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Women:
1. Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 since the last oil
change.
2. Drink a cup of coffee.
3. 15 minutes later, write a check and leave with a properly maintained
vehicle.
Men:
1. Go to O’Reilly auto parts and write a check for 50 dollars for oil,
filter, oil lift (AKA kitty litter), hand cleaner and scented tree.
2. Discover that the used oil container is full. Instead of taking back to
O’Reilly to recycle, dump in hole in back yard.
3. Open a beer and drink it.
4. Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands.
5. Find jack stands under kid’s pedal car.
6. In frustration, open another beer and drink it.
7. Place drain pan under engine.
8. Look for 9/16 box end wrench.
9. Give up and use crescent wrench.
10. Unscrew drain plug.
11. Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil; get hot oil on you in process.
12. Clean up.
13. Have another beer while oil is draining.
14. Look for oil filter wrench.
15. Give up; poke oil filter with Phillips screwdriver and twist it off.
16. Beer.
17. Buddy shows up; finish case with him. Finish oil change tomorrow.
18. Next day, drag pan full of old oil out from underneath car.
19. Throw oil lift (AKA kitty litter) on oil spilled during step 18.
20. Beer. No, drank it all yesterday.
21. Walk to 7-11; buy beer.
22. Install new oil filter making sure to apply thin coat of clean oil to
gasket first.
23. Dump first quart of fresh oil into engine.
24. Remember drain plug from step 11.
25. Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan.
26. Hurry to replace drain plug before the whole quart of fresh oil drains
onto floor.
27. Slip with wrench and bang knuckles on frame.
28. Bang head on floor board in reaction.
29. Begin cussing fit.
30. Throw wrench.
31. Cuss for additional 10 minutes because wrench hit Miss December(1992)
in the left boob.
32. Clean up; apply Band-Aid to knuckle.
33. Beer.
34. Beer.
35. Dump in additional 4 quarts of oil.
36. Beer.
37. Lower car from jack stands
38. Accidentally crush one of the jack stands
39. Move car back to apply more oil lift (AKA kitty litter) to fresh oil
spilled during step 23.
40. Drive car
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I find it incredible that you guys change your oil so often. I go for a year between changes, so about 10,000 miles. You can go a lot longer, though.
I go about 8000 miles with Mobil One…Funny Read…
I change the oil in my car every six months. I’m absolutely convinced this will extend the life of my car, especially since I use Mobil One synthetic oil too.
icon_punk.gifApparently, it’s only in the first 30,000 miles that using high-grade oil will make much of a difference.
As well as that, I have seen engine oil left in the engine for over 100,000 miles (not a typo). The lubricating properties of that oil were tested, and it was almost as good as new oil of exactly the same type. Seemingly, engine oil does not degrade.
Although I prefer to change mine every year at the service, so every 10,000 miles or so. I use Castrol GTX Magnatec – the premium fully-synthetic oil. I also change the spark plugs every year, even though they definitely don’t need it. I don’t use anything fancy – NGK copper-core plugs.
Air filter and oil filter are Halford’s own-brand. That won’t do any harm at all, and it’s hardly critical in a car like mine.
That’s about it. I’ve got new DOT4 brake fluid in there – did have DOT5 in there but lost it all when changing that caliper over. Decided to bleed everything through. Might replace it with DOT5.1 fluid at the next service – apparently, DOT5 screws up your brakes! Again, very little point in changing it but for £5 – £10 to ensure the brake lines are perfect I may as well.
By the way, Epicurus, your avatar rocks. I’ve been meaning to say for ages!
Quote:By the way, Epicurus, your avatar rocks. I’ve been meaning to say for ages!Thanks Cobra! When I’m gone, I wouldn’t mid it a bit if people compared me to Doc Brown. He was kind of crazy, but a truly wonder person at heart.
Quote:Quote:16. Beer.Most important step! Drogar-Laugh(LBG).gif
Definately! In fact, I think it’s time for me to change the oil in my car right now. w00t.gif
Quote:Quote:By the way, Epicurus, your avatar rocks. I’ve been meaning to say for ages!Thanks Cobra! When I’m gone, I wouldn’t mid it a bit if people compared me to Doc Brown. He was kind of crazy, but a truly wonder person at heart.
Quote:Quote:16. Beer.Most important step! Drogar-Laugh(LBG).gif
Definately! In fact, I think it’s time for me to change the oil in my car right now. w00t.gif
:haha:
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