Posted by Steve@Advance on October 19, 2019 at 11:58:18 from (66.169.147.211):
In Reply to: Oil Change posted by John in La on October 19, 2019 at 11:24:38:
Still do my own, will as long as I am able.
I just don't trust them. Too much at risk with the caliber employees they hire, who knows what oil they use, very common for them to leave it a quart low. Add up the savings of the missing quart is a substantial amount over the long run.
Place I worked several years ago, one of the managers wanted me to look at his car, it started smoking excessively. Found the valve covers co clogged with sludge the oil couldn't drain down. Told him it obviously had not been maintained. He swore the oil had been changed regularly at xxxxx oil change place. Someone was lying, who knows, guy was a real jerk...
A word of caution, something I have found, if you take in a a Powerstroke, they will throw your factory oil filter cap away and put on an aftermarket. Next time it will have to have another replacement assembly, or go to the dealer and buy another cap. If you try to reuse the aftermarket cap with a factory filter, the filter will be too short and oil will bypass the filter.
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