View Poll Results: Who changes their own oil?
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Who changes their own oil?
#6
Originally Posted by ToughFord
i wont trust anyone other then my own hands to change my oil seen some pretty nasty things happen at a oil change place
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i decided to learn how to change oil when my uncle told me they had trained monkeys to do it. i wont let a monkey show me up. although i did get lazy once and pay a bargain price for some new shop to change the oil in the torino. short story, i needed a new oil pan. never again. once you learn how to do it and do it fast, its easy. i changed the oil in my truck, jannettes truck, and the torino in 30 mins last weekend. there is a certain satisfaction in knowing you did it yourself, and knowing that you have some good oil and a good filter on there.
#15
I had the dealership give me 5 free oil change coupons when I bought my truck. Still got one left. I know it's done right because I check the dipstick for new oil, and my oil filter has a permament marker X on it. Once you work for a firestone, or any other lube place, the novelty of doing your own oil change takes on new meaning.
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#23
i always change my own oil, though ford has done it like 3 times. i won't let them do it though ever since the screwed up the filter once. i went to change my oil after the previous time they did it and i turns out that whoever changed it couldn't tighten the filter so somehow they crushed the bottom sides of the filter in!!! i never had a problem with it luckly, but if i did then ford would have paid for it!!!
#24
I started changing the oil myself after a local shop forgot to add the extra qt of oil for the filter on my old saturn. I changed the oil on my 1998 myself everytime Mobil 1 syn and Fram filters. The 04 is not due for a change till Oct and I got a coupon from the dealer so I'll let them do it just that time the 2nd change will be with Mobil 1 syn and my 2 hands .
#25
I voted twice, for me doing it, or for the guys across the street here at work, doing it. it depends on the weather, i don't want to be down on the ground at -2 below 0, with snow, changin oil, ain't my lifestyle ... NOW me driving through that snow, at -2 degrees out, thats a different story :-D