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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[–] 1 point 4 days ago (13 children)

At oil change shops I’m pretty sure they use compressed air to blow all the oil and residue out

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago

    They absolutely do not do this and I have no idea why anyone would think they do. It would be utterly ineffective because the oil fill tube goes directly to the sump.

    Good lord, the silly things I'm reading in this thread...

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