I randomly called my baby sister yesterday (25 yo) to say hello and we ended up talking about her oil. She said she needed a change, and since Valvoline charges her $80 I told her to bring it by today and I'd change it for her if she got the oil and filter.
First thing when I popped the hood and I see a massive mountain of crusty corrosion on the negative battery terminal. I didn't think to take a picture at this point. I took her battery out and cleaned it. I set that aside and had to scrub and scrub her terminal with baking soda and water. Soaking it and a wire brush got it almost perfect. Luckily the corrosion didn't eat the terminal away. After that I noticed the cause of corrosion. The plastic had split at the negative post. This is a 2015 Duralast Gold that AutoZone installed. They way over tightened it because it was pretty tight to take off. Luckily they warrantied it without a hassle.
As for her oil, the sticker said to change at 144k, and she now has 160k miles. Her finance changed the oil once for her since then, but not the filter because it was too tight. I didn't have the correct wrench so I used pliers. That filter was on there for over 20k miles but not sure how many. It wasn't pretty. I replaced it with a fram tough guard and valvoline synpower high mileage 0w20
Nasty oil change by JOHN, on Flickr
Nasty oil change by JOHN, on Flickr
Nasty oil change by JOHN, on Flickr
Nasty oil change by JOHN, on Flickr
Nasty oil change by JOHN, on Flickr
Nasty oil change by JOHN, on Flickr
Nasty oil change by JOHN, on Flickr
Nasty oil change by JOHN, on Flickr
Nasty oil change by JOHN, on Flickr
Nasty oil change by JOHN, on Flickr
First thing when I popped the hood and I see a massive mountain of crusty corrosion on the negative battery terminal. I didn't think to take a picture at this point. I took her battery out and cleaned it. I set that aside and had to scrub and scrub her terminal with baking soda and water. Soaking it and a wire brush got it almost perfect. Luckily the corrosion didn't eat the terminal away. After that I noticed the cause of corrosion. The plastic had split at the negative post. This is a 2015 Duralast Gold that AutoZone installed. They way over tightened it because it was pretty tight to take off. Luckily they warrantied it without a hassle.
As for her oil, the sticker said to change at 144k, and she now has 160k miles. Her finance changed the oil once for her since then, but not the filter because it was too tight. I didn't have the correct wrench so I used pliers. That filter was on there for over 20k miles but not sure how many. It wasn't pretty. I replaced it with a fram tough guard and valvoline synpower high mileage 0w20
Nasty oil change by JOHN, on Flickr
Nasty oil change by JOHN, on Flickr
Nasty oil change by JOHN, on Flickr
Nasty oil change by JOHN, on Flickr
Nasty oil change by JOHN, on Flickr
Nasty oil change by JOHN, on Flickr
Nasty oil change by JOHN, on Flickr
Nasty oil change by JOHN, on Flickr
Nasty oil change by JOHN, on Flickr
Nasty oil change by JOHN, on Flickr