reactions on this please..

I guess you can get mixed up seeing that some subies have an external tranny filter. But not the WRX?

 

Happens to all of them... They look right past the drain plug on the oil pan and right at the trans pan drain.

 

the wrx 4eat has an external transmission filter

 

Is the WRX we're talking about 4eat?

 

lol, so what is this place called where he got his oil changed?

 

yes, it is

 

With as much as this happens, you'd think that they would check the dipstick before they let it out the door. How do you expect a dipstick to check another dipstick though...

 

Quantity not Quailty

 

So...who have you involved in this whole thing?

Have you called your insurance company yet?! :squint:

Realize that you do have a 115k mile engine. The oil place wrecked a 115k mile engine. The oil place, or any "professional" business messing anything up is required to at least bring you back to the point of "it never happened." This means you are entitled a 115k mile used engine, at least, as well as any loss through time, expenses, car rentals, lost wages, etc.

The insurance company is there to fight for your against any wrong doing, well a good insurance company will. :laugh: Crappy ones just try and figure out how they can't lose money. The nice part is that it's someone else's fault, so they don't have to worry about paying out anything. You should be able to work with your insurance company to settle on an acceptable ending to this mess. A settlement will be given in the form of a check, to you, and you can proceed any way you want from there. You can toss in a new engine, a used one, turbo or not, rebuild it, buy a new car, whatever. All that matters is to get to a "cash equivalent" point that is acceptable to both parties. This should be enough where you are at zero loss in the end and have an end product equivalent to where you were at prior to the insident.

Your insurance company are your lawyers.

My only advise to you is to be realistic. Understand that you have rights to be fully compensated for the event and any subsequent, related expenses. However, you still have to come back down to earth and realize you weren't driving a new car. Used is used, and the oil shop only needs to bring you back to something at least equivalent. This means the 129k mile engine is out of the question but the 80K and 29k ones are plenty fine. The engine and install costs are on their bill.

I'll note, once you get the check to cover costs for everything, you are free to proceed any way you like. If you want to put a few $$$ in your pocket, you could search for a cheap, used engine yourself and do a swap or simply buy a rebuild kit/parts and do the swap yourself and put all labor costs in your pocket, if you have free time for it.

 

I can see your point, but how does he know how well the used motor was treated/maintained? There's no guarantee that the used motor, no matter the mileage hasn't been neglected.

 

True, but this can be part of the settlement. Have the engine inspected, compression checked, maybe even include a partial tear down. As was stated earlier, an extended warranty of some kind could be included that would allow the repair of any problems found later just in case the engine was mistreated.