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Brendan24688
13-05-2006, 09:46 PM
Oil Change instructions for women:

1) Pull up to Ultra Tune when the mileage reaches 3000 miles since the last oil change.
2) Drink a cup of coffee.
3) 15 minutes later, put on credit card and leave with a properly maintained vehicle.

Money spent:
Oil Change $20.00
Coffee $1.00
Total $21.00
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Oil Change instructions for men:

1) Wait until Saturday, drive to Repco and buy a case of oil, filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner and a scented tree. Put on credit card .
2) Stop by 7 - 11 and buy a case of beer, put on credit card , drive home.
3) Open a beer and drink it.
4) Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands.
5) Find jack stands under kid's pedal car.
6) In frustration, open another beer and drink it.
7) Place drain pan under engine.
8) Look for 9/16 box end wrench.
9) Give up and use crescent wrench.
10) Unscrew drain plug.
11) Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil: splash hot oil on you in process. Swear.
12) Crawl out from under car to wipe hot oil off of face and arms. Throw kitty litter on spilled oil.
13) Have another beer while watching oil drain.
14) Spend 30 minutes looking for oil filter wrench.
15) Give up; crawl under car and hammer a screwdriver through oil filter and twist off.
16) Crawl out from under car with dripping oil filter splashing oil everywhere from holes. Cleverly hide old oil filter among trash in trash can to avoid environmental penalties. Drink a beer.
17) Buddy shows up; finish case of beer with him. Decide to finish oil change tomorrow so you can go see his new garage door opener.
18) Sunday: Skip church because "I gotta finish the oil change." Drag pan full of old oil out from underneath car. Cleverly dump oil in hole in back yard instead of taking it back to service station to recycle.
19) Throw kitty litter on oil spilled during step 18.
20) Beer? No, drank it all yesterday.
21) Walk to 7-11; buy beer.
22) Install new oil filter making sure to apply a thin coat of oil to gasket surface, be sure filter is full of oil.
23) Dump first litre of fresh oil into engine.
24) Remember drain plug from step 11.

25) Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan.
26) Remember that the used oil is buried in a hole in the back yard, along with drain plug.
27) Drink beer.
28) Shovel out hole and sift oily mud for drain plug. Re-shovel oily dirt into hole. Steal sand from kids sandbox to cleverly cover oily patch of ground and avoid environmental penalties. Wash drain plug in lawnmower fuel.
29) Discover that first litre of fresh oil is now on the floor. Throw kitty litter on oil spill.
30) Drink beer.
31) Crawl under car getting kitty litter into eyes. Wipe eyes with oily rag used to clean drain plug. Slip with stupid crescent wrench tightening drain plug and bang knuckles on frame.
32) Bang head on floorboards in reaction to step 31.
33) Begin swearing fit.
34) Throw stupid crescent wrench.
35) Cuss for additional 10 minutes because wrench hit bowling trophy.
36) Beer.
37) Clean up hands and forehead and bandage as required to stop blood flow.
38) Beer.
39) Beer.
40) Dump in five fresh litres of oil.
41) Beer.
42) Lower car from jack stands.
43) Accidentally crush remaining case of new motor oil.
44) Move car back to apply more kitty litter to fresh oil spilled during steps 23 - 43.
45) Beer.
46) Test drive car.
47) Get pulled over: arrested for driving under the influence.
48) Car gets impounded.
49) Call loving wife, make bail
50) 12 hours later, get car from impound yard.

Money spent:
Parts $50.00
DUI $2500.00
Impound fee $75.00
Bail $1500.00
Beer $40.00
Total - - $4,165.00

But you know the job was done right!

Ausmartin1
14-05-2006, 10:21 AM
The only issue is that it's actually done in the second option.
Albeit with much pain.

Where as in the first the women pays and only "Thinks" it's been done.
Oh yes & it's happened at one of U branches. Pity the oil filter and extra items were premarked !!!!

This is why they should have and upstairs windowed area where you can actually see your car being worked on, then option 1 "might" actually work!
:lol:

vz300
15-05-2006, 05:21 PM
Option 1 is OK..trust is a big thing.As for Option 2, only a moron would do an oil change this way & it probably does happen that way.It takes 15 minutes to do an oil change in an LS1 & you do it every 5000 k's.By the way the drain plug is 14mm & you do the filter at the same time...piece of peeeee.

VXSS_Phantom
15-05-2006, 07:12 PM
Damn didn't know 7-11's sold beer !

Brendan24688
15-05-2006, 07:38 PM
Twas a joke mate :shock: :lol:

skedge
15-05-2006, 07:58 PM
Good laugh.:thumbsup:

It takes 15min $50 for oil and $10 for filter. Take the old oil to a garage or mechanics shop. Throw in a case of beer and they'll help anytime.
Skedge

Jargle
15-05-2006, 09:29 PM
well option 1 makes sense but nowhere near as much fun as option 2, great post.

seldo
15-05-2006, 09:48 PM
Brendan24688 :lmao: But you forgot to include asking your 10 yo to help by pouring in the the oil to "fill it up..." Literally......I've been there...:rolleyes:...:doh:

LS1kid
15-05-2006, 11:10 PM
gday boys just wanna let vz300 know that 14mm is actually a 9/16" in imperial :) trust me

hsvfreak
16-05-2006, 06:41 AM
HAHAHAHa What a laugh, Most of that is so true

vz300
16-05-2006, 04:30 PM
[QUOTE=LS1kid]gday boys just wanna let vz300 know that 14mm is actually a 9/16" in imperial :) trust me[/QUOTe
That's the point I am making....if you are going to do it properly,do it properly & use the right spanner.Why use imperial spanners when every other nut & bolt on a Holden is metric.GET MY POINT LS1kid!!!!I suppose some of you use a 1/2" spanner to undo 13mm nuts & bolts?

team illucid
16-05-2006, 04:46 PM
HAHAHAHa What a laugh, Most of that is so true

yeah aint that the truth

pagey
16-05-2006, 05:37 PM
I dont know what was funnier.. the original post or old mate getting all hot and bothered about not doing an oil change that way..hahaha..


ahhh.. some people..

VLturbo3.0
16-05-2006, 05:53 PM
That's the point I am making....if you are going to do it properly,do it properly & use the right spanner.Why use imperial spanners when every other nut & bolt on a Holden is metric.GET MY POINT LS1kid!!!!I suppose some of you use a 1/2" spanner to undo 13mm nuts & bolts?

wouldn't the Gen-3 use imperial bolts as it is from the US?

Jargle
16-05-2006, 10:23 PM
[QUOTE=LS1kid]gday boys just wanna let vz300 know that 14mm is actually a 9/16" in imperial :) trust me[/QUOTe
That's the point I am making....if you are going to do it properly,do it properly & use the right spanner.Why use imperial spanners when every other nut & bolt on a Holden is metric.GET MY POINT LS1kid!!!!I suppose some of you use a 1/2" spanner to undo 13mm nuts & bolts?

absolutely correct vz300 how long do you think it will take these young ones to start asking why are all the bolt heads becoming rounded.

vh-holden
16-05-2006, 11:31 PM
what's an oil change?

OzJavelin
18-05-2006, 07:48 AM
what's an oil change?Somthing that English cars don't need 'cos oil runs out of them as fast as you can replace it ... but at least the oil is always clean.