yeah, another oil change question...
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Originally Posted by turbosix,Mar 7 2010, 09:54 AM
oil change takes all of ten minutes.
additionally one of our sponsors sells a quick change drain valve you can use to make it even easier. if you're not lowered you can just slide a pan under the car, pop the hood and reach down to open the valve.
additionally one of our sponsors sells a quick change drain valve you can use to make it even easier. if you're not lowered you can just slide a pan under the car, pop the hood and reach down to open the valve.
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Originally Posted by turbosix,Mar 8 2010, 08:33 AM
unless you live in some nazi apartment complex, a ten minute oil change isnt going to bother anyone...
no one would even know what you were doing unless they came up an asked, all an oil change requires on all but the lowest cars is a popped hood and a low profile catch pan.
i put my new wheels on in my gf's apt parking lot on saturday afternoon. the people that drove by while i was doing it gave me thumbs up for getting rid of those lame ap1s.
no one would even know what you were doing unless they came up an asked, all an oil change requires on all but the lowest cars is a popped hood and a low profile catch pan.
i put my new wheels on in my gf's apt parking lot on saturday afternoon. the people that drove by while i was doing it gave me thumbs up for getting rid of those lame ap1s.
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Originally Posted by turbosix,Mar 8 2010, 08:50 AM
bingo! i would get the valve myself but my car is too low for a catch pan so its gotta be jacked up anyway.
I think the car in the video is lowered. If Autozone doesn't have it, you can buy a low profile oil drain pan at Wal-Mart.
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Originally Posted by alSpeed2k,Mar 8 2010, 11:04 AM
Here's a link to the Fumoto Valve.
I think the car in the video is lowered. If Autozone doesn't have it, you can buy a low profile oil drain pan at Wal-Mart.
I think the car in the video is lowered. If Autozone doesn't have it, you can buy a low profile oil drain pan at Wal-Mart.
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Originally Posted by bankstreet,Mar 8 2010, 11:35 AM
Just take it to the dealer it cost like 35 bucks
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Doubt the dealer is using full synthetic oil in the 35 dollar oil change.
If you don't want to use stands or a ramp, back in the day, we used to drive one side of the car up on a curb and lie under it in the gutter. (yes, literally lie in the gutter). Of course it was a bit easier to drive a Chevelle up on a curb than an S.
I saw a guy changin his oil once at a self-serve car wash place using a pair of ramps. Not like anyone is going to say anything since nobody is working there.
If you don't want to use stands or a ramp, back in the day, we used to drive one side of the car up on a curb and lie under it in the gutter. (yes, literally lie in the gutter). Of course it was a bit easier to drive a Chevelle up on a curb than an S.
I saw a guy changin his oil once at a self-serve car wash place using a pair of ramps. Not like anyone is going to say anything since nobody is working there.