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I was browsing the internet the other day, and ran across a product that claims to suck the oil out of the dipstick tube. You can supposedly create a vacuum within the reservoir of the device, and when you attach it to the tube and open the valve, the created vacuum is strong enough to remove...

1991 Nissan Sentra with 146000+ miles: Havoline 5w30 (winter) Havoline 10w30 (summer) STP oil filter (debating switching to Purolator, any thoughts?) 3000 mile OCI (the car's old, and I don't drive too conservatively...)

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I don't want the following question to be taken as judgmental, so please read into it only what is intended: When I worked at Jiffy Lube, the shop where I worked featured Quaker State. The Jiffy Lube 8 blocks north featured Pennzoil. The exact same truck filled our oil tanks as the other store...

I find that pushing the oil plug against that pan while unscrewing it (applying back pressure) keeps oil from coming out of the pan even when the screw is no longer threaded to the pan. Once the plug is unscrewed, I pull my hand (and the plug) out of the way as fast as possible, getting out of...

I have a new twist on the age-old "which oil is better" phenomena. I recently started an onsite oil changing service, and am looking at several distributors to use as my "featured oil." I am opposed to using a product I wouldn't trust in my own car. I have been heavily considering going through...

At Jiffy Lube, we were required to maintain a $50 ticket average. When you're selling a $30 oil change, you've gotta' sell a lot of extras. I got so disenfranchised with the process that I quit and started my own oiling changing service. All we do is change the oil. No extras. We inspect the...

When I was a lube tech for Jiffy Lube it was unreal what people said and did behind a female customer's back (or underneath her skirt). It was almost a locker room mentality, each guy trying to prove he was a man by being disgusting. I would never "let" a girl I knew go to an oil change place...