Ya, or strip a plug from overtightening so it blows out and dumps all your oil at 70 mph
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Originally posted by RiverRat1 View PostI just went to Christian Brothers. They were reasonable and quick. Looked professional enough compared to Kwik lube.
I’ve been there as well. They do a good job but I wasn’t impressed when they recommended having the oil changed every 3,000 miles. Toyota recommends 10,000 miles. This isn’t 1985 and I’m not driving a Chevy.
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I let don hewlet do my 2018 Silverado. $79 for an oil change. Car wash. Tire rotation. Takes about an hour. I walk around and look at trucks LOL.
Mazda dealer does my commuter car. I’d rather do it myself. But it’s a royal pain in the *** on such a little car. So they get to do it.
I do get bothered when they say to change that high dollar synthetic oil every 5k. Owners manual clearly says a lot more miles than that!
I finally got em to quit asking me if I wanna do all the extra crap. I did have the Chevy place drain my tranny fluid and change the filter in my truck. NOT flush it. Bout all I’ll have em do.
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Originally posted by sandhillhunter View PostI’ve been there as well. They do a good job but I wasn’t impressed when they recommended having the oil changed every 3,000 miles. Toyota recommends 10,000 miles. This isn’t 1985 and I’m not driving a Chevy.
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I let the dealer do it while it’s still under bumper to bumper. Don’t know if that’s a must but seems to make sense to me. Check everything before I get in the car. After that I do it myself. I changed oil and tires at a Walmart for a few years; it’s amazing what people can screw up… to name a few: double gasket the filter, strip the pan, double fill, fill washer fluid with oil, drain the tranny instead of the motor, leave the plug out/filter off, sit in the car with greasy clothes/hands… could go on.
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I use the dealer. They sell a "service contract" for three oil changes and rotation for $99. I can't buy the 7 qts of synthetic oil/filter for that. They make up the difference when they are able to upsell all kinds of services you don't need.....like a brake fluid flush. If I get there first in the morning the wait is usually only 30 minutes or so, and I don't have buckets of oil and filters to haul to o-reilly's.
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Originally posted by Hunteraudit View PostI let the dealer do it while it’s still under bumper to bumper. Don’t know if that’s a must but seems to make sense to me. Check everything before I get in the car. After that I do it myself. I changed oil and tires at a Walmart for a few years; it’s amazing what people can screw up… to name a few: double gasket the filter, strip the pan, double fill, fill washer fluid with oil, drain the tranny instead of the motor, leave the plug out/filter off, sit in the car with greasy clothes/hands… could go on.
But when I lived in Houston Mac hyke Chevy, for some reason drained my transmission, then filled it with motor oil , when it had its first oil change
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Originally posted by WItoTX View PostFor a Range Rover? Take it to the dealer. The techs are more experienced in RR's, they look at things that are typically problematic, and generally just do a better job. I notice this when I take my wifes Lexus in.
The same can't be said for a domestic dealership. I took my Hellcat in for an alignment, and they almost had the most junior guy do the alignment. I made them get the Viper/SRT Tech over to do the alignment. Their response was, well it's just an alignment. Yes, on a car that can do 196 mph. Get a qualified tech or I am leaving.
Not saying they are all bad, but you gotta be careful.
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I drove through the back of a Mercedes dealership and they use cases of mobile synthetic. Toyota same thing. Cases of it. I know they have the drums of bulk oil but they def have cases of mobile one behind both. I am particular on my oil filters. I only like the Toyota filters. They do it for 80 bucks. I let them do it.
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