changing your own oil - is it worth it?
Since I have owned a MH I have a local dealership do the oil changes. On the Ford v-10 I have them do full synthetic and I get it done @7500 miles. The price is reasonable I think but I do have to d...
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Biggyniner wrote:LongWeekends wrote:
We take ours in to get it done. IMHO, it is a no brainer. If I was retired with nothing to do...I might consider it. Nah, probably not! I hear a lot of people saying they don't trust anyone to do it right. I don't get that?? What shops are they going to? I am older than some. Much younger than others but I have been owning and driving vehicles for 30 years. Everything from old VW's to brand new cars. Not once have I had an oil change done wrong....in fact, I don't even know a friend that has had one done wrong. I do hear countless "stories" of it however. And I am sure I will get flooded with those stories after I post this. :-)
By the time I make a trip to buy the supplies, do the work, dispose of the oil, clean up my mess, it is MUCH easier to have it done. Plus it gives me an excuse to drive the RV.
I had a friend get his drain plug put back on with an impact socket, cross threaded it and ruined his oil pan... That's just one.. if its easy maintenance I like to do it myself.. I am also close to turning 30 so I'm pretty nimble and still have a lot of energy ;)
I watched the oil-monkey "fill" my old F-350 with oil...five quarts of bulk 5W-30. He then was about to start it, at which point I ran into the shop yelling, "NO, STOP! THERE'S NO OIL IN IT!" Why did I do that? Because my diesel F-350 needed TEN quarts of 15W-40 oil! (It only said "TURBO DIESEL" on both fenders...)
When my wife first got her Festiva, some gorilla (definitely at a quick-lube) had CRANKED the filter down with a wrench. We wound up having to cut it apart and use a hammer & punch to get the threaded plate off!
