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Wall Mart wanted $55 to change my oil with 0W30 synthetic, $10 less if I bought the oil there. $30 for conventional, also $10 less if I bought it there.
I asked them why they charged and extra $25 to pour synthetic oil in the car, and was told that was their policy.
I bought 10 quarts and 3 filters for $22 more than they wanted to charge for one oil change, and it takes less than 10 minutes to do it in my garage.
That's my policy.
It works out to something like $200 an hour labor to let them do it.
I take the old oil to my old shop where they use it in the waste oil heater.
The VX can be done on the ground without ramps or a jack.
I like it just below the full mark, and now I will probably change it when it gets to the low mark. Not sure how many miles than will be, since it didn't use any in 4k miles before.
Filling to the minimum mark would allow the oil to warm up faster. You could check that by measuring the time it took for your filter to get hot to the touch. It would help mileage slightly, but not very much.
regards
Mech
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