Oil change for $10
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Why would anyone pay $42 at the lube shop?
>>14442748
>>14442748
I got that same deal a few weeks ago.
$9 for 5qts is a fucking steal.
>>14442752
Purolator Filters are Fram Tier
I've seen people buy stuff at bulk at Walmart to stock their own stores because it sells for cheaper than wholesale
How the hell do they pull it off?
>>14442777
Because Walmart pays their employees nothing
>>14442787
minimum wage for minimum skills
>do you speak English?
>do you breathe?
You're hired
>>14442787
you're right, but (starting) wages have been improving. If you're a long-time employee, you're pretty much fucked
>>14442770
Nah, they have metal pieces to hold both ends of the actual filter instead of pieces of cardboard.
>>14442748
Why would anyone pay 8 bucks for shit tier oil and 2 bucks for a shit tier filter? I'd rather spend 30 on Castrol high mileage oil and a wix filter.
>>14442777
Walmart is such a huge con sumer group that they can dictate the prices they are willing to pay for their products.
>>14442748
>labor is free
Why is the auto industry so closely scrutinized when there are hundreds of other industries that charge the customer just as much for labor?
>>14442878
Labour is free because you can do it yourself
>paying $60 to Geek Squad to reinstall Windows
Because I like paying $150 to do it myself
>>14442873
>shit tier oil
Look at the oil analysis reports. Super Tech is good oil.
>>14442770
>being this retarded
>>14442896
Labor is free if your time is worthless.
>>14442967
said the man sitting at his computer posting on 4chan
>>14442748
>walmart
amazon is where its at for cheap good oil
>>14442974
kek this
You're not working 24/7
>a.d 2016
>not using synthetic
>>14443095
What if the manual recommends conventional?
>>14443095
>synthetic
>paying 400% more
>>14442770
Purolator is the first oil filter, they have a long legacy.
No super fancy shit, just the lineage and typical advances as they become economical. They are cheap, they aren't heinously restrictive and hold up under typical year round conditions through their life-cycle.
They are the best bang-buck oil filters.
http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oilfilters/opinions.html
>Buying wal-mart oil
>>14442878
Because they also do massive markups on parts. Like, literally 1000% in some cases
>>14443146
>$26 every 7500 miles instead of $9 every 3000
>hundreds to fix your vvt system
pick one
>>14443730
>>hundreds to fix your vvt system
What kind of car, bro
>>14442803
>tfw can't even get a job at walmart
Kill me pls
What do you guys think about using bottom shelf oil? I'm talking about the cheapest off brand oil that there is at the store. A lot of times the cheapest synthetic is cheaper than name brand natural or partial-synthetic. Oil manufacturers are ALL required to satisfy some specifications, right?
I'm wondering if it is wise to buy synthetic off-brand oil and change it every 5000 miles instead of buying Valvoline or some other name brand conventional oil and change at 5000 miles.
>>14445496
Why not just kill yourself for being such a cheap piece of shit? I mean Jesus Christ how poor are you to not even afford decent motor oil?
>>14442873
Super Tech always does well in the analysis. I run some low level circle track. Most of the guys run Super Tech in sustained high revving circle track engines. Their thin full synthetic makes good power and shows good wear between refreshes. We change the oil based on a hours meter and number of laps. Sometimes that means twice in one weekend if we practice, qualify, run a race, and then a main. Saves a lot of money gets good results.
>>14445496
Motul is actually really good oil. Also, do a quick google search on the study of lubricants, there's a pdf file with all manufacturers be tested under the same scientifically controlled conditions. Mind you its gear oil but it's an eye opener as to why you don't want bottom shelf poorfag brands.
>>14442748
Meh, if i am going to go conventional ill just grab a jug of Motorcraft, but usually ill get some Pennzoil Plat. I got Quaker Stater full synth in my car bow and it has made it noticibly louder.
If you can buy your oil in a major retail chain it is shit.
>>14445594
If you actually knew how to read you would see that I was asking if buying generic synthetic oil would be better than buying name brand conventional oil.
>>14445641
Thanks.
>>14442748
>walmart brand oil
Shit nigga what are you doing.
If you're not a dickhead
>$15 oil
>$5 filter
Now we get to the fun stuff
Jack
Jackstands
Plastic tray
Set of spanners
Filter removal tool because some people are retarded and use them to tighten the filter
Engine flush if you're been doing it properly
And the cost of disposing of the old oil
Yes, that is all single purchase items (aside from the oil disposal), but normies would take literally half a saturday to do it making those costs combined with the lost time not worth the fucking $40, especially if they fuck up and the engine goes bang, the shop is liable not the owner.
