2biguns
08-09-2005, 08:54 AM
As many of you know, I'm a small town lawyer and handle just about anything that comes in the door. Well, a former civil attorney/current Assistant DA filed a case for a lady involving her 2002 Dodge pickup. The lawyer quit practicing and went to the DA's office and asked me to help his client. I'm all for doing favors for the DA because you just never know when the water patrol might be overly anxious on the lake!
Client's engine locked up after 23,000 miles. DaimlerChrysler checked it out and claims that engine failed due to lack of maintenance ("the cause of the engine failure was due to lack of maintenance. Heavy sludge amd metal were found after removal of the oil pan and the oil pickup screen was blocked due to the sludge").
My client swears she had her oil changed regularly.
My question is assuming that the client did NOT change her oil for a year/23,000 miles, would the oil change to sludge? You hear stories all the time about people running engines 100,000 miles without an oil change so what's the scoop?
Free beer or a get-out-of-jail free card good for anywhere in Cullman County, Alabama to the best helper :smash:
Client's engine locked up after 23,000 miles. DaimlerChrysler checked it out and claims that engine failed due to lack of maintenance ("the cause of the engine failure was due to lack of maintenance. Heavy sludge amd metal were found after removal of the oil pan and the oil pickup screen was blocked due to the sludge").
My client swears she had her oil changed regularly.
My question is assuming that the client did NOT change her oil for a year/23,000 miles, would the oil change to sludge? You hear stories all the time about people running engines 100,000 miles without an oil change so what's the scoop?
Free beer or a get-out-of-jail free card good for anywhere in Cullman County, Alabama to the best helper :smash: