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Old 10-19-2022, 01:27 PM   #14
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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 hate to say it, but that is much more likely to happen at an oil change place or dealer than someone doing it themself. Speedy oil change was famous for it, had to deal with a bunch of law suits some years back.

On vehicles I do myself I install a Fumoto valve, nothing to screw in and out any more, just a lever that opens and closes. Secure and simple.
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