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Old May 27, 2006 | 06:37 PM
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Oil Change process

Oil Change process - Women:

1) Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 miles since the last oil change.

2) Drink a cup of coffee.

3) 15 minutes later, write a check and leave with a properly maintained vehicle.

Money spent: Oil Change $20.00 Coffee $1.00 Total $21.00

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Oil Change process - Men:

1) Wait until Saturday, drive to auto parts store and buy a case of oil, filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner and a scented tree, write a check for $50.00.

2) Stop by 7 - 11 and buy a case of beer, write a check for $20, drive home.

3) Open a beer and drink it.

4) Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands.

5) Find jack stands under kid's pedal car.

6) In frustration, open another beer and drink it.

7) Place drain pan under engine.

8) Look for 9/16 box end wrench.

9) Give up and use crescent wrench.

10) Unscrew drain plug.

11) Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil: splash hot oil on you in process. Cuss.

12) Crawl out from under car to wipe hot oil off of face and arms. Throw kitty litter on spilled oil.

13) Have another beer while watching oil drain.

14) Spend 30 minutes looking for oil filter wrench.

15) Give up; crawl under car and hammer a screwdriver through oil filter and twist off.

16) Crawl out from under car with dripping oil filter splashing oil everywhere from holes. Cleverly hide old oil filter among trash in trash can to avoid environmental penalties. Drink a beer.

17) Buddy shows up; finish case of beer with him. Decide to finish oil change tomorrow so you can go see his new garage door opener.

18) Sunday: Skip church because "I gotta finish the oil change." Drag pan full of old oil out from underneath car. Cleverly dump oil in hole in back yard instead of taking it back to Kragen to recycle.

19) Throw kitty litter on oil spilled during step 18.

20) Beer? No, drank it all yesterday.

21) Walk to 7-11; buy beer.

22) Install new oil filter making sure to apply a thin coat of oil to gasket surface.

23) Dump first quart of fresh oil into engine.

24) Remember drain plug from step 11.

25) Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan.

26) Remember that the used oil is buried in a hole in the back yard, along with drain plug.

27) Drink beer.

28) Shovel out hole and sift oily mud for drain plug. Re-shovel oily dirt into hole. Steal sand from kids sandbox to cleverly cover oily patch of ground and avoid environmental penalties. Wash drain plug in lawnmower gas.

29) Discover that first quart of fresh oil is now on the floor. Throw kitty litter on oil spill.

30) Drink beer.

31) Crawl under car getting kitty litter into eyes. Wipe eyes with oily rag used to clean drain plug. Slip with stupid crescent wrench tightening drain plug and bang knuckles on frame.

32) Bang head on floorboards in reaction to step 31.

33) Begin cussing fit.

34) Throw stupid crescent wrench.

35) Cuss for additional 10 minutes because wrench hit bowling trophy.

36) Beer.

37) Clean up hands and forehead and bandage as required to stop blood flow.

38) Beer.

39) Beer.

40) Dump in five fresh quarts of oil.

41) Beer.

42) Lower car from jack stands.

43) Accidentally crush remaining case of new motor oil.

44) Move car back to apply more kitty litter to fresh oil spilled during steps 23 - 43.

45) Beer.

46) Test drive car.

47) Get pulled over: arrested for driving under the influence.

48) Car gets impounded.

49) Call loving wife, make bail.

50) 12 hours later, get car from impound yard.

Money spent: Parts $50.00 DUI $2500.00 Impound fee $75.00 Bail $1500.00 Beer $40.00 Total - - $4,165.00


But you know the job was done right!
 
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Old May 27, 2006 | 06:41 PM
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When I lived on the farm . I just dug a hole, drove the truck over it and drained the oil in to a pail in the hole. No floor jacks etc needed.
 
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Old May 27, 2006 | 07:44 PM
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You missed something on the women's oil change.

4. Replace engine after you find out Jiffy Lube didn't put any oil in and you thought the light would glow brighter if it was really a problem.
 
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Old May 27, 2006 | 07:55 PM
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And "Step #5" on the woman's oil change would be to double-check when you got home to make sure that the a-holes down at Jiffy Lube didn't put your air filter back the same way they did on my wife's old Sunfire:



 
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Old May 27, 2006 | 08:21 PM
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So I guess you do it the first way....



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Old May 27, 2006 | 10:14 PM
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Any one seen that part # 710 lost mine..

 
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Old May 28, 2006 | 02:33 AM
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Originally Posted by 6T6CPE
Oil Change process - Women:

1) Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 miles since the last oil change.

2) Drink a cup of coffee.

3) 15 minutes later, write a check and leave with a properly maintained vehicle.

Money spent: Oil Change $20.00 Coffee $1.00 Total $21.00
Maybe some women but not this woman. . .

Oil Change process - WMR:

1) Check my maintenance log and discover an oil change is due.

2) Stop by auto supply store and buy oil and filter (I even know what weight and brand of oil and what size filter to buy!!)

3) Politely ask the hubby to do the honors (see "Oil Change process - Men" steps 2-50 give or take a step here or there!)

Of course I do know how to change it myself but I'm afraid by doing so I would bruise my husbands fragile male ego, can't have that, can we?!!
 
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Old May 28, 2006 | 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by wild-mtn-rose
Of course I do know how to change it myself but I'm afraid by doing so I would bruise my husbands fragile male ego, can't have that, can we?!!


And they say men are sexist pigs???
 
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Old May 29, 2006 | 02:28 AM
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Originally Posted by 98Lariet4x4
And they say men are sexist pigs???
Sorry, but y'all know its true. When one of us girls shows any intelligence toward a "male dominated" area of expertise, some guys get all bent out of whack. (See Alex's thread about venting, she know's what I mean)

Notice I said some guys, if you're not one of those guys then I'm sorry to offend. :santa:
 
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