Quick Oil Change Shops (Cars)

boomer1025 · Nov 10, 2019

Take it to a dealer and let them do the service. If something goes wrong it's on them to make it right.

CobyRupert · Nov 10, 2019

30 years of changing my own oil.
I once took my car into dealer for an initial “break in” service and oil change once thinking it was something special.
Just once.
Luckily I saw the leaking oil drip on my garage floor a day later. They didn’t screw on oil filter cover tight.

fried1765 · Nov 10, 2019

Deere Dude said:
Go to a regular mechanic. Around here, you buy the oil and filter wherever you feel like and they lift the care, change oil and filter and check tire pressure for $10. I trust them over jiffy lubes.

$10 ????
Yeah right....
Maybe in Wisconsin, but where I am here in Florida it is $50 at the local quick change place....even if I bring the oil and filter.
I bought a $16.44 E-Bay 12V dipstick pump, and my old E-320 Mercedes cartridge filter is top mounted.
Very easy.

denchen · Nov 10, 2019

I`ve been changing my own oil for years but age is catching up, but. Like many guys I bought an electric vacuum pump that draws the oil through the dip stick pipe. Take the car for a run to warm and thin the oil, out dip stick, in pipe and away you go. Whilst this is going on, change the oil filter, all without crawling underneath the motor or taking and refitting the bottom covers. When the filter has been changed I get a torch and give everything a good look over. A bit of time yes, but I know the job is done properly and I know what is going in the motor. I once did a bit of an experiment where I pumped all the oil until no more oil was being pumped. I then took out the drain plug to see how much oil was left. I was surprise as the wasn`t even a drip, the pump had got it all.

CincyFlyer · Nov 10, 2019

seville009 said:
i use Valvoline places for oil changes and nys inspections. They do fine - they check stuff off as they do it, and have video cameras so that you can watch them.

i just have them do the oil and filter though; nothing else.

pricey, but convenient

Same here; more expensive than the, um, Jiffy place, but no issues in several years of using them.

WilliamBos · Nov 10, 2019

Are you near Fort Littleton? I know an amazing shop that you can trust.

Or...

Go to your local mechanic - even if you have to book it - well worth it over quick lubes.

fried1765 · Nov 10, 2019

denchen said:
I`ve been changing my own oil for years but age is catching up, but. Like many guys I bought an electric vacuum pump that draws the oil through the dip stick pipe. Take the car for a run to warm and thin the oil, out dip stick, in pipe and away you go. Whilst this is going on, change the oil filter, all without crawling underneath the motor or taking and refitting the bottom covers. When the filter has been changed I get a torch and give everything a good look over. A bit of time yes, but I know the job is done properly and I know what is going in the motor. I once did a bit of an experiment where I pumped all the oil until no more oil was being pumped. I then took out the drain plug to see how much oil was left. I was surprise as the wasn`t even a drip, the pump had got it all.

I hope that everyone reading this on TBN understands that a "torch" is the terminology for a flashlight in England.

4570Man · Nov 10, 2019

That’s only 1-2 weeks of driving for most people. Who thinks twice about driving 2 weeks over on an oil change? I’d drive it and deal with it later.

Deere Dude · Nov 10, 2019

fried1765 said:
$10 ????
Yeah right....
Maybe in Wisconsin, but where I am here in Florida it is $50 at the local quick change place....even if I bring the oil and filter.
I bought a $16.44 E-Bay 12V dipstick pump, and my old E-320 Mercedes cartridge filter is top mounted.
Very easy.

Nope, not Wisconsin but it is here in Tennessee. Maybe it is just my small town, who knows?
I always changed my oil since 1965 and only forgot to tighten my plug once. Almost was a disaster.

I got a new Impala and the dealer changed my oil a few times but later while in a regular garage for something I asked what they charge and they said $10. I priced two other places with the same quote. And they do a good job. I bring it in hot so oil runs out quickly so there isn't much residual oil left in the motor. $20 for my diesel dually.