6 oil changes in 90 minutes

[Pop_Rivit]

Today I did my fall oil changes on the Durango, Outback and Elantra as well as my '52 8N, '47 2N and '39 9N tractors.

The Durango was already on the lift when I gathered my oil and filters and put them on the bench; I pulled the filter and started draining the oil on the Durango. Then I tossed buckets under the tractors, removed the oil plug and canister top from each one, pulled the filters out, and let the oil drain.

Buttoned up the Durango with a Purolator filter and filled it with Havoline 5w30, tested the coolant, filled the washer fluid, checked the rest of the fluids, checked the tire pressure and then backed it out and pulled the Subaru onto the lift.

Pulled the drain plug and filter from the Subaru, and while it was draining put the new filters on the tractors and put the drain plugs back in.

Buttoned up the Subaru with a Fram Tough Guard filter, filled it with Havoline 5w30, tested the coolant, filled the windshield washer, checked the rest of the fluids, checked the tire pressure and then backed it out and pulled the Elantra onto the lift.

While the Elantra was draining I filled all 3 tractors with Rotella 15w40 (6 quarts each), tested the coolant (one will need the coolant changed yet this fall), pulled the grease gun out and greased each one.

Then I buttoned up the Elantra with a Baldwin filter, filled it with Valvoline 5W-20, topped off the windshield washer fluid, checked the rest of the fluids, checked the tire pressure, backed it out and put it away.

My pickup only has a couple thousand miles on oil that was changed last spring, so it won't get changed until next spring. My small engines/mowers were done last weekend so they're ready for the winter.

8 gallons of oil, 6 filters, 90 minutes start to finish, and done with oil changes for another 6 months.

 

[bigjl]

I think your post shows that like a tv chef it is possible to pack a significant quantity of tasks into a small window if you hsve the correct equipment and a plan of attack.

 

[oilboy123]

With all the vehicles you have I would be running the best lubes money can buy. Then you won't have to do it so often. Must be nice to have a lift though.

That is a lot of oil changes in that amount of time....Nice job.

 

[zerosoma]

That's too much for one day for me. Spread out the joy for a week or longer...

 

[SatinSilver]

Let me know if you're in Ohio and I'll bring mine over.

I'll bring a six of Kentucky Bourbon Ale.

 

[KrisZ]

Nicely done!
None of this drain the oil for hours on end nonsense.

 

[fdcg27]

Fifteen minutes per engine is about right and is in line with what I spend on a change, although I don't like to be rushed in doing what I consider a relaxing and easy job.
It sounds like you did these in series rather than in parallel, which helps in avoiding errors.
If you layed out all of the filters and all of the fresh oil before performing this task, you'd then know from anything left over that you'd missed a step.
You might as well only get filthy dirty once, I guess.

 

[Colt45ws]

Yeah, I remember back during the SynLube threads the guy promoting it said it saved him so much time doing oil changes. I pointed out it only takes 15-20 minutes to do a change and he couldnt make sense of that.

 

[Mr_Incredible]

Something tells me you've done this before...

 

[Mr_Incredible]

Something tells me you've done this before...

 

[Pop_Rivit]

Originally Posted By: oilboy123
With all the vehicles you have I would be running the best lubes money can buy. Then you won't have to do it so often.


In vehicles that are driven on a regular basis I change the oil twice a year (spring and fall, it works out to about 6,000 or 7,000 miles per OCI). Tractors get changed once a year in the fall, the pickup gets changed once a year in the spring and the Durango gets changed once a year in the fall (the pickup and Durango only see 2,000 - 5,000 each year).

So running conventional lubricants means I only have to do it twice a year; if I were to change everything it only adds an additional 15 or 20 minutes, so I can have everything changed in two hours or less twice a year. Why would "running the best lubes money can buy" save me any significant time or money over inexpensive conventional motor oil?

 

[Pop_Rivit]

Originally Posted By: bigjl
I think your post shows that like a tv chef it is possible to pack a significant quantity of tasks into a small window if you hsve the correct equipment and a plan of attack.


It helps to have everything ready. The Outback and Elantra take 17mm wrenches, the Durango takes a 1/2 inch wrench, the tractors take a 9/16 for the canister top and a cresent wrench for the plugs. I only need one filter wrench, so I have all the tools out and ready to go.

The tractors are also lined up next to each other, so it's almost an assembly line.

 

[Ken2]

How did you test the corrosion inhibitors in the coolant?

Was everything warm so the oil drains more completely?

Great juggling act. It usually takes me longer to just clean up my mess after I drop the oil plug into the bucket, then knock the bucket over trying to fish out the oil plug.

 

[KrisZ]

Originally Posted By: Pop_Rivit
Originally Posted By: oilboy123
With all the vehicles you have I would be running the best lubes money can buy. Then you won't have to do it so often.


... Why would "running the best lubes money can buy" save me any significant time or money over inexpensive conventional motor oil?


I'm wondering that myself.

Also, if oilboy123's idea of "best lubes money can buy" is stuff found at Wal-Mart’s shelves, he's sadly mistaken.

 

[hardcore302]

Makes you want to punch the JiffyLube guy.