>>14445383
i just assume any car with vvt
i wsent from autozone generic conventional to pennzoil platnum in my mazda 3 and it was night and day
>>14445749
>Yes, that is all single purchase items
Which don't count anyway because they're all required to do pretty much anything in your car save the filter wrench.
>engine flush
lol
>cost of disposing of oil
lololololololololololololololol
>>14445618
>Makes good power.
what are you even implying holy shit
>>14445749
>not hand tightening oil filters
>not dumping the old oil into a lake or swamp
>not dumping the old oil into your neighbors yard
>not dumping the old oil into a storm drain
>not dumping the old oil into buckets and saving it for years until you die and then it's someone else's problem
the free options are endless
>>14445749
>engine flush
>cost of disposing the old oil
Are oil flushes not completely unnecessary if not dangerous?
Also, I'm slow as fuck and I still get it done in 45 minutes. (Including fluid checks and suspension greasing)
>>14443095
>put synthetic
>oil pressure needle drops randomly to 0
>really low after long warm runs
>go from 5w30 synth to 10w30 synth with lucas added
>needle stays mostly in the center
>>14445691
We send our Super Tech oil off every 3-5 changes for analysis. Always checks out just as well as guys who pay 4-5x as much.
>>14445795
I've seen up to 5 hp average difference over 3-5 dyno pulls depending on oil weight. Brand doesn't really seem to matter, but weight does. We can't really get away with 0w-20 in most of our race engines long term, but on the dyno it's worth power. Think about it. When you pour out 0w-20 it's noticeably thin more like ATF. Compare that to 20w-50 which finds it's way into many of our engines.
>>14445496
i check sales on whatever isnt the store brand and stock up when its cheap
i did 12000km with the car so far and did 2 oil changes with full synthetic.
I just look at the dipstick and when it gets too black i change it.
>>14445749
> buy oil and filter on sale
>drive 5 mins to my local trusted mechanic
>have a chat with the owner
>tell whoever is doing the oil change that theres 2 drain bolts
>lifts car
>''whoa theres really 2"
>go back to the owner
>asks me for 20$
>pay
>take car and leave
>>14442748
I pay $42 so I can do it myself with full synthetic, an oem filter and a new drain plug gasket every time.
I'm also doing oil analysis on my engine since it's overboosted and I track it. The lab work shows the motor is holding up real well.
>>14442777
idk, I buy my Mobil 1 at walmart because even the wholesale vendors at my shop can't compete.
>>14443730
>Implying I use your gay as vvt
>>14442777
Last year my Costco had a closeout on Mobile 1 synthetic so I cleaned out their remaning 10 cases with 6 quart bottles each for $180. I figured Mobile 1 at $3 a quart was an okay deal.
>>14446007
>buying Mobil 1 past 2008
>not buying Pennzoil Platinum
>>14442748
>$27 for mobil 1 full synthetic
>$8 for OEM filter and gasket
or a dealership
>$56 for filter and oil change
>they wash your car
so $20 for a car wash
Because I have no fucking idea what to do with the old oil and nothing to put it in.
Do I put it in jars and dump it or pour it down the drain.
>>14446075
refer to>>14445808
>>14446075
Drink it faggot
>>14446051
Not to mention some places will hit all your zerg fittings and grease everything up not just change the oil for that price.
>>14446075
Where I live each fire department building has a used oil collection container. You just dump your old oil into the tank, toss your old filter into the filter recycling bin and you're done. Buy a sealing drain pan with a pour spout on one end at Walmart for less than $15 and you're all set.
>>14446075
Get a drain pan that can be closed off, and take it to autozone (does not matter if you bought oil there or not). They will dispose of it for free.
Do not listen to those faggots telling you to pour it somewhere and pollute.
so do you guys use ramps or jack stands? Or both?
I want to change my own oil
>>14446116
Literally who cares besides some greenpeace faggot if I dump a measly 4 quarts of oil into a fucking abandoned swamp filled with nothing but mosquitos and fallen trees. It's way easier
>>14446124
ramps because they are easier
>>14446135
This. Came out of the ground, put it back in
>>14445865
>Lucas
Took me years to realise how shit Lucas is on an Engine. Skip that garbage its horrible for you engine, if you need more PSI just add half a quart of diesel oil, or a cup of gear oil. For the love of gods stop buying into that garbage.
>>14446075
Put it in a plastic jug and bring it to an auto parts store. Please do not improperly dispose of your oil. It is a federal crime, and you make the world worse for you and everyone else.
>>14446135
>>14446145
>what is groundwater contamination
srsly, pretty much every single auto parts store will take used oil for free.
You can pour used motor oil into snake holes and ant mounds and they die.
Or if you're a poor hick fuck you can put some on your flea infested dog
>>14442748
API SN, SM.... AND SL?
