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Oil change poll
03-15-2007, 09:08 PM
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Oil change poll
Do you guys change your own oil via purchasing oil+filter from kragens? (cheapest) or Goto the 10 minute oil changers (moderate costs) or go straight to the dealer (most costly)?
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03-15-2007, 11:22 PM
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I usually do stuff on my own, but I get oil changes at the dealer so I have a record of getting it done...because my car loves to drink oil, so its a way of documenting oil consumption.
03-15-2007, 11:38 PM
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last time i went to the 10 min stop it took an f-ing hour - could not believe it. I'd like to do it myself but I don't want to jack it up and get underneathe the car - I'd rather pay 19.99 to not die - plus if you've got a drop its that much more of a *****. Anybody have any experience w/ those oil changers that suck the oil out for you? Do they work? They kinda look like they'd be unreliable...don't know tho...
03-16-2007, 12:08 AM
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do it myself dont trust people after last time i went to a 10 min place. they accidently drained all my tranny fluid. dident make the drain plug tight enough so it leaked. and forgot to change the oil filter
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03-16-2007, 12:37 AM
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I always do it myself, i dont trust shops.
03-16-2007, 03:50 AM
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Buy my own stuff (amsoil + mobil-1 oversize filter) last time I had a shop do the change for me (I provided the oil and filter) they didn't screw it on tight enough and on my way to zdayz I was shooting oil on the freeway. 
03-16-2007, 06:08 AM
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Originally Posted by nothingremains
what do you need to do it urself?
03-16-2007, 06:40 AM
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I voted 10 minute oil stop but i bring them my oil and filter...i know the guys up there and i trust them...plus, if they don't tighten something down......FREE BUILT MOTOR.
03-16-2007, 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by JAB_06-350Z
Dealer here in Lakeland charges 25.99
Really not more than other places.
Really not more than other places.
^^^ Price is right!!