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Posted on 8/18/18 at 1:25 pm to wheelr
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This includes allowing the old oil to drain a while and also torquing everything to spec (why I do my own oil changes).
And people need to check the torque of their lug nuts. My daughter ran over something in her Infinity and could not get the lug nuts off while on the side of the interstate. I went to help her and could not do it with the Infinity supplied lug wrench. Used a socket wrench with a cheater pipe and broke 2 of the 6 studs, because whatever a-hole rotated her tires used an impact wrench and over tightened them. They were supposed to be 80FP. I got her car home and changed the lugs. Then torqued them correctly and let her try to loosen them. She was able to do it with the Infinity wrench with no problem.
So that is what you get when you let some yahoo go to town with his impact wrench.
(She knew how to change the tire because I made her and my son change a tire before I would let them drive by themselves. You never know when you will need to know how to do it, and she is very independent.)
Posted on 8/18/18 at 1:27 pm to alphaandomega
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(She knew how to change the tire because I made her and my son change a tire before I would let them drive by themselves. You never know when you will need to know how to do it, and she is very independent.)
I just bought mine a AAA membership
Posted on 8/18/18 at 3:10 pm to yellowfin
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I just bought mine a AAA membership
What is she going to do if she is on some rural area with no cell service?
Everyone should know how to change a tire.
Posted on 8/18/18 at 3:17 pm to alphaandomega
Alphaandomega is correct.
This is not a financial issue for any of us changing our own oil.
When I change mine, I can see the consistency of oil, check it for contaminants, determine if my car is using oil, check tire pressures, rotate tires, (both make it safer and extend the life of the tires), grease any rattles, and not to mention the money you save doing it yourself but allows you to buy better quality products for your car because you are spending on labor costs.
Do you think cheap oil change places use the highest quality materials? Nope.
This is not a financial issue for any of us changing our own oil.
When I change mine, I can see the consistency of oil, check it for contaminants, determine if my car is using oil, check tire pressures, rotate tires, (both make it safer and extend the life of the tires), grease any rattles, and not to mention the money you save doing it yourself but allows you to buy better quality products for your car because you are spending on labor costs.
Do you think cheap oil change places use the highest quality materials? Nope.
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