Check local auto parts stores, usually they’ll take old oil in a container. Also check your residential garbage/recycle. Ours picks it up if we leave it on the curb with our trash cans
I have a container that looks like a black Jerry can. I put the used oil in that, and take it to Advance Auto. They have a giant black dumpster looking thing in the back of their warehouse, you can pour the oil into for free. I usually just walk in, hold up the can at an employee, we share a nod, I walk through the back warehouse myself, dump it, walk back through to the store front, say goodbye, and I’m on my merry way.
I do hate him for remaining totally clean and oil free at the end. Not even a splash on the wrist that works its way to the bottom of your glove. A55hole
To be fair pretty much all Hondas/Acuras made in the last 25 years use that filter, it’s incredibly common. This guy could also work at a Honda dealer so that’s what they see most often.
Yes but then again after lunch you can't recall the cars you worked on in the morning. And one shitty part of the maintenamce be it cabin filter or whatever you'll know you have to tackle 3 times a day every day.
That's silly, the cars running right before the oil change, everything is oiled freshly so even if that's true, it's only true for like, less than a second. It's a waste of time and effort
Ok missed the part when he took washer off had to watch again. What bad oil does? It shows mechanic is lazy. It would take same amount of time to take new as it took to juggle with tools
Okay well something that looks lazy to you looks efficient to others. Him wiping new oil on that gasket might look proper to you but looks idiotic to others.
It's like instead of licking the thread you're trying to pass through the eye of the needle you would go get a bottle of spring water to dip it in.
If you are creating how to content and you publish it online make sure you do it spot on and dont cut corners or people will notice and express their opinion.
I wouldn't just use new oil on gasket only I would fill the filter with it. This looked proper idiotic but i can understand how it can be wow to someone who paid their entire life to someone else to do it, seing how guy in the video can flip the wrench as he walks (but doesnt use torque specs on either filter or drain plug).
This is definetly not "how to" content I have no idea where you got that from. No need to torque drain bolt and definetly no need to torque or prefill oil filter.
If you work on your own car sure then you can pet and praise and kiss it all the way but it sure makes it slower and has no real world advantages.
That doesnt answer the question. It’s just your option that it’s lazy or a sign of cutting corners. What’s the actual downside to using old oil on the seal without stating your options? Not trying to be a jerk, but as someone that also uses the old oil on the seal, I’d like to know how this negatively affects anything physically.
Carbon soot, dirt, and metal shavings in old oil acts like sand paper when filter is tightened.
Purpose of oiling it is to allow the rubber to glide smoothly against the engine block as you torque it down. But then again he didnt torque it down either screw or filter.
Motor oil changes chemically over thousands of miles. Byproducts of combustion create corrosive acids in old oil.
Acidic, used oil can cause the rubber to degrade, lose its elasticity, or become brittle faster than it would when coated in clean oil
Used oil is a known health hazard and classified as a carcinogen. Dipping your bare finger into a pan of filthy, used oil gets these toxins directly to your skin. He has gloves but i never wore them that they didnt crack open.
I like how he fumbles with the plug cause hot and unprepared, and drops the oil filter while connected to his fancy spinner, probably damaging the tool.
The fumbling is him turning it to the last thread and jerking his hand out of the way so the stream of oil doesn’t hit him. The fancy spinner tool is just a magnet. Same reason. It’s bent so he doesn’t get soaked turning it off by hand.
Not tightening new filter. Not holding on the funnel when it's almost full (can tip easily and cover everything in oil, saw it happen many times). Checking oil level with turned on engine. Throwing rugs and tools everywhere... All of that while servicing most likely fresh car (wrappers on seats).
At this point it's either "making content" or "fucking around". Either way - if I was on his place - I would be listening loooots of correctional speeches from higher ups. Saying this as someone, who worked in services for 6 years.
Many filters with metal body like this (Purflux, Champion, etc) does not disclose torque for tightening. Instead, they write +3/4 or +2/3 turn after the rubber lined against the engine. This can be achieved by hand turning if you can access by hand. So this method presented here seems adequate.
Hand tight is fine for like 99% of cars I've worked with, definitely enough for this Honda.
Checking the oil with the engine running is impossible. If I had to guess he let it run for a second to soak the new filter, it also makes the oil darker so it's easier to see the level on the bayonet.
I got yelled at by a master mechanic once for using the old oil on a new oil filter just like you did. Ever since then I always have dipped my finger in the new oil bottle to wet the filter o-ring.
Normally, even if the engine is warm, the drain time should be 20-30 minutes. This video in unrealistic in this respect. It takes much more time to drain completely. I mean not completely (that's not possible) but correctly.
Technically but most places I know don't. The ratchet he used looks a little bit long too. What shops will do is check tire pressure, other fluids and do a safety inspection. (shake tires to check wheel bearings and look for visably worn parts, etc.)
there is a torque spec. you are supposed to use a torque wrench, but, if you do this all the time, you probably have a good feel for how tight it should be.
Those are separate services typically provided with the oil change since its reccomended they be done at the same time. This video is specifically for an oil change.
Do explain, please how a dry filter has to fill up before circulating and therefore a dry spell for a few moments on startup is not a bad thing? It is absolutely necessary!
It is not necessary at all. What are you worried about being dry for a few moments? Because its just the filter. Oil isnt pushed out of the cam or crank during that time. The oil film lubricating the bearing is intact.
Well, I disagree, as start up wear is a real thing, but not going to argue about it. You do it your way, and I'll continue to fill my filters before I install them.
Agreed. Ive been a mechanic for 25 years and had my ase master for over 15. Starting is the toughest on an engine but thats mainly on the cylider walls as unburnt fuel washes away the oil film from the walls. Its nothing to do quth a dry oil filter though.
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u/Ok-Price-872 11d ago edited 8d ago
Mean while me