Oil Change on the road
While not a newb to RVing (many years), our upcoming trip will be our first of extended length. Having been heavy equip mechanic for some years in the past, I do most of my own maintenance. Now, I...
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JimK-NY wrote:
I would never take my Rv to Jiffy Lube. I made the mistake of using them years ago for quick oil changes on my car. They made way too many mistakes. Their techs are high school kids or other cheap labor with minimal training. An oil change should be simple but you still need someone who knows what they are doing and does not make mistakes, such as leaving the old gasket and installing a new oil filter and new gasket over the old. Or not being careful and breaking off the pipe for the A/C.
^Paranoia, nothing more.
Think about it. If the zippy lube places regularly let the oil they changed run out of the cars as they exited the service bay, they would not be in business.
I do the majority of my own work and share your concern for shoddy workmanship, but I've had likely a couple hundred services done on my company trucks at whatever random shop is on the street corner when I need a service and have time.
Once they left the fill plug off the diff. Made a mess, I was pissed, owner was apologetic, I was 100miles away when I saw this so I went to autozone for a plug and a couple quarts of 90wt and then a car wash.
Anyone who's worked on.....whatever....has made mistakes over their lifetime. Odds are about the same. Considering I've done probably 5x the services my self than zippy lube, I've never muffed one up.......until last year. Left one of the drain plugs loose presumably on my snow bike. Lost the oil about 15mi up the Mountian from the truck, smoked the top end only fortunately. That'll stick with me a while and will be double checking that for some time to come!
