david_in_missouri said: (quoted from post at 09:11:36 09/24/09) The owner's manual tells the operator to check the oil before starting the engine. This relieves the mechanic from any responsibility of low oil. No basis for a complaint.
I'm not taking sides here, but the lady just had her oil changed by a mechanic she trusted. So her not re-checking the oil when she got home makes sense to me.
How many people take their car somewhere to get the oil changed and then check the oil level before they drive it? I've never seen anybody do it.
I agree that running an engine that long without it seizing up sounds hard to believe, and that PTO business sounds fishy too. But blaming her for not re-checking the oil after it just having been changed by a mechanic, sounds unreasonable to me. I think most people would have done the same.
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