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Do you change your own oil?

By RandomGuyOffCL

5 years ago


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“Do you change your own oil (cars, etc.) ?”

  • Yes 106 votes
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#27 5 years ago

I change my own oil every 3k miles. I rotate the tires myself every 6k.
I do not do it to save money as there really isn't much of a savings.
I do it myself because I know it is done right. I also take the opportunity to look at other things while I am set up to change the oil: check front end, brakes and under carriage.
The oil change places never grease anything. They put in one flavor of oil regardless of what the manual calls for and they make all kinds of horrible mistakes.
Not a job I like to do but the people who work at oil change places simply do not care and they are not paid to care.

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#126 5 years ago

Did an oil change yesterday and rotated tires.
I also found a screw in the tire and plugged it.
The left front pad brake material had separated from the steel backer at 55K.

Does anyone remember when the guy at the parts counter knew what he was selling?
I go to NAPA because I think the quality of parts are better there than the discount stores.
I wanted ceramic brake pads.
The counter guy said I think these are ceramic.
I bought NAPA ultra premium pads and there was no info on what material they were made of. AND , as ultra premiums, they matched OEM performance. Hmmm, match the factory pads as Ultra Premium.

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