[Bobblehead]

Good Kal Tire story:

Driving to a golf junket last summer, riding with a buddy and on the way through the Crowsnest, the service engine soon light comes on. Crap. He mentioned he had just had his oil changed the day before in preparation. We pray the car hold up to Sparwood, and it does. Checking the oil it is...dry. Nothing registers on the stick. The gas station doesn't have a repair bay, but they recommend Kal Tire just down the hill. So we put 3 litres of oil in, and as soon as the first goes in you can see it leaking out underneath. We let the other car know what is up, and scoot to the Kal Tire. It is about 9am. We get there, let them know we were just passing through, and what happened. So they opened up a bay, drove it onto the hoist. They had a guy checking it out and doing this and that for over an hour. We were hoping that a) the car wasn't hurt by the ordeal b) it wouldn't be expensive to fix, c) that we made out tee-time.

The guy said the car was ready, so we go in to pay.
$11.40
'Scuse me?
$11.40.

The tech said the filter had been over tightened. If you tighten it too much sometimes the gasket can wrinkle and a leak happens. They had drained the oil, put the filter back on correctly, topped up the oil and let it run for a bit to make sure no more leaks.

So we headed on our way (frequently stopping and checking the oil) but it was fine from that point on and we made out tee time.

Thank you Kal Tire of Sparwood.