"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.

You're a very lucky fella. I changed the oil in my one(1) car for a year or two until I got tired of trying to find a place to dispose of the oil. So I took it to the local oil change place. After two oil changes I started noticing oil drips on the driveway concrete. It turns out the drain plug was nearly stripped from overtightening. I'm back to changing my own oil.

I had the head gasket changed in this same car by a reputable shop. They ended up leaving a wrench in the cylinder when they put it back together, and started it up. They replaced the engine and the new(used) one has been fine for many years. But it's just another reason why I do most of my own maintenance.