I am with Bob here.
I had a quick-oil-change incident. However, they didn't put ATF in the
brake lines, they topped it off with Power Steering Fluid.
If you look at it the PSF and the BF look to be the same stuff, but they
aren't. Check you BF. If they put PSF in it, the stuff will be thick and
gunky looking.
Pretty much had my entire brake system replaced and not a dollar out of
pocket. The guys I was dealing with seem to be pretty upstanding. However,
I have heard some serious horror stories about the quick-change guys not
owning up to the problem.
Harold
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Howard" <mgbob@juno.com>
To: <rowman22001@yahoo.com>
Cc: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 7:30 AM
Subject: Re: Desperate
> Paul,
> My daughter's Honda had a similar experience immediately after the
> quick-oil-change place changed the oil and topped the brake master
> cylinder with automatic transmission fluid. The ATF swelled the cups,
> and the rubber hoses, and the caliper seals and the etc etc so that the
> brakes would drag and lock up within a mile of cold startup. The
> oil-change place denied doing the deed, but the proof was in brake fluid
> drained off from the wheel cylinders. ATF is red and separates from the
> brake fluid.
> Bob
>
> >
> > After leaving the shop, within about a mile, the front
> > brakes were clearly dragging. It started off not too
> > bad, and got progressively worse and worse. I knew
> > something was wrong as was trying to limp it to a
> > "real" service facility, when the Jeep basically
> > became undriveable. The front brakes were essentially
> > locking quite seriously and generating a LOT of heat.
> > So I pulled it over and called the brake place that
> > did the original work. They said to take it wherever
> > I wanted and they would stand behind it.
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