Saturday, August 27, 2011

Do You Have Faith In Those Quick Oil Change Places?

By Brian Q. Arkwright


Many people either don't have the time or the know how to change their own oil so they wind up going to those fast oil change shops. Yet are all these car oil change places on the up and up? I propose that you stay away from these quick oil change places and find an honest auto mechanic instead and I'll explain why. I'll also tell you how to Rent a Limo.

I am sure you know that every car has certain rules of thumb about when certain services should be done. You could have slated maintenance for things like air filter change or an oil change. But did you seriously study the vehicle's owner's manual? I can practically guarantee whenever you look through the owners manual of your car you will see that your oil doesn't need to be changed every 3,000 miles like all those oil change places tell you. Even if you read your manual, you'll know that your oil should be changed every 6000 to 7000 miles. Therefore in essence, a lot of these quick oil change places are lying to you.

Also if you look through your owners manual you can see a schedule for changing your air filter. In my circumstance, it is suggested that I change my car's air filter every two years or when it's all clogged up. The truth is, I hadn't changed the filter in four years because the device still looked pretty good, even so I changed it anyway. But why is it that every time I used to go to the oil change places they let me know I need a new air filter? Six months after I changed the air filter without any help, I took my car to one of these oil change places and I was told that my air filter needed to be changed. There seemed to be a very minor discoloration and I was informed that it was at the first stages of clogging. When I told them that I had just changed it a few months before, they then told me it must be changed in another six months or so.

What bothered me was that they initially informed me that the filter had to be changed. Consequently once I told them about the new air filter, they changed their response. It simply shows how very, very terrible and dishonest these people who are employed at these oil change places are.

There's once where they changed my transmission fluid. Just about every time you visit these places, they will explain how your transmission fluid will also need to be changed. One time, when they informed me, I allowed them to do it. And then roughly 3 months later when I went once more for an oil change they told me my transmission fluid was dirty and needed to be changed. There after, I never went to these businesses again.

Since that time, I have found an auto mechanic who is trustworthy that can work on my car. Truth be told, many of these folks who work at the quick oil change places have never had any education in fixing cars. Whereas a licensed mechanic has gotten the proper education.




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