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please dont take your car to jiffy lube or other quick lube places unless you feel like you hate your car and want it totalled out.

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/autom...be_damage.html

 
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well, i guess i'm lucky...

i just started going to J-Lube for oil changes... Once in NC, and once when I got back... The one I went to back here, all the employees are tuners :P The parking lot out front is filled with a variety of Civic hatches, and an Integra or two....you'd swear it's a civic meet!

they all seem cool, and i'm able to watch what they all do...

I like seeing all their cars out front. I'll try and snag a pic sometime :P

but yeah, that does suck for all those other ones...reading the experiences people have had.

 
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i will never let anyone do my oil again lol. its actually a very important process with alot to remember! you have to jack up the car, loosen drain bolt, let oil drain into container without spilling, clean off bolt, clean off pan threads, remember to put a new washer on the bolt, remove filter, put some oil in new filter and on the seal, reinstall filter as hard as you can by hand, reinstall the drain bolt and tighten to spec, oh yeah and then you have to add new oil! without spilling or overfilling. keep checking the level and dont overfill! better to have it slightly low than slightly over. dont forget to add lubecontrol LC20. its too much for a jl monkey to remember. i even have to check myself constantly and make sure i did everything properly.

 
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is that so gearbox? i allways thought is was how it was done

Oil Change instructions for 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

Oil Change Instructions for 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-ELEVEN 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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haha well some of that is true. i usually spend $35 for my oil and filter, but at least its only 2x a year. thats worth having a good oil and filter to me, and knowing everything is tightened properly. quick lube places use the cheapest filter possible, sometimes it barely costs more than $1 for a powerflo. the oil is whatever bulk crap they have sitting around. or sometimes its easier to leave the old oil in the car.

 
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*** jiffylube. they are a rip off. i ashamed to say that i use to work there..

 
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and i used to deliver commercial parts there. the things i saw shocked me for life haha. and yeah they would always buy the $1 junk filters even if the customer wanted the best. because really, what customer would climb under the car and check? ive even heard they paint the case black if they ask for mobil1 filter. lmao!

 
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u change ur oil 2x a year?!?! wTF??!?!?

i change my oil 8x a year... (i commute long distances to school n drive aprox 20-24k a year)

maxlife (5qt jug)- $15
mobil1 filter - $13
(plus LC20+FP60) dunno the price, but the gallon is lasting my a while

 
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the above description sounds just how a job goes with me... did you watch the last time i changed my oil or something???

 
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i change mine every 6 mos or 6k miles with maxlife. usually the time comes first. the oil will last til 10k easy, the filter at least 5-6k. its K&N.

 
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^y dont u use mobil1 oil filter? ive had the impression that they were better than k&n filters

 
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i agree...mobil1 oil filter is better that k&n filters. I tested this one and mobil1 was really good so far.

 
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any basis for that? i ran mobil1 and napa gold but in the end switched back to K&N it just overall is a better filter to me but really it doesnt matter they are all good.

 
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I always hear these horror stories about Jiffy Lube and all these other spots. Now, I'm not saying they never screw over customers; in fact, I know they do, however, if you go in there with even the slightest perception that you know what you're doing and would potentially be able to call them out if they were to say use old, recycled oil, then they will definitely just leave you alone.

 
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well, i was reading about it a while ago..but the the margin of how better they are, is very small...

i am curious steve, how is it a "better filter to you" (im not being scarcastic or anything i am really curious of ur reasoning)

as for me, ive always been using M1 filters...so i guess i have a bais for them... dont really have any particular reason...(for me anyways)

 
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i like the way K&N looks