Aha I don't use a quick lube place but I drive by Valvoline everyday on my way to work. It's right on the corner so if I get stuck at a red light, I usually look at what they're doing it since the building is wide open.
Does Valvoline instant oil change centers change your oil filter?
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It sucks when you hear dealers that do a terrible job because you a pay a premium and you're supposed to "trust" them in a perfect world
My old roommate had a cement pit in his unattached two car garage that was left from the previous residence from the 1920's that was raized and then a new little ranch built in the 70's. Used it a couple times. A rickety ladder going down in there. Then there was always gross stuff in there - creatures that fell in and died.. The Stuff of bad dreams!
Didn't consider that but yeah, that's a real issue. I guess in many areas they will have to use lifts instead of pits.
If you have one of these you don't have a stuck filter!
Not many cars have room to swing that tool anymore. I have the metal band type. A bit less Comte de Sade
Well if you do your homework they do. Oh and they won't have a cartridge filter either!
I can say that Valvoline Instant Oil Change does change the oil filter. Hacked open a filter off a co workers 2020GMC Acadia 3.6 v-6. Appears China made as yellow with blue #’s on it.
This location I’m told is using up the yellow cans filters before going to white filters
This location I’m told is using up the yellow cans filters before going to white filters
Yep. I have that exact wrench with a different brand label on it. The jaws are canted to give you clearance. It has worked for me every time I’ve used it.
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Those are nice to have. The short channel-Loc brand is nice in the kitchen drawer for stuck jar lids too!
Do my homework? Been wrenching on hundreds of cars for well over a half-century.
Currently, I only do O.C. 'sometimes' on my wife's Subaru and then my Mahindra-Ford. True both engines would likely have some room for that wrench. But it looks like a shade-tree "mangler" solution. It's embarassing enough if you cant spin off the filter with a gloved hand.
I try not to destroy the filters, and all get shelved for warranty purposes - if they arise.
I'll stick with my metal band wrench.
But you guys have fun with that bear trap
I ain't stopping ya Trick on unopened jars is to break the vacuum seal.
Take a teaspoon and carefully and slowly pry up under the lid lip a bit - until you hear the whoosh!
Voilà !
Instant oil change places here all use pits, but they are very large open areas under the cars…not at all like the claustrophobic pits places used in the ‘60’s and 70’s.
Worked in an old CT up north and they had a pit still in the floor from earlier, and even though they didn’t use it, they fought with the ministry of labour about not spending the $$ to fill it in, and just had it blocked off…it was scary and dark-looking!
Worked in an old CT up north and they had a pit still in the floor from earlier, and even though they didn’t use it, they fought with the ministry of labour about not spending the $$ to fill it in, and just had it blocked off…it was scary and dark-looking!
The Valvoline spot near me has pits.
A plastic skid plate wouldn't have saved the sump from your daughter's trash driving.My VW Passat had a skid plate. Twice they (NOT a Valvoline shop) failed to properly secured it. (Charged me extra because it had a skid plate!) Two skid plates lost. They replaced them after a couple of months waiting for the parts each time. My daughter while driving without the skid plate managed to crack the sump. Nice puddle of oil on the driveway, but fortunately I spotted it before she drove it again. Had to pay for a new plate plus parts at the local indy - $$$.
Finally, after having the oil changed regularly at the same shop for almost ten years, they told me they could no longer change my oil/filter as the oil they carry is NOT to VW spec. Yes, after almost ten years. Took that as a clear sign from above. From then onwards I have always done my own oil changes, including new still under warranty vehicles.
Never looked back. Well worth the couple of hours of work for peace of mind to know it's done right. Right quality full-syn. oil, right oil filter, and drained from the oil drain plug! Incidentally current vehicles don't even have a dip stick. Do they now drain from the fill hole?
