Another post got me to thinking about this. Back in my younger days, I was a quick oil change fanatic. I could change a vehicles oil in ten minutes or less. As I've gotten older however, I really enjoy taking my time changing the oil in my vehicles. Sometimes I take up to an hour and a half to do a simple oil change.
I lay out my cardboard, pull out and place the ramps, set up my drain pan and bottles of oil and filter, get all my tools ready, then I drive on the ramp, position the pan and remove the drain plug and lay there watching the oil drain and consider the color and thickness of oil. Then we get to the drip part and it's time for a beer.
Finally, when the last drop has fallen, I replace the plug and replace the filter, (using plenty of paper towels to clean the area of any leakage or spillage). Then I take a sharpie and write the date, miles, weight of oil on the new filter and install.
Now comes the new oil. I pour in half a quart and then replace the bottle cap and shake the bottle to mix all the additives, then pour the rest of the quart. I do this for each quart, letting the empty bottle sit upside down in the filler hole of the motor to get all the oil out and into the motor.
By the time quart number five is in place, I then pour my used oil into jugs and clean out my drain pan with the paper towels I used for the filter instillation.
Of course, somewhere along the way, another bottle of beer just might happen to accidently pour into my mouth.
Does anyone else have an "oil change" ritual or are most Bitogers the "rough and ready" type?
I lay out my cardboard, pull out and place the ramps, set up my drain pan and bottles of oil and filter, get all my tools ready, then I drive on the ramp, position the pan and remove the drain plug and lay there watching the oil drain and consider the color and thickness of oil. Then we get to the drip part and it's time for a beer.
Finally, when the last drop has fallen, I replace the plug and replace the filter, (using plenty of paper towels to clean the area of any leakage or spillage). Then I take a sharpie and write the date, miles, weight of oil on the new filter and install.
Now comes the new oil. I pour in half a quart and then replace the bottle cap and shake the bottle to mix all the additives, then pour the rest of the quart. I do this for each quart, letting the empty bottle sit upside down in the filler hole of the motor to get all the oil out and into the motor.
By the time quart number five is in place, I then pour my used oil into jugs and clean out my drain pan with the paper towels I used for the filter instillation.
Of course, somewhere along the way, another bottle of beer just might happen to accidently pour into my mouth.
Does anyone else have an "oil change" ritual or are most Bitogers the "rough and ready" type?
