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In article <3347DE95.63B8@msg.ti.com>, debbie mulcahy  <irdm@msg.ti.com> wrote:
>I took my elderly (10 yr old) car in for an oil change last week.  The
>fellow that was taking care of it told me that the car was making a
>clicking noise & that something was wrong with some bearings or 
>something (gee, don't I know alot about mechanics!) and that he couldn't 
>change the oil because it would ruin the engine.  Since I'm pretty 
>ignorant about cars, I don't know whether or not this is true.

It's not.  If you're grinding up any engine parts, you want to get the
grindings flushed out with the old oil.  You may have a real problem, but
I can't think of a single instance where changing the oil would hurt.

>He immediately followed this info with the name of a nearby garage where 
>his friend could fix it for me ("Ask for him by name since he's the only 
>one who'll give you this special deal...etc.").

Yeah, scam alert big time.  Do take your car to a mechanic whom you trust
to get the problem--if there really is a problem--diagnosed.  Don't take
it back to that oil place.

Good luck.

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