What the fug? Never heard that kind or marketing before.
SL with heaps of ZDDP is best. Fuck the newer grades. Fuck catalytic converters. It's not like good oil will fuck them up overnight anyway. It might just be that they last 5 years instead of 10
>>14446075
>>14445808
>>14446135
>>14446145
>>14446235
I didn't know people were actually dumb enough to improperly dispose of oil. You guys are scum. Some people actually have respect for their surroundings. And to think that people as dumb as you drive a motor vehicle every day! What a troubling thought.
>>14446250
>SL with heaps of ZDDP is best.
Nice blanket statement, I'm sure you know more than engineers
> Fuck catalytic converters.
Why the fuck would you reduce the longevity of a fairly expensive piece of equipment?
>>14446135
So do you also eat while on the toilet you disgusting fuck?
>>14446263
No I eat while im shitting in your yard and then dump 5 quarts of oil into your storm drain. 5qts of oil is fucking nothing to the trillions of gallons of water we have
>>14446271
I just want you to be aware that i can smell your fat rolls from all the way over here, through a computer screen.
>>14446276
Smell my shit and the 10 gallons of oil I have that im gonna dump in someones property tomorrow.
>>14445594
>Use Shit tier oil and FRAM
Car gets junked because trans goes to shit.
>Use synthetic oil and good filter
Car gets junked because trans goes to shit.
Like oil changes matter anymore. The difference between good products and shit-tier products is the difference between needing an engine rebuild at 300k or 350k and chances are something else will render it useless before than or it will get sold before then, so who gives a shit?
I flush my oil down the toilet. I figure if I can send down a 15 inch long 3 inch thick brown log, I can send down 55 gallons of oil. Fuck the Greenpeace faggots I'm paying respects to the dinosaurs by putting their remains back in their graves.
>>14446261
Look man, run water in your engine for all I care.
Just stop arguing with me unless you have some facts, figures, graphs or some fucking knowledge.
flint michigan resident here
i dumped about 3 barrels worth of oil into various public bathrooms by carrying around two gallon jugs filled with pure oil. over about a year i ended up dumping 642 gallons of oil into the water supply and now look whats happened
killed all the apes
dump away guys
>>14442770
>>14442842
>>14442962
>>14443433
Had a Purolator with a factory defect a few years back which almost cost me an engine. I will never use those pieces of shit ever again. Mann Filters only.
>>14446328
That's not how statistics work.
>>14446328
I take it it wasn't a PureOne? They're okay
>>14446330
Whatever, I just know when I buy an oil filter it should filter oil, not fucking explode.
What kind of lube shop charges $42 for an oil change? I get full synthetic at the dealer for around that price.
>>14446352
You get your car serviced at a stealership for less than 200 dollars?
Jesus fuck everything is so cheap in America
>>14446256
Cry more Nancy
>>14446365
Most dealerships, in my experience, aren't as inflated as people like to pretend. Some stuff is definitely a fucking rip off but you'll get similar prices from places like Sears or any of the local chain of car repair places. But oil changes are a lot of times cheaper at dealers than they are at Jiffy Lube style places. I even buy my oil changes in bulk to make them cheaper.
>>14446352
Jiffy will
>not having autozone discounts
Y'all retarded?
>>14446368
He will. We will. Little turtles and fucking seals and penguins and wombats and fucking bilbys and pelicans will be suffering because of your selfish ass.
You could just dump it on the driveway of some business that fucked you over if you have no other way of disposing of it.. That way it costs them a shitload to clean it up and it gets disposed of not too badly. Fuck people like you.
>>14446381
I get what you're saying. I can get oil filters cheaper from the dealer than anywhere else.
But for an actual oil change. Fuck no. It's not like that here
I save up all my oil. All of it. I also do about ~20 changes a year. What should I do with it? Fire lake?
Okay, I now see that there is just one guy samefagging and poorly attempting to troll on this thread. Saged.
>>14446399
Mix it with a little bit of petrol and styrofoam
Traps for when the zombies/niggers come.
Pour that shit on them and light it up
>>14446399
In a river. That way it will disperse and not harm anything
>>14446413
Best place to get rid of a body too amirite?
It's gone... no one will ever find it
>>14446386
>caring about pussy ass animals
>>14442748
>$42
I work at a walmart TLE, we'll do an oil change for $19.88. That gets you quaker state 10w30, 5w30, or 5w20 conventional and a fram core filter that's basically shredded newspaper in a cup, even worse than the fram extra guard. You can opt for a better filter if you want but 99% of people don't.
>>14442787
It could be worse. I started at $9/hr and am getting bumped up to $10.20/hr next week.
>>14446075
Anywhere that sells oil, at least in Texas, is legally required to take used oil. Walmart will take it for free, I don't know where the used oil fee BS came from.
