JoeH
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If you plan to continue to do it yourself, I recommend that you replace the drain plug with a fumoto valve with the nipple on it for attaching a hose. That way, when you drain the oil, you don't have the mess caused by splashing on the front axle.
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Rocky2
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JoeH wrote:If you plan to continue to do it yourself, I recommend that you replace the drain plug with a fumoto valve with the nipple on it for attaching a hose. That way, when you drain the oil, you don't have the mess caused by splashing on the front axle.
Best add on I've made. Adding the Fumoto valve eliminated both the mess and any reluctance to get on the creeper and just do it.
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I change the oil on my diesel which is really messy black used oil and lots of it, but all of that makes it cost a lot to have someone else do it.
Yours may not cost quite so much, have you checked?
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JRscooby
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I have several filter wrenches. Can get filter off of most anything. But after I had messed with band and clamp wrenches a few times decided I'm going to keep this the rest of my life, I'm going to buy the wrench designed for this filter
Makes it much easier.
And because I no longer have a place to store a dirty drain pan, I have started using a couple trash bags and boxes. Catch oil in bag lined box. Use the 2nd to catch miss when put little hole in bag of oil to put used back in bottle to take to recycler. Bags picked up by trash hauler.
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donw1019
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It cost me 300.00 for 7 qts oil and filter. That is what got me wanting to do it my self. Last time I had it done it was 375.00 because of disposing the oil and everything else they could tag on.
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enblethen
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donw1019: You got ripped off! Check around at some of the quickie lube type places and even some of the Walmarts do MHs.
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enblethen wrote:donw1019: You got ripped off! Check around at some of the quickie lube type places and even some of the Walmarts do MHs.
He just got extra ripped off. The Jippo Lube places are still a pretty good ripoff. 7-8qt gasser pickup oil changes around here are in the $150 range. For what amounts to about $50 in materials (retail…) and $100 for saving me an hour of my own time. Which doesn’t actually save any time because it takes at least an hour to go get it done. $100 an hour being about what I make at work, I can make an extra hour of income or spend an hours worth of income in the same amount of time. So it’s actually worth $200 to do it myself.
A concept many people don’t understand.
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Alan_Hepburn
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donw1019 wrote:It cost me 300.00 for 7 qts oil and filter. That is what got me wanting to do it my self. Last time I had it done it was 375.00 because of disposing the oil and everything else they could tag on.
Just recently did our motorhome - it's on a Workhorse chassis, with the 8.1L engine. it takes 6.4 quarts of 5w/30 oil at around $50 depending on sales, and an AC Delco PH454 filter at around $5 depending on sales. And about 30 minutes of my time.
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donw1019
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Here is the latest. First I appreciate all the responses. Second I can get under from the drivers side on a creeper very easy. But I still can't find the oil filler place under the hood. I sort of remember seeing the dealer once messing from the ver ver very top of the open hood in front of the drivers seat but I still do not see a filler cap. I will call Newmar on Monday unless one of you can tell exactly hoow to find it. I do thank everyone.
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