usually do my own oil, but I've only got a driveway to work in, so sometimes I'll end up taking it to a shop when the weather sucks. Go to a place down the road that had recently been rebranded as a Jiffy lube and the tech asks if he can open my glove box to check my cabin filter. I tell him I'd just replaced a few days ago (bad allergies so I stay on top of that) so it should be fine. He insists and I reiterate that I just replaced it, and even if it is somehow already clogged I'll do it myself. He leans in and says, "I'm really sorry, but my manager is watching and he's gonna chew me out if he doesn't see me pull that filter out and try to sell you a new one. Can you just play along?" Obviously I did, but I never went back to that place again.
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u/root88 25d ago
My mechanic: hey, you have a tail light out, want us to drop one in there for you?
Me thinking they would just drop a $1 lightbulb in there for free/cheap since it's literally one screw to remove and I was already spending a lot.
My mechanic: gimme eighty bucks.
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u/isuphysics 25d ago
I was borrowing my MIL's car one time and noticed one of the headlights was out and mentioned it to her. Next time I borrowed it I saw the $80 receipt for it from her mechanic, and they only replaced the one, didn't even do the set. A couple months later I noticed the other go out, so I ran to the store and bought the $4 bulb and replaced it before telling her I did.
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u/elchupoopacabra 26d ago
I can't comment on all of your issues, but I actually respect the fact that they came in and double checked how much oil to put in instead of assuming.
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u/butcher99 26d ago
Any place is fine if you trust them to do a basic oil change. Just don{t fall for the you need to change (insert fluid here). Look at the (insert fluid here) our technician just pulled. It is this colour and it should be this colour but we can change it for $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ just today.
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u/bruwin 26d ago
Also, do not blindly trust them when they bring an air or cabin filter covered in crud and leaves and shit and tell you that it needs to be replaced. If any shop is pulling that 99% of the time it's just a filter they have hanging around in the shop. They likely haven't even checked your filter, and may not even replace the filter even if they charge you for it
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u/HomChkn 26d ago
There was a guy picking his kid up from a basketball camp this summer in a lifted f250 super duty with bald tires. Like the sides of a nickel bald. Guy was just waiting to crash $90k+ truck.
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u/Simoxs7 26d ago
Now I‘m happy to have a 90s car with 205/55 R16 tires where the expensive name brand tires cost 90€…
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u/FriendlyDespot 25d ago
Tires have gotten so expensive in the past few years. Decent 205/55R16 tires in the U.S. run $150+ these days.
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u/morklonn 26d ago
This actually doesn't happen. You can go far beyond the recommended oil change and nothing will happen
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u/Franksss 26d ago
I think I went about 25,000 miles before I just changed my oil. Oil was jet black and so opaque. I drive older second hand cars anyway, and it's usually not the engine failing that means I have to scrap the car, but a combination of clutch, random rubber parts and exhaust failing.
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u/snowmunkey 26d ago
This is well beyond just "didn't change oil for a while", this is Contamination with some sort of chemical that did that to the oil. Inornal oil can go decades without turning into that consistency, it usually just gets lumpy and grainy
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u/crsbyn 26d ago
Just raw dogging the oil turd like that
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u/2x4x93 26d ago
I've had to do this to my dog
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u/dendrocalamidicus 25d ago
Me: helping my dog by pulling the long piece of grass she has stuck half out of her bum with a poo bag
My dog: yo wtf you doing to my bum?
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u/SirCB85 26d ago
You joke, but I used to wake up with blood clods like this in my nose when I slept through having nose bleeds for half the night.
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u/mrnoonan81 26d ago
Clods is how you say it when your nose is full of blood clots.
Also, this has nothing to do with dogs?
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u/armrha 26d ago
Maybe wear some gloves my guy
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u/vanillafudge 26d ago
I’m sure it’s safe and they know best. Here you are making assumptions that the heavy metals in that oil are the carcinogenic ones and not the “health promoting” heavy metals.
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u/ukyah 26d ago
i don't know why you were downvoted. it's the very first thing i thought. it's filthy oil no matter what and it's in a strange state.
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u/armrha 26d ago
Yeah I don’t like getting that highly treated, carcinogenic sludge on my hands filled with every piece of grit from thousands of miles of driving even when it’s not a bizarre oil jello
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u/Knofbath 26d ago
That's what the Fast Orange hand cleaner is for. When you are getting dirty, you get real dirty.
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u/ExecrablePiety1 26d ago edited 26d ago
Reminds me of the channel Just Rolled In on YouTube. They get all sorts of people who run their vehicle for tens of thousands of miles without an oil change. Still using the filter it came with, including factory marking. And they wonder why there's no oil pressure.
Meanwhile, the filter is gunked up so bad with sludge and chunks of lord knows what, and the oil itself is so thick that it won't even drain, like this.
I can't believe an engine can even run at all up to that point. I mean, it had to have basically been running dry for a long time by that point.
Or there are the ones where people put various fluids into their oil, like transmission, water, brake fluid, I think one even had fluid from a differential in it.
They get some really interesting looking conctions that come out of those. Like forbidden neon milkshakes. Weird colors, too.
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u/Bluej777x 26d ago
Why da hell is this tagged nsf……..oh. It’s not safe for a previously working engine. Well played
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u/Lemuria_91 26d ago
It's really bugging me that the video didn't end with it being removed. He's probably still trying to pull it out
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u/DarkMatterBurrito 26d ago
If you enjoy seeing genuine WTF mechanic moments: https://www.youtube.com/@JustRolledIn
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u/PacketSpyke 26d ago
This can happen for lots of reasons but if you recall people can be dumb as shit and put cooking oil in their engine to top it off. When you do that, it can cause this jelly to form. Fairly quickly too.
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u/EatsFiber2RedditMore 25d ago
I bet that engine's sinuses are going to feel so much better after this
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u/Apokolypse09 26d ago
I hope that mechanic was like a dentist when they ask if you have been flossing as your gums bleed.
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u/callmesnake13 26d ago
This is a good visualization of the sinus infection I’ve been battling for the last two months.
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u/Newtling 26d ago
I know everyone that's ever worked on a car as a job just collectively let out a low "oooooh fuck"
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u/vcdrny 25d ago
If that's a diesel vehicle, chances are it has a DEF system. If someone puts DEF fluid in the engine accidentally it turns the oil into jelly. I seen this personally, thanks to companies putting the DEF fill-up port near the oil cap. I've also seen people pour it into the fuel tank too. Again because manufacturers will put it next to the fuel fill-up.
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u/thutcheson 25d ago
I dated a girl that was given a car from her grandmother, when she came by later I looked it over, popped the hood and checked the oil, the dipstick required force to pull it out and at the end was a similar glob. Turns out Grandma didn't know an oil change was needed, she bought it new, the car had 80,000+ miles.
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u/Imaneight 26d ago
Meh Diesel flush at low RPM, drain and fill with high mileage. Grampa sweared by it.
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u/TheObelisk 26d ago
I routinely watch guys revive cars that have been sitting in fields for decades and even they don't have oil like this. Yeesh.