Oil Change Cost

8gv · 10-20-2022, 09:55 PM

With Subarus the oil filter is mounted on top of the engine.

One would need to try really hard to make a mess with that.

On my Subarus, I have installed a Fumoto valve.

I slide a plastic tube onto the valve and put the other end in my Walmart oil drain container.

A quick turn of the valve gets the hot oil flowing while I change the filter up top.

When it stops flowing I close the valve and pour in the new oil.

This results in the cleanest oil change ever!

The laconia transfer station, which I believe is in Meredith, takes my waste oil for free.

John Mercier · 10-23-2022, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by 8gv

With Subarus the oil filter is mounted on top of the engine.

One would need to try really hard to make a mess with that.

On my Subarus, I have installed a Fumoto valve.

I slide a plastic tube onto the valve and put the other end in my Walmart oil drain container.

A quick turn of the valve gets the hot oil flowing while I change the filter up top.

When it stops flowing I close the valve and pour in the new oil.

This results in the cleanest oil change ever!

The laconia transfer station, which I believe is in Meredith, takes my waste oil for free.

It is in Laconia. The line is up just beyond the Laconia Christian Academy.
I think several local garages and facilities have waste oil burners for space heating.
We use the Belmont Public Works... as that ''donate'' helps keep down the cost of heating the buildings that would otherwise use tax dollars.

jbolty · 10-24-2022, 09:29 AM

went to walmart yesterday and there was almost nothing but synthetic and a lot of empty spaces. I usually use rotella in my truck but I read that's completely out of stock everywhere until some unspecified date

LikeLakes · 10-24-2022, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by jbolty

went to walmart yesterday and there was almost nothing but synthetic and a lot of empty spaces. I usually use rotella in my truck but I read that's completely out of stock everywhere until some unspecified date

Interesting to see that, isn't it? You are seeing the same thing I mentioned in my post #11 above. Still plenty of choices for most cars but for HD trucks it can be a problem.

Not sure which Rotella you use, I did see T5 and T6 in stock at Autozone a week ago, first time I've seen T6 there in quite a while.

10-20-2022, 09:55 PM	#1
8gv Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,108 Thanks: 64 Thanked 747 Times in 481 Posts	With Subarus the oil filter is mounted on top of the engine. One would need to try really hard to make a mess with that. On my Subarus, I have installed a Fumoto valve. I slide a plastic tube onto the valve and put the other end in my Walmart oil drain container. A quick turn of the valve gets the hot oil flowing while I change the filter up top. When it stops flowing I close the valve and pour in the new oil. This results in the cleanest oil change ever! The laconia transfer station, which I believe is in Meredith, takes my waste oil for free.

10-24-2022, 09:29 AM	#3
jbolty Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 665 Thanks: 320 Thanked 252 Times in 151 Posts	went to walmart yesterday and there was almost nothing but synthetic and a lot of empty spaces. I usually use rotella in my truck but I read that's completely out of stock everywhere until some unspecified date