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Originally Posted by MrSelfDestruct
The computer gives you a reasonable estimate of when your car is likely to need an oil change. It's not even close to an exact science.
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Ok. According to the owner's manual the computer monitors mileage and engine speed to monitor oil life. Isn't this at least an improvement over just picking a number of miles and applying that?
Part of the reason we chose the car we did is the low mainenance--the car's computer says when to take it in for service, and the services are all included for the first three years, and it's not supposed to need anything but fluids, filters and tire rotations until 100,000 miles.
By the way, why the higher numbers on the oil? I was told by the more mechanically inclined in my family to tell them when I took it in for the oil change to substitute 10w-30 for the recommended 5w-20 in the manual. The higher numbers are acceptable, so I did that, but I'm curious as to why?
I could ask Sissy--dad taught her all this stuff when she was like 12, but why rely on family when you can ask some stranger on the internet?
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Originally Posted by sashime76
I've been doing oil change, coolant flush since my dad taught me at age 15. Unless you can't tell a screwdriver from a wrench, you can do it yourself. It's good to know these things to avoid scams.
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I know the difference between those! Woo hoo!
Gilda
The screwdriver is the one that looks like an ice-pick with an x on the end, right? I can hear it now. Gilda the mechanic they'll call me. Yeah, they'll say, Gilda's cool, she can explain the functional subtext of Dr. Seuss's The Sneeches and she knows which end of the spark plug to hit with the hammer. Ahhh, the wonders of being multi-talented. I'll be a guy magnet . . . oh, wait a minute.