Aren't all oil changes/ Oil Services the same?The picture below are from a new customer's Mercedes Benz ML500. He had been bringing his Mercedes into the local lube joint for the last few years. He trusted them and thought that they could keep him informed of his vehicle's service needs. Only when the coolant bottle started to leak and they said that they "don't do that type of repair" did he search us out. We replaced his coolant bottle, performed an oil service and check all of his fluids (see fluid sample picture). Even we were surprised to see an oil filter in this condition (see oil filter picture). We had to remove all the pieces of the filter from the oil filter housing with a pair of needle nose pliers. It turns out that the lube shop that he has been patronizing for all of those years, doesn't stock the oil filter for his vehicle, so they just didn't replace it. As you can see the transmission fluid, power steering fluid and brake fluid is in bad co ... read more