General Maintenance

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  1. OchMan20
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    For those of you with a warranty, do you take your cars to the dealerships for oil changes etc... or do you do it yourself? I would like to change my own oil but I dont know if it would cause problems if i needed to bring my car in for warranty issue. Thanks!

    Jeff
     
    OchMan20, Sep 30, 2005
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    ShortytheFirefighter Pokemans. I has none. Staff Member

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    It's fine, just keep records so you can show that you've followed the maintenance intervals as far as oil changes go. We have plenty of customers who change their own oil.
     
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    My warranty is now expired, but I never once used it. The car has never been back to the dealership other than for me to stop in to buy parts on my own.
     
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    Thans for the info! Is 5W30 the best?
     
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    Mobil 1 Full Synthetic 5w30 is the best.
     
    readymix, Sep 30, 2005
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    ^^1+ use the mobil 1 performance oil syn, you can get it from walmart 5quarts container just for 23 dOllArs. I cange my oil past 3k no problem.
     
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    boo for Mobil 1... AMSOIL for teh win!!
     
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    Mobil 1 5w30 SUPERSYN BITCHES! every 3k miles. It takes about 2 minutes to change oil on a suby :p (a little longer if the oil is cold)
     
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    The dealership has been puting in mobile 1 synthetic so I guess I will stick to that. Thanks :D
     
    OchMan20, Sep 30, 2005
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    i can cut you good deals on mobile 1 full synthetic.
     
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    What kind of deals LVT? :)
     
    Deride, Oct 1, 2005
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    I am definately interested in that!! I was thinking about changing my oil on monday cause it needs to be done!
     
    OchMan20, Oct 1, 2005
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    20ish for a box of mobile, 6 per box.
     
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    Even with a warrenty I still do Oil change, Air filter, and Tranny oil change. It's cheaper; warrenty does not cover maintanace service unless you have a special package that covers maintanace service.
     
    morganm, Oct 3, 2005
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