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msmith1199 wrote:

Speaking from experience, if you go to Walmart for an oil change, don't go too far away and keep an eye on the guy doing it. Those guys doing the oil changes often get about 3 or 4 minutes of training and are set loose. Make sure they do things like put the plug back in the oil pan before putting the new oil back in the engine, make sure they don't cross thread the oil filter or torque it down to a hundred pounds of pressure, and make sure they don't climb into the drivers seat with their oil coverage pants and hands and shoes!

What you say is TRUE but it can be true of any place you take your motorhome - not just Walmart. They may have 3 or 4 minutes of training but I know for a fact that the guy at my local Walmart has been doing that job for 4 years. I will never understand why when the word Walmart is mentioned, people think it is open season for criticism. This is one area (oil change) where any auto shop can mess up big time (and have). I doubt that Walmart has a corner on the market in cross threading oil pan plugs or making oil tracks in a motorhome. They never entered my coach (I drove it in and out) for the oil change but I had already placed large black plastic over the driver seat and the pathway from the door to the driver area. You say you speak from experience and I do also but obviously had a much different experience than you and don't tar and feather a whole organization based on one experience.