06-14-2015, 09:24 PM
Thanks all. I ended up doing some lighter weight stuff yesterday, and more today. I hurt more in some ways, less in others.
I'm kind of particular about maintenance. I bought my current car used from a Ford dealer. They put the wrong drain plug in. The next shop that did the oil change (right after I bought it, cause it needed VCGs too), didn't fix that and apparently didn't have the right washer to go with the wrong drain plug. That resulted in an oil leak. I tried to tighten it, but it wasn't enough.
I finally bought an OE drain plug and washer, but didn't need an oil change so had to do the trick where you hook a vacuum up to the oil filter housing, then remove the drain plug and put a new one on. No leaking since.
I've had enough issues with places like Jiffy Lube that I don't go there. I already have the parts. The cost of the oil change equates to about $100/hr in my time, so I save some money. Disposal isn't too difficult. I buy oil in 5L jugs, then fill them with used oil. On recycle day, I place them on the curb and they get picked up.
jdc wrote: You could alway take the car to have its oil changed. Really. Its ok. No one will think less of you.
sekker wrote:
I stopped changing my own oil when they made disposal difficult enough that the cost savings from DIY is a wash. .
I'm kind of particular about maintenance. I bought my current car used from a Ford dealer. They put the wrong drain plug in. The next shop that did the oil change (right after I bought it, cause it needed VCGs too), didn't fix that and apparently didn't have the right washer to go with the wrong drain plug. That resulted in an oil leak. I tried to tighten it, but it wasn't enough.
I finally bought an OE drain plug and washer, but didn't need an oil change so had to do the trick where you hook a vacuum up to the oil filter housing, then remove the drain plug and put a new one on. No leaking since.
I've had enough issues with places like Jiffy Lube that I don't go there. I already have the parts. The cost of the oil change equates to about $100/hr in my time, so I save some money. Disposal isn't too difficult. I buy oil in 5L jugs, then fill them with used oil. On recycle day, I place them on the curb and they get picked up.