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Apr 8, 2003

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Changing own oil....

i was just thinking again...... (oh no!)
and when we change our own oil how do we offically document it?
casue if someone is to buy the car in the future sometime they will want to know

Apr 8, 2003

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there is a place for you to log your oil changes and other work done in your owners manual.

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and a poten buyer would believe that? i dont know if i would believe someone

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VIDEO TAPE YOURSELF.. yea right.

Yea just hope he believes you.

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isnt there a seal you are supposed to replace everytime you get your oil changed? i dunno, i always just take it to honda, they was and wax my car for free also

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there is no way they will know when you changed your oil... but if they see you are a car nut, it's obvious you changed it very often.. like i'm into cars so basically i change it every 5000km,

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there is a washer that costs like .05 that your supposed to change each time

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Quote:

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there is a washer that costs like .05 that your supposed to change each time

That's what I thought, and I bought a pack of washers, but apparent;y on ours (or mine at least - 2k1 lx sedan) it has a re-usable washer that's part of the drain plug. It could be that you're supposed to replace the plug itself, but I don't see why, I haven't had any problem with it and I've changed my oil about 4 times now on my own.

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I didn't change my washer out

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crush washer...whatever its called

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go to the parts desk at honda and tell/ask them and they will show/tell you waht you need to know. that make sense?

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Just save you reciepts from your oil and filter purchase, then enter the day you changed it in your owners manual. When you go to sell it you have documentation that shows that you bought the oil and changed it on or close to the date you bought the oil.

Same goes for any repair or other maintanance, and if the new owner doesn't believe you, who cares? He bought it anyway, right?? And if they don't buy than there just a idiot that believes we never sent a man to the moon.