I can think of 4 people off the top of my head that have had oil change problems from having other people do it. My aunt got the best deal
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05-09-2009, 10:53 PM | #46 (permalink) |
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I can think of 4 people off the top of my head that have had oil change problems from having other people do it. My aunt got the best deal when wal mart didnt put a filter back on tight. She wound up getting a new motor courtesy of them.
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07-17-2010, 04:00 PM | #47 (permalink) |
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Only thing bad about doing it yourself is if a problem goes on with the motor you dont have proof of when your oilchanges were done and theyll throw it at you as a reason to getting out of covering the fix. had an rx-8 before this and luckily i keep every single document for my cars. motor died one day and they tried to say i didnt get my oil changes regularly. went and got my paperwork and shut them up had a brand new motor
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07-17-2010, 08:08 PM | #48 (permalink) |
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Sounds like a lot of miss trust of the dealerships here.
had my first oil change a couple of weeks ago at the dealership and everyone's right the guy that use to wash-em is now changing the oil. for my second change i don't know what i will do. with warranty work we have no choice. oh i went with mobil 1. |
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Oil filter tightening torque: 11 to 15 ft-lb (14.7 to 20.5 N·m) 8. Clean and re-install the drain plug with a new washer. Securely tighten the drain plug with a wrench. Drain plug tightening torque: 22 to 29 ft-lb I wounder what if any they (dealer) uses to torque the oil filter? Anyway 11 ft/lbs and 22 ft/lbs is nothing. They can strip the drain plug or over tigthen the oil filter easy!
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I know one time I was waiting for my Z at the dealership and the service manager came up and ask me if I could change the oil on one of the GTRs they had cuz all their other guys were busy. So I did.
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of course it is, but I was just hitting on the fact that basically the lowest skilled person is changing your oil at dealerships.
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haha i dont know about you guys but i like going to my mechanic. not for simple oil changes or whatever but whenever i go, standing beside the guy and making sure hes doing a good job, asking what and why hes doing certain things, its a good experience.
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