I took the car (2001 IS300) to a local Valvoline place for an oil change. The girl doing the job got oil all over the engine compartment so she decided that she had to do a "flush". She sprayed the engine compartment with some blue liquid and then hosed it down. I drove the car back home. But this morning the car would not start. The starter and engine turn, but the engine will not start. Any help will be appreciated.

 

My guesses are:

1. Water/Oil/Blue Stuff choking somewhere on the intake side, where the engine needs to breathe
2. The pressure from cleaning the stuff off was too strong and moved/tore something delicate....ignition wire, electrical....something

For #1, start taking apart some of the easier intake piping and see if any moisture residue is in there....especially closer to the plenum. I'd doubt it would really get in there unless she REALLY cleaned the living daylights out of it.

If the engine is cranking but not turning on, I'd keep cranking for several seconds and see if it sputters on eventually. Might take many tries though.

BTW I'm guessing the blue stuff is degreaser.

 

Those quick-lube places hate to accept liability for anything once you drive the car off their property, but this may be a less disputable case of cause-and-effect.

Give the shop manager a call or visit (preferably when the perp is on duty, too) and see if they'll accept some responsibility and help you out. All general complaint-submission rules apply.

It's a long shot, but worth a try if nothing else is working.

 

I would first start by cleaning out all electrical connections with compressed air after disconnecting them. Disconnect the battery first.
Also the I6 on these cars are prone to getting water in the spark plug holes and grounding out the plugs. Removing the plugs and cleaning the water out will cure this if this is part of your problem.
I ran into the same thing in my SC300 after washing the engine until I started to cover all connections with bags and placed towels over the plugs. Never an issue again.
Lee

 

I personally wouldn't do anything until I had called the store to complain.

Scott

 

Don't ever bring your car to these morons. You can get an oil change for basically the same price at a Toyota dealership.

I would call them and raise hell.

Jonny