Blaster Man
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I change my four wheel vehicle's oil myself, but as noted above, I don't want to have to get rid if 10 1/2 gallons of MH oil, so I found a mom and pop diesel shop. They change the oil and filter and lube the chassis for an hour's labor...$75...just went up from $65. I furnish the oil and filter, they use the oil to fuel their shop furnace. It's a win win.
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RetiredRealtorRick
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I noticed in Yuma (what you show as your home base) there are numerous RV service centers. Why not just choose one of them?
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dieterrv
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Hi. anybody hear of the EZ oil drain value w/ hose attacnment. You replace your drain plug with the EZ drain. It makes easy to control oil flow and direct the hose ( clear plastic tubing sold seperatly) into jugs or drain pan. Hope this helps
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DC&MC
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The RV service places here are too busy at this time to get in.
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lonewolf80
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I drain my diesel oil myself. Walmart sells a pretty good 20 qt. drain pan with a pour spot. Whenever we buy something that comes in a big box I break down the box and save the cardboard to place under the drain pan, and as mentioned not only guards against spills but makes it easy to pull the drain pan, wrench, etc. out from under the rig. Also on occasion, I save large laundry detergent containers and gallon-size RV anti-freeze bottles to slowly pour the used oil in the drain pan to using a funnel and my DW holding both. I drop the oil off at a local mechanic shop that also has a furnace that will burn almost any petroleum product.
At the cost of 17 qts. of oil, a Cummins oil filter at $35-40, if I can save on the change, even if it was as little as $75 (doubt that in my WNY neck of the woods) I'm further ahead. I do the same changing my 2 gas filters on my rig too.
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DC&MC
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My husband has a very bad back. He can barely still use the MH much less crawl around underneath it
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willald
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Change it myself, as I've done with every vehicle I've ever owned.
How to get rid of 18 quarts of oil? Geez, issues like that remind me of yet one more reason I prefer my gasser MH, and the fact it only uses 8 quarts of oil for changes. Which, easily goes in the portable oil container I use for all oil changes. Very easy to carry it to the auto parts store when going there for other things and dump the oil there (most take/recycle it for free).
Given how difficult I've found it to get ANY kind of RV related service done, I cannot imagine how difficult it would be if you had to rely on a shop to do all your oil changes. Mobile mechanic would be the way to go, if you could find a good one that would do it.
Will and Cheryl
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2oldman
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willald wrote:Given how difficult I've found it to get ANY kind of RV related service done, I cannot imagine how difficult it would be if you had to rely on a shop to do all your oil changes. Truck shops would be my choice.
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wolfe10
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I agree. This is NOT an RV dealer kind of service.
Any place that works on OTR trucks will be very familiar with your DP engine and changing it's oil.
Do NOT neglect lubing/greasing the chassis!
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wolfe10
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I agree. This is NOT an RV dealer kind of service.
Any place that works on OTR trucks will be very familiar with your DP engine and changing it's oil.
Do NOT neglect lubing/greasing the chassis!
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