Longgo Toyota broke my frs..

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Is the car OK? What happened?

[MTCRX]

Originally Posted by mav1178

Yes. Please go re-read my comment.

It was an observation and not a judgment.

-alex

It seems like good practice to avoid bad habits and develop good communication skills. But I am also not judging, just a thought.

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by Jgs84

Yes they did rotate my tires and i drive a stick shift. I also noticed that they did adjust my handbreak

All jokes aside, the sluggishness could be from a preloaded parking brake that may be binding, causing the smoke and "fire" from overheated parkng brake shoes.

Or by a stroke of bad luck, your factory parking brakes are stuck due to a defect and it happened right after you got the car back.

Smoking pads look like this:
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWamsnHlzd8"]Audi S4 smoking brake pads - YouTube[/ame]




Either way, unless the smoke is coming from the engine bay, I wouldn't link it to the oil change.

-alex

[Hyper4mance2k]

Originally Posted by ramiram1984

This isn't English course and being graded. If it reads how it sounds then it's ok. it's a forum dude

I am judging. The whole point of the English class where you were graded was to teach you how to communicate clearly and concisely in written format. Now where would you use written format, a forum perhaps?

[D_Thissen]

Originally Posted by mav1178

BTW I'm not sure "I shit the engine right away" sounds right... may want to see if any damage was done there.

Don't you hate when you shit an engine?!
OP I am going to guess that it is the emergency brake that's dragging, should be a quick fix!

[Noz]

I've heard of people shitting bricks, but never shitting engines. That's a whole new shitty level.

[Lonewolf]

Do you have any pics?

[Drewfellas]

Hope everything is alright

[pantdino]

Originally Posted by Jgs84

Went to longgo Toyota for an oil change yesterday. After driving my car for like 6mi I noticed that my car drives sluggish and I'm like maybe it was the pavement then I went to the nearest exit then I found out that the rear left side of my firs was burning and there was a smoke comin out from that side. I shut the engine right away and called longgo and they told me if I can have my car towed back to longgo which I did. So they're still diagnosing the cause of that. Just because of an oil change. Smh!

Was it actually on fire or just smoking?


You can in fact get a fire from a dragging brake. A Pantera burned to the ground after one of the open road races because a rear caliper was stuck. The fluid gets so hot it boils and blows thru the seals, hits the red hot disc, and burns like a flame thrower, igniting the car.


In your case the problem almost certainly resulted from misadjustment of the parking brake. The "sluggishness" was from the fact that the parking brake was functionally on the whole time.

[Lonewolf]

OP makes inflammatory thread...disappears into the air like smoke, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[pantdino]

Originally Posted by Lonewolf

OP makes inflammatory thread...disappears into the air like smoke, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

He and I were discussing it via PMs because he felt he would get disrespectful comments from the list.

[Lonewolf]

Originally Posted by pantdino

He and I were discussing it via PMs because he felt he would get disrespectful comments from the list.

This is an internet forum, there will always be those who make jokes and comments, but if what happened is legit, I would sure love to see some pics and follow-up explanation.