Kevin Leonard — Aug 26, 2014
RUN!!!! Buyer BEWARE!!!
I brought my truck to Oregon City car care to have the brakes bled and the tranny leak stopped since they …
RUN!!!! Buyer BEWARE!!!
I brought my truck to Oregon City car care to have the brakes bled and the tranny leak stopped since they rebuilt it less than 50 miles ago. After leaving the truck with them, I was called and told my cam was flat and I needed a complete valve job which would probably require two new heads since the existing ones on the sbc block were 1966 power paks. They charged me for a compression test and said that the number 1 cylinder lobe on the cam was flat with an "estimate" of $1200 plus parts. I declined and told them to simply fix the tranny leak and bleed the brakes ...AND do NOT do any work that will put the bill over $200 without calling me for authorization. Upon picking up the car I was presented a bill for $300. The truck was still leaking tranny fluid and the brake lines still had air in them. I forked over the $190 I had in cash just to get my truck back from these pretenders.
After taking my truck to a reputable shop, I was told that there was no way that Oregon City Car care could have done a compression test without removing the headers. The cam did need replacing but it was cylinder #6 (showing me the cam) that was bad and the spark plug to 6 was actually the only plug that could not be removed without removing the header meaning that if OC Car Care would have actually did what they said that they did, they would have been able to correctly diagnose the problem. Gary (the owner) took my money but gave me nothing for it ..with no reconciliation!
Read more
RUN!!!! Buyer BEWARE!!!
I brought my truck to Oregon City car care to have the brakes bled and the tranny leak stopped since they rebuilt it less than 50 miles ago. After leaving the truck with them, I was called and told my cam was flat and I needed a complete valve job which would probably require…
RUN!!!! Buyer BEWARE!!!
I brought my truck to Oregon City car care to have the brakes bled and the tranny leak stopped since they rebuilt it less than 50 miles ago. After leaving the truck with them, I was called and told my cam was flat and I needed a complete valve job which would probably require two new heads since the existing ones on the sbc block were 1966 power paks. They charged me for a compression test and said that the number 1 cylinder lobe on the cam was flat with an "estimate" of $1200 plus parts. I declined and told them to simply fix the tranny leak and bleed the brakes ...AND do NOT do any work that will put the bill over $200 without calling me for authorization. Upon picking up the car I was presented a bill for $300. The truck was still leaking tranny fluid and the brake lines still had air in them. I forked over the $190 I had in cash just to get my truck back from these pretenders.
After taking my truck to a reputable shop, I was told that there was no way that Oregon City Car care could have done a compression test without removing the headers. The cam did need replacing but it was cylinder #6 (showing me the cam) that was bad and the spark plug to 6 was actually the only plug that could not be removed without removing the header meaning that if OC Car Care would have actually did what they said that they did, they would have been able to correctly diagnose the problem. Gary (the owner) took my money but gave me nothing for it ..with no reconciliation!
Read more
Show less