>>14446352
Ours is $40 for high mileage oil and $50 for synthetic. That includes fluid top offs, vacuuming, windshield washing, tire pressure fill, etc. That is a ripoff though since you could get a 5 quart jug of Castrol GTX high mileage for $17 and a wix filter for $7, totalling a whopping $24 if you do it yourself. People still come in and pay $30-60 for oil changes here anyway, just so they don't have to do it.
>>14446435
>mfw previous owner put a fram extra guard on me mustang
>>14442878
Because the auto industry overprices things that take fifteen minutes for a mechanic to do. It's very easy to overcharge when your customer knows jack shit about what you're doing and how you're doing it.
Also the mechanics here in America are the worst I've seen on the planet, and I've seen as far as Turkey. People have a bad work ethic here already, it gets even worse when their customers are clueless.
>>14445496
>motul
>off brand oil
They are the biggest name oil company in tbe motorcycle world. When I used to race motocross the only oil cans you would ever see were motul. They make really good oil, they just aren't well known in the car world.
>>14446124
If your car has a somewhat sporty ride height then jack stands. I couldn't even get my gf's fucking econobox holden barina hatchback onto ramps.
>>14446456
Why the fuck would you save that pic? That...that's fucking awful
>>14446124
Nothing.
I've changed oil on cars that have been lowered. Just crawl under. It can be a squeeze sometimes, but at least you know the car is level
I don't have jacks, a lift, a garage, tools, I don't have shit so I gotta pay the piper for oil changes.
are all Napa filters Wix or did they change?
>>14446630
Napa gold is the same as wix
>>14442748
>buying walmart oil
pleb
>>14442829
if you are a long-time employee and haven't moved up to well paying management.. your parents fucked you.
>>14445691
amsoil shill please go, don't worry not that many people know about rotella t-6, so you will be able to keep feeding your family.
>>14445749
>Jack
not needed half the time. If needed just by a 2x6x8, cut into pieces and drive up on those. Will cost you about 8 bucks. Can be re used.
>Jackstands
see above
>Plastic tray
you mean a drain pay. reusable
>Set of spanners
you only need 1 wrench, or 1 socket and socket wrench.
>Filter removal tool because some people are retarded and use them to tighten the filter
5 bucks, reusable
>Engine flush if you're been doing it properly
what the fuck?
>And the cost of disposing of the old oil
any place that sales oil must retake used oil for free.
There are two reasons for not changing your own oil.
1. you don't know how
2. your time is more valuable than the 20 minutes or so to do it yourself.
>>14447240
>not that many people know about rotella t-6
rotella is the biggest meme oil on the planet.. every millenial 'car guy' uses rotella
supertech oil is fine. ive seen the tests and content breakdown. it's better than some name brands and equal to a lot of the mid shelf brands. it's low on zinc but all cheap oils are.
supertech affords you the ability to change your oil 30% more and still save money especially when they do ridiculous rollback deals like OP.
would i put it in a race car, no, but i use it in my dailys and dont think twice.
>>14446527
Neither did I.
Acquire a set of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Metal-2-Tonne-Car-Ramps-Extra-Heavy-Duty-Pair-/221923597888?hash=item33abad5e40:g:iSYAAOSwuTxV-C8w
It's a portable ramp for £23.
You can place it in your car park bay, secure the ramp and then change the oil yourself.
I changed my oil for the first time the other day, taught my dad how to do it at the same time.
Cost me $60 in total, including all of the stuff I didn't have like an oil filter wrench, drain pan, funnel and some shop cloths. I could have gotten everything a lot cheaper if I shopped around, but I went to the parts store across the street which also happens to be the most expensive in town.
It took me almost two hours, cost me more than it should have and my dad got oil all the garage floor, but it was still completely worth it. I love cars, I love my cars, and this was an opportunity to do even the littlest wrenching project and spend some time getting closer to my cars. Everyone should change their own oil, even if it's your more expensive option.
>>14446509
why not? do you have extremely long ramps? I built mine and they step up 6',4 1/2',3',1 1/2' they work fine and a tow truck driver even said "did you build those?" "yes, i did" "you did a fine job" they work on all mine and my friends vehicles
>>14442873
My car burns oil so I don't give a fuck what I put in it
>>14450414
How did you build them? I have some ramps but I can't drive up them on my Volvo and it's stock ride height. My shitty harbor freight jack won't lift all the way up any more and it takes forever to get it up very far on jack stands. Some ramps I could just scoot up to change my oil would be great.
Posting the best oil.
>>14446673
>pleb
Is this the best argument that we're gonna get from the brand-fags?
I pay to have my oil changed because of apartment life.
