"EASY" Cummins 6.7 2013+ oil change!

Cummins12V98 wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:

rhagfo wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:

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.

My Daughter worked art Walmart changing tires and oil. She is a smart gal but the stories she told me about the Monkeys she worked with were amazing. I personally know someone that had their oil pan replaced by Walmart because they stripped the plug.

I like to know my vehicles inside and out. Get underneath it and look it over once in a while like when changing oil.

I agree 100%!

As a kid I worked on my own vehicles to save money, now I work on them as therapy! :)

I agree too. I actually enjoy changing the oil on our vehicles.

Note: Vehicles that require standard methods to perform an oil change that is.

Dude this is getting old! Do we need to start discussing what needs to be done to some trucks to have the engine worked on?

I proved it is not a big deal to do a oil change on a 13 and newer RAM using the method I described. It is something that can be done while the oil is draining or are you one that drops the oil then without it finishing draining the plug goes in and then the oil?

I guess I should do a YouTube video of how quick and easy it is to R&R the air intake.

But instead I will leave it to the RAM owners that do appreciate info that makes the oil change a easy task now.

Two hose clamps one bolt and a spring clamp, gee I should sell my POS before I have a breakdown worrying about my next oil change.