I haven't changed the oil in my vehicles in 15 years or so. I did it myself from 16 until mid 20s or so. Then it became faster and cheaper for someone else to do it. It's not about being a man. Well, maybe it is. It's about being smart with my time and money.
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Yea we all have different angles and priorities I understand you, you're sick of it after you put in the years you deserve a break 🤣.
At my current toxic musculinity lol life stage it gives me satisfaction still that the lower grade mechanic won't do half as job and sometimes leave things messy even if he's new an inexperienced 😅 (one time homie left grease on my steering wheeel, wthhhhhh I was pissed but didn't escalate lol).
That, and the part of me that's slavic is preparing for next holocaust just in case 😅. Growing up without a dad nobody taught me shit, so I just like to teach myself extra nontech related skills. I plan on doing transmission fluid next, and transmission gasket while im there lol pray for me brooo
When you do the trans pan start by 1)removing all the bolts from one side. 2) Then remove the closest bolt from an adjacent side. 3) Next remove the closest bolt from the other side that is adjacent to the side with all the bolts removed. 4) Repeat 2 and 3 until all bolts are removed from these two sides (there should only be one side with bolts left), as you repeat 2&3 your trans fluid should start draining from the fist side, slowly at first and then more aggressively as you remove bolts. 5) once you've drained as much fluid as you can slowly remove the bolts from the last side one at a time time, more fluid should start draining especially once you start to remove the very last bolt.
This is the best way to drain the trans pan without making a huge mess 😉
Mine has a drain plug, I think when I remove my bolts it's all gonna be mostly out by then. It's automatic transmission similar to this transmission "I believe"
If it has a plug obviously use that first but there will probably be a significant amount left in the pan afterwards. Once most of the fluid has drained from the drain hole use the procedure I outlined but start with the side closest to the open drain hole. Also make sure to use a small cup/dish/bowl etc to hold your bolts so you don't loose them, you local auto parts store should have some magnetic trays that are ready good at this. These are what I use as a professional mechanic.
That makes sense, cuz the bolts are around it. Makes sense totally. Thanks man I bookmarked your tips 😄🤗
Oh shit, you're a pro mechanic. Opinion on partial 50K drain and fill method....instead of flush and agitate the debris before full on flush later at higher mileage..
Shouldn't hurt anything, but dain and fill will only cover a fraction of the fluid in the system. The vast overwhelming majority of your fluid sits in the torque converter which means it cannot be changed unless the car is running which mean you need a fancy machine to properly exchange all of it so your still gonna have to do a full trans flush by 70k
I still haven’t figured out how people do it faster by going somewhere.
It takes me less than 15 minutes to change my oil. During which, most of the time is spent letting oil fall out of a car while I do something else. It takes me 10 minutes to drive to the Valvoline, 5-10 minutes sitting in line at the Valvoline, 15 minutes for them to change the oil, 2 minutes to drive off their ramps and look under the car and check if they actually put the drain plug back in, 10 minutes to drive home. 47 is longer than 15.