DIY Oil Change or Dealer

That’s pretty funny

 

Early 70s, High School job at the local service station. I seen kerosene added to the crankcase and the engine run for a short while before dropping the oil. Certain customers asked for it. Old-timer de-sludge ritual. This was way before synthetics & modern oil technology.

 

Yup! Totally my dad! He actually used diesel a few times

 

Same here, in the mid-Sixties. I had forgotten about that until you posted.

Diesel is close to kerosene but usually cost more. Ah, the old days!

 

Right. They couldn't have designed it with one of the most basic maintenance components a little bit easier to get to? Toyota took a step back with the 3rd Gen Tacoma, by all accounts.

 

That makes zero sense. You're saying that the cheap Walmart oil/filter does a better job cleaning than other oil. What do you think happens when you do an oil change without this extra flush? Unless the oil filter is restricted enough to go into bypass, there is no benefit to flushing your oil system.

In addition, mixing cheap conventional oil with a cheap base stock and additive package with synthetic or other conventional base stock and different additive package is potentially creating compounds and acids that would otherwise not occur if the same oil is used consistently.

 

I see it as an OCD type of behavior. It’s probably not going to hurt anything but his wallet. We used to call this pissing up a rope, it doesn’t really accomplish anything But it does make him feel good so that’s the payoff. Keep on doing it my friend

 

there were so many red flags when he said what he was doing lol

 

Ha, try a first gen CR-V. I got a certificate from Webster's for inventing three new cuss words, first time I did it.

 

Agreed. Also my knowledge of mechanics makes me very untrusting of having just any shop do my work. MY trusted mechanic sold his shop and moved out of town. If I do it I know it will be done with much more attention to detail than many mechanics would do it. I can choose the brand parts and purchase them online at much better prices. And I don't have to wait around for someone else to do the job. IF I had to pay someone else to do everything I have done on my vehicles it probably wouldn't be worth it for the age of the cars. I finally sold my 1st gen Tacoma at about 265,000 miles a couple of years ago. It was 25 years old, didn't burn any oil, and ran like a top. That thing looked almost perfect except for some wear on the inside upholstery. Burn hole on the passenger seat where I caught my dog on fire...

 

I had a 2001, was that first gen? As I remember it wasn't that hard?
Edit: I looked at a video and now I do remember, it was tricky. You had to snake your arm around a bit, kind of catch that filter with your fingertips. Yep. Now I remember.

 

Thank God you took up wrenching not dog transport.

 

HAhaha, Thats what my family says. They still haven't forgiven me even though my dog recovered and was fine.

 

I won't debate anecdotal evidence.

But I will say it probably takes you quite a while to change oil.