"EASY" Cummins 6.7 2013+ oil change!

Bionic Man wrote:
This is turning into another example of how forums like this are by far the exception to what happens in mainstream America.

I would be willing to venture a guess that less than 10% of people change their own oil in their cars. And it is probably MUCH less than that. I am not sure I personally know anyone who changes their own oil. And unless I go on a Fish story, where a friend of an aquainatance of a neighbors dogsitters cousin, I have never heard of a true problem caused by an incompetent tech. I know they are out there, but they are far from rampant.

I have 4 vehicles plus a couple of boats in my "personal fleet" of vehicles. I change the oil in my fishing boat, but nothing else. The worst thing that has happend in having someone else change the oil is Grease Monkey didn't correctly reattach the air dam on my wife's 300 one time. Quick trip back to them, and it was fixed.

That is 25 plus years of driving, who knows how many cars.

More power to those that have the time and inclination to do their own oil changes. But having someone do the service for you is far from the riskiest thing you will do in the day.

I started my career working in public shops. I am the Shop manager at a rather large Construction company now. You wouldn't believe the stuff I've seen in a shop environment. Stuff that happens that you may never know about. Believe me when I say it. I never take my truck to a shop unless it's absolutely necessary. I've seen doors folded backwards, wheels torn up, paint scratched, wrong filters installed, exhaust systems torn up, interiors torn, and the list goes on and on. all from simple oil changes. A lot of the men and women that are in charged of your vehicles oil change service are not properly trained techs. A lot of times they were hired from the local hamburger joint and are there for one reason, to get a check. The passion for autos is just not there anymore. I don't even take my trucks in for tires. I always take the wheels to them and stand and watch. I have seen drain plugs left out and them pump the required amount of oil back into the engine and start it. Check the oil level and scratch their head as to why the stick didn't show oil. Look under the car and realize that the oil was on the floor. Put the plug back in fill it up and out the door with it.

I have a good one for you. I called our Local dealer that I get my factory parts for at work once to ask the service guy if they had a certain way they check the compression on a 6.0 Powerstroke and his response was they usually pull a spark plug. True story.:S

This is why I do all of my own work when ever possible.