DIY Oil Change
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From: LAS VEGAS [ a sunny place, for shady people ]
Originally Posted by Gdup35sedan
40K car ---> I'll do it myself so i know it gets done right and i dont have some dooche bag tech at the stealership working on my car, plus you get more of a sentimental value for your car if you work on it yourself.
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From: LAS VEGAS [ a sunny place, for shady people ]
Originally Posted by uberchicken
Why did you remove all those bolts? I just removed one and changed my oil just fine. Took about 30 minutes.
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Originally Posted by FAST1
Let's see if I do it myself I have to go to an Auto Parts store and buy oil and oil filter, jack up the car, remove and replace covers, remove the oil and oil filter, add new oil and oil filter, and dispose of the old oil and filter. It will take me approximately two hours to do all of those activities or I can drive to my Infiniti Dealer who is about five minutes away from where I work and have them do all the work in 15 minutes for about $40.
Hey man the decision is not that tough in my case, and if that means I'm not an enthusiast, TS.
Hey man the decision is not that tough in my case, and if that means I'm not an enthusiast, TS.
Personally, I think the longest part of doing the oil change is jacking up the car. (maybe it's just me), because my regular jack could barely clear the car, so that I had to use a screwdriver to pump the jack. And the ramps kept hitting my front lip.
But I found the trick to get my oil change time down to about 10 minutes. It's called air-tools. Back my car up onto a scrap piece of 2x6. Slide my air-assisted floor jack under the car. Raise the car 20" in about 10 seconds. Push the jack-stands under the car, and lower the car. Then use either an air-ratchet or a cordless drill, and unbolt all the bolts for the under-cover. I think just using the cordless drill, I can remove the under-cover in < 2 minutes.
Air tools are your friends. I changed a set of brakes on the TL a few weeks ago, and the air-jack, impact wrench, and ratchet, allowed me to do the brakes in about 10 minutes per side, start to finish.
The air-compressor and associated tools were the best $$$ I've ever spent.
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