1/6/2012

i tried to do my own oil change but failed. I tighten it too much during my last oil change and I wasn't able to remove the oil filter. i made many trips to autozone trying different oil filter removers, but none of it worked. I decided to go to saavy around the block to see if they can take it out for cheap And they said they can do it for $10. That means in order to bring the car there, I need to pour the new motor oil in. I was hesitant to do this because I thought the motor oil will continuously leak out and end up wasting oil. The other choice was to pour the new oil in and drive with the slightly damaged oil filter. I guess being me, chasing for perfection since its going to bother my till my next oil change, I decided to have them remove it since its only $10. I spent send more than $10 on autozone, but I did return every tool I tried, so net expense is $0. I poured about 3quarts of motor oil in the car, then I checked the dip stick and it reads No Oil. The next logical set was to check if there is a leak. there was no leak, so I figure oil goes in the car, no leak, oil still in the car, maybe there is a lag in the read or my read was done on an incline. So I drove over to savvy and a mechanic read my dip stick on a flat surface it shows empty. He then pour my remaining 2quarts in the car totaling 5quarts. After the oil change, the reading reflected he correct about of oil level -5 quarts. I was really mad because I told the guy I poured 4quarts in before coming here and he did not believe me. i kept on arguing and refused to pay unless they correct it. they agreed to set it back to the correct level but had to drain a quart out slowly. One mechanic didn't want to do it because the oil plug is strange looking. So I said I can do it And I did. I went underground and turn the lever to let out the oil and he was reading the dip stick. It was a cool experience for $10. So at the end I got the job done for $10 and the lost of a quart of motor oil which I didn't wanted anyways. I want Mobil 1 but there was none in stock at Walmart. So next oil change I can start with Mobil 1 instead of using castrol gtx. The take away from this is dont trust reads dip stick after the oil change. Logic never fails.