Roger,
Normally I would agree with you but my mechanic owns his own shop. With all the high end cars he works on he makes a lot more money on them than he would on my little oil change. When I say high end cars I'm not talking just audis and BMW's but Land Rovers, Porsches, Ferraris, etc.
Also, reusing the washer would not even be an issue since the kit he gets includes the filter AND a new washer.
With only 16,000 miles I haven't had many oil changes to see if there is a faulty part. If it is faulty at least now I have some recourse to go back to them and tell them they were full of s**t about my mechanic screwing up.
Normally I would agree with you but my mechanic owns his own shop. With all the high end cars he works on he makes a lot more money on them than he would on my little oil change. When I say high end cars I'm not talking just audis and BMW's but Land Rovers, Porsches, Ferraris, etc.
Also, reusing the washer would not even be an issue since the kit he gets includes the filter AND a new washer.
With only 16,000 miles I haven't had many oil changes to see if there is a faulty part. If it is faulty at least now I have some recourse to go back to them and tell them they were full of s**t about my mechanic screwing up.