Hi iam new to site and looking for advice. About 3 weeks ago my wife took car to walmart for oil change.02' Ford Tauras..24 valve doh cam 54,000 miles. They double gasketed the filter(left old one on). Wife drove around town and car lost 5 of the 6 quarts of oil. Wal Mart knows they did this as they left message on machine saying we needed to contact them as soon as possible..oil trail out of their bay. Now I have low compression in a cylinder. They have set me up with rental car and and authorized dealer to find root of problem to see if the cause is due to the loss of oil. My question is, if the car ran perfect before the oil change fubar, and now I have a bad cylinder, can they deny their mess up dint cause the problem. Also, what else could be ready to explode inside the motor if all they do is fix this problem. Thanks for advice.

 

Hey motivator,
Sorry to hear about your mishap. I am not a mech but if you havent erased that message yet keep it. Write down (or have your wife) write down all of the events, times, dates when they did the oil change and then when you noticed it was leaking oil, when you discovered the double gasket. Write down everything. After Walmart does what they need to you will have the stuff you need IF you need to take it to court. Hope this helps you out.