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Originally Posted by Major
As a youngster  , I used to do oil changes and simple maintenance on our cars. When we lived in St. Louis in the early 1990s, my good friend and co-worker changed his oil too. At the time, he had a relatively new small pickup truck. Well, you can probably guess what happened. He changed his oil and did not properly secure the drain plug. He ended up blowing his engine. After that, I started bringing my cars to a mechanic for OLFs and routine maintenance, as well as bigger things. I thought of it as a small price to pay (an insurance policy) given what can go wrong. |
I feel more confident doing my own oil changes so that the least experienced "mechanic" in the shop doesn't do that to my car.
Once, at a quality aircraft repair station where I was arriving to pick up my plane from its annual maintenance, I observed a mechanic trying to refill my engine oil.
He commented that it was taking more than expected.
His boss came over and pointed out that the spring loaded quick drain was still open and the clean oil was pouring into the drain pan.