Truck Maintenance

[QuarterMillionMan]

With taxes my total was $36.59, no other services. A synthetic oil change was triple the price at over $100 which blew my mind. I had no idea it costs that much. 28 quarts for your motorhome, gosh.

[james.hendrickson]

I would like to remind everyone here on the board to use a coupon when you are buying motor oil.

[ua_guy]

Does anyone ever get out of there for just an oil/filter change?

Watch out for that "up to 5 quarts". They typically mean non-synthetic oil. And they'll charge you a ridiculous price for an additional quart or two. Some smaller engines can still get away with 5 quarts. But like a 4-cylinder Mercedes? 6 or 7 quarts. Chevy Ecotec V8 is like 8 quarts. Audi 4.2 V8 was almost 9 quarts. Chrysler 3.6 V6, 6 quarts.

28 quarts in our motorhome...lol!

[QuarterMillionMan]

Basic conventional oil change $32.95 today .

[QuarterMillionMan]

Ordered these parts from Rock Auto;
1) cabin filter $8
2) engine air filter $9
3) wiper blades 19", 24" & 12" (rear) about $7 - $10 each
4) will be taking car for oil change $29 at Jiffy Lube (regular oil, synthetic oil is double the price or more)

[QuarterMillionMan]

Ha-ha, it is tempting to try for a refund for the road hazard warranty refund since the guy failed to do his job, but not so much for the nitrogen fill which is water under the bridge already.

[james.hendrickson]

Yup you're right James junk fees, like the powertrain warranty. As for asking for my money back no thanks and I'll just chalk it up as a lesson learned although I like your thinking about possibly going after a refund.

It never hurts to ask for your money back. Plus if the tire company is smart, they'll want to know why. So, by complaining, you're actually helping them. They may not see it that way, but thats the reality.

[QuarterMillionMan]

Yup you're right James junk fees, like the powertrain warranty. As for asking for my money back no thanks and I'll just chalk it up as a lesson learned although I like your thinking about possibly going after a refund.

[james.hendrickson]

QMM - so basically that's just a bunch of junk fees. Like the power train warranty. Can you ask for your money back? Maybe complaining to their customer service might get you a rebate check.

[QuarterMillionMan]

"Road hazard warranty" $5 per tire. Even the nitrogen fill at $2 per tire I should have declined. Nitrogen is not needed. Lessons learned for me next time and I'll be prepared.

[QuarterMillionMan]

Correct and especially if the tire is bought new with the flat repairs and tire rotation package which I bought and paid extra for from the Tire Depot place so i returned to the Tire Depot place on 1/30/23 and the lazy guy didnt want to take off the tire. Next time I need new tires I will decline the extra payments for the free flat repairs and free tire rotations.

[james.hendrickson]

Really good tire places will fix leaks for free. Customers like it, it keeps them coming back.

[QuarterMillionMan]

Add another problem albeit a small one but one tire has a slow leak and 5x's the low tire indicator comes on so I refill the air. Today I took it to a Tire Depot and the guy said no visual screws or nails using a light. I told him the tire needs to go in a water tub and air bubbles might be seen. He said today is raining and air bubbles would show on the wet tire. I gave up and told the guy that I will take it somewhere else. I told the guy that I used to fix tires and used to always put the tire in a water tub which is the only way to check for air bubbles. The guy was lazy and didn't want to pull off the tire to check it the proper way. Sheesh wasted 2 hours today at the Tire Depot in the rain.

Today I took my car to a tire repair shop, the guy took off the tire and submerged it into a water tub and found this nail and repaired it for $20. Remember the lazy guy on 1/30/23 who only visually inspected my tire and couldn't find any leak, he was so lame.

[QuarterMillionMan]

Change oil due light popped up today, Just routine maintenance so no biggie. Crawled under chassis to see how the muffler guy connected the outlet of the catalytic converter connected to the existing pipes on the right. Looks like the muffler guy had to cut off a short piece at the end of the outlet of the catalytic converter and welded on a reducer (left side of clamp) in order to do a male to female connection along with a clamp to connect to the existing pipe (right side). This would have been too big of a job for me to DIY. The inlet of the catalytic converter uses a flange with 4 bolts which I would have been able to DIY but not the weld on the outlet.

[LivingAlmostLarge]

wow you saved a lot.