Why I Change My Own Oil

[Severdog]

(this is not mine, BTW, just copying this from a reddit post but OMG...)

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[allJUMPstyle]

There is no way i would be leaving with that vehicle lol. The damage was already done!

 

[Snakebitten]

Human error.
Easy to make such a mistake.

But it's a HUGE mistake.
Even if filling it with oil appears to be OK, I'd not take custody without the longest extended factory warranty available.

 

[Severdog]

Just once in my life have I committed the mortal sin of leaving the drain plug off whilst filling the oil. Caught it after the first quart thankfully.

 

[notabot]

Just once in my life have I committed the mortal sin of leaving the drain plug off whilst filling the oil. Caught it after the first quart thankfully.

Sure....

 

[CoolCoyote]

I started as a lube tech at a Ford dealer after I graduated high school. A new coworker left the drain plug out of a 3.0 V6 Ranger. The Ranger made it 4 miles down the road before the engine seized up.

New guy had to put a reman engine in, with guidance from a couple of senior guys. He learned a valuable lesson from that, and went on to be a good mechanic.

 

[B-real]

I change my own oil for 4 reasons:

1. I can have it done before I even get to an oil change place
2. Good excuse to crawl under the truck and check out other things
3. I can do it for much cheaper than the dealership (buy filters from RockAuto and oil at Costco)
4. I worked at a dealer owned quick lube shop in high school. One day we were short staffed, so 3 of us teenagers were running the shop. 2 of us in the pit and the the receptionist gal up top filling the oil back up. We had a brand new '97 4Runner Limited come in for their first "free oil change" from when they purchased the vehicle. They got 5 min down the road and called us because their engine seized. Gal up top forgot to put oil back in. 2 weeks later she drove a car into the pit. Not sure where she was employed after that, but the level of training that most "lube techs" have is minimal, and I prefer they dont touch my vehicles.

 

[HammaMan]

An error as old as the ICE with a simple remedy of having another tech sign off on verified dipstick.

 

[charmai101]

Another thing, how do we know the mechanic actually changed the oil? We weren’t there to watch.

 

[HammaMan]

Another thing, how do we know the mechanic actually changed the oil? We weren’t there to watch.

Check the dipstick. New oil is clean.

 

[gregs150xlt]

Considering the source (REDDIT - - - alot of that **** is made up for click bait.)

Not saying that this doesn't happen though.

 

[amschind]

I do it because with the valve, it saves me time. Hose tip into pan, valve open, remove and replace filter, valve closed, fill with 6 qts, done. It's 20 minutes max with zero mess, Bezos Claus delivers my oil and filters to me and I can keep the used oil for my crazy metal melting furnace idea (which has yet to work but seems good in theory). Spending $100 for the dealership to take two hours to change my oil isn't a good deal.

 

[Snakebitten]

I do it for all the reasons mentioned, but also because I don't want to admit that I'm too old to change my own oil.
Admittedly I make some strange noises getting up from off the ground.

 

[Paul Neubauer]

I change my own oil because the stealership was charging me $230-$290 to do it depending on DEF level being refilled.

 

[Snakebitten]

Ouch. That's White lab coat Porsche oil change pricing.

Which, by the way, costs pretty much the same as the F150 when you do it yourself.

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