If you read any manual on changing your oil, it's going to tell you to let that thing drip for 15 to 30 minutes to clear out as much of the old oil as possible. Meanwhile, your average oil change place is advertising that they will have you in and out of there in 15 minutes from start to finish. Which means there's no way they're letting it drip the minimum of 15 minutes.

The soil change was so overdue. There is a difference between the service interval and abuse interval of oil. I definitely got into the abuse range on this occasion. I just didn't have the money for the oil and the filter.

And while you're taking care of your own oil change. Make sure to check your brake fluid engine coolant and washer fluid and top them off as necessary.

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[–] 3 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Here you can legally dispose of at waste collection sites5 kg oil + oil filter every year for free, so it will be eco. Also when you doing it DIY you will inspect whatever you see suspicious or need to check. That is really saving your money.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 1 week ago

    In my rural area there's no practical limit to how much you can recycle. No one keeps track of anything. So you can recycle it at the local convenience sites where we drop our regular trash. Or you can stop by Walmart and recycle it there and pretty much any local while shop will let you do it too.

    After topping off the bug splatter juice. I definitely looked around to make sure everything else was in order. At this point our car that has 220,000 mi on it (it had a new engine put in at about 125,000) only needs three things. To find out why the left brake light doesn't work (I'm pretty sure it's a wiring issue because the problem survived two bulbs), replace the two front tires (I'll be buying used), and finding the right size bolt to secure the hood release lever. Because that bolt seems to have disappeared.

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