Can you do a service without making a mess.
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As the title really, does anyone manage to do an oil change without getting it everywhere and yourself covered in crap. You watch these videos on Youtube of mechanics doing various complicated jobs and they don't get a spot of oil or dirt on them where as my reality I end up looking like a coal miner.
Last time I did an oil change on my car I was putting the old oil back in the empty gallon can when the tundish managed to fall over dumping a load of dirty oil inside my toolbox and all over the shed floor. This time I was servicing our van and managed to knock the bucket of oil with one of the axle stands causing it to spill over the top and all over the drive, should have put something down really I suppose. I also got covered in all the general crap of the driveway because it was still wet, I was cold wet and miserable doing it. Even putting the filter down somewhere covers what ever that may be in oil as well.
And then you still have the problem of getting rid of the old oil. You can double bag it and take it to the tip but I'll guarantee that by the time you have accomplished it there will somehow be oil all over your boot floor, the steering wheel and gear stick.
I'm begining to question whether home servicing is worth the money. It cost £47 for oil/filter/air filter and an hour of my time (and another week getting clean again). What does a service cost these days inclusive of bits and do they actually change everything?
Last time I did an oil change on my car I was putting the old oil back in the empty gallon can when the tundish managed to fall over dumping a load of dirty oil inside my toolbox and all over the shed floor. This time I was servicing our van and managed to knock the bucket of oil with one of the axle stands causing it to spill over the top and all over the drive, should have put something down really I suppose. I also got covered in all the general crap of the driveway because it was still wet, I was cold wet and miserable doing it. Even putting the filter down somewhere covers what ever that may be in oil as well.
And then you still have the problem of getting rid of the old oil. You can double bag it and take it to the tip but I'll guarantee that by the time you have accomplished it there will somehow be oil all over your boot floor, the steering wheel and gear stick.
I'm begining to question whether home servicing is worth the money. It cost £47 for oil/filter/air filter and an hour of my time (and another week getting clean again). What does a service cost these days inclusive of bits and do they actually change everything?
thewarlock said:
Get yourself one of these, if you're fed up making an oily mess:
https://ige.ie/oil-drain-pan-16-litres/
I've seen them before but how do you get the oil back out of them and into a sealed container so you can dispose of it?https://ige.ie/oil-drain-pan-16-litres/
spikeyhead said:
Gad-Westy said:
Nobody ever filled their car up with shiny new oil having forgotten to replace the sump plug before?......
No, me neither
I might have done it, once.No, me neither
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