‘Cheaper’ engine oil damages six taxi engines
Just for your information... Excerpt from: http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/6/19/nation/14580917&sec=nation
KOSMO! has warned motorists not to buy engine oil which is suspiciously cheaper than the market price.
It said that at least six taxi drivers had to have their engines repaired after using the oil.
They claimed that they had bought the cheap engine oil from a spare-parts shop in Gombak. They said the oil “smelled like strawberries.”
The shop owner told them that the oil was genuine.
The taxi drivers said that their mechanics later told them that the oil they had used was the cause of the problem.
The oil had formed into a rubbery black “dodol-like” substance in the engine oil pans.
The drivers said they did not suspect anything as the oil's packaging looked genuine.
KOSMO! has warned motorists not to buy engine oil which is suspiciously cheaper than the market price.
It said that at least six taxi drivers had to have their engines repaired after using the oil.
They claimed that they had bought the cheap engine oil from a spare-parts shop in Gombak. They said the oil “smelled like strawberries.”
The shop owner told them that the oil was genuine.
The taxi drivers said that their mechanics later told them that the oil they had used was the cause of the problem.
The oil had formed into a rubbery black “dodol-like” substance in the engine oil pans.
The drivers said they did not suspect anything as the oil's packaging looked genuine.
posted by elfrem at Tuesday, June 20, 2006
1 Comments:
Smelled like strawberries???? Sounds to me they poured some handwash/shampoo instead of lubes! There is plenty of truth in the phrase "Cheap thing no good, Good thing no cheap". I dunno about those cab drivers but having something that smells like a fruit poured into a car will surely send alarms ringing in my head however dead my sixth sense may be!
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