Screwed up an oil change

[be12hunt]

Figured I’d do a quick oil change before going into work this afternoon. From the beginning it started out on the wrong foot. Autoparts store only had the high dollar($20) oil filter in stock. No big deal and I don’t feel like driving across town to save $13. I grab that and decide instead of going with my usual Mobil 1 full synthetic, I would swap to the Mobil 1 full synthetic “high mileage.”
Get home everything’s moving good until I go to put the plug back in. Look for about an hour and a half to finally find it a few feet in the grass outside. I must’ve kicked it or something. As I finish and clean up I take a closer look at the oil...it is 5w-20 not my normal 5w-30. I guess when I grabbed the one beside my normal oil it wasn’t the same.
Now I get to do it all over again.

[drop dead fred]

Doh!

[Lsube0555]

I wouldn't worry about the weight difference too much to change it out. I mean once it's warm they are both the same, only difference is it's slightly thinner when it's cold which won't hurt anything

[dphillips62]

Some days it don't pay to get up out of bed

[AntlerCollector]

The truck won't mind it. I wouldn't redo it.

[RMW]

I wouldn’t change it either. My last truck I did an oil change every 30,000 miles with regular Rotella oil and it’s still going strong on the farm with 450,000 miles.

Changing oil is overrated. Lol

[be12hunt]

I wouldn't worry about the weight difference too much to change it out. I mean once it's warm they are both the same, only difference is it's slightly thinner when it's cold which won't hurt anything

Other way around. The 5 is the cold viscosity, 20 or 30 is the hot viscosity.

[mzurovec]

I wouldn't worry about it too much. You'll be changing it out again before you know it.

[be12hunt]

I ended up changing it out but now the story gets even better.

I get the oil changed again and decide to sweep/blow my garage out. This led to me getting my whole driveway. As I back up along the wall I hear a pop and feel my rear end immediately get wet. I had backed into a water spigot and broke it off in the wall.

[Outbreaker]

I ended up changing it out but now the story gets even better.

I get the oil changed again and decide to sweep/blow my garage out. This led to me getting my whole driveway. As I back up along the wall I hear a pop and feel my rear end immediately get wet. I had backed into a water spigot and broke it off in the wall.

I had that happen once with brittle plastic when it was in the teens.........fun to do plumbing in cold weather......

[Hoytbowhunter]

I wouldn’t change it either. My last truck I did an oil change every 30,000 miles with regular Rotella oil and it’s still going strong on the farm with 450,000 miles.

Changing oil is overrated. Lol

^^^^^^^^

[Outlaw_6]

Looks like it is time to retreat to the recliner to regroup and enjoy a beverage or few.

[Graysonhogs]

I ended up changing it out but now the story gets even better.

I get the oil changed again and decide to sweep/blow my garage out. This led to me getting my whole driveway. As I back up along the wall I hear a pop and feel my rear end immediately get wet. I had backed into a water spigot and broke it off in the wall.

Happened to me once but it was Taco Casa.

[Toddcaster]

some days it don't pay to get out of bed

[texan16]

Dang man, you need to hit the re-set button and start this deal all over again. What a day........