Can't afford to change my oil

This is stupid. I need to service my 2018 3500 ram. If I buy oem part to do oil and fuel filter change it's $400.00 bucks. And I have to do the work. Dispose of the old oil ect
OR
I take it to town and let them do it with the same parts and oil for $250.00 plus they wash the windows and vacuum the truck. Something seems wrong here.

I can't hardly stand to pay someone to do something that I can do. But at the same time I'm not going to pay a extra $150.00 for the " privilege " to crawl under that thing either!

buy you a new one FREE oil changes for 2 years or life !! LOl

OEM parts a marked up a ridiculous amount just buy a good brand on sale and a quality filter for it. If they can do it for less they are cutting corners somewhere I’d say.

I do all my oil changes .

buy you a new one FREE oil changes for 2 years or life !! LOl

YEA you will love spending the whole day sitting in the customer service dept.

John Deere riding mower's have rigged up oil filter's now as well, best check what it cost for one of those before you buy a new one also!

No i don't own any of that bs, cousin bought a new rider and told me about it last sunday. I'll stick to my old stuff i can afford.

Idk about where you are. But, my wife schedules an oil change, she drops her car off, gets a loaner and they call her when it’s done. She goes back when she can later that day and gets it. Super easy.

Do I see a new electric truck in your future? NO, I didn't think so, lol.

Those oil change monkeys will ruin everything they touch


Certified mechanic or do it yourself.

How is an oil filter and fuel filter $400 bucks ?

That works if you're in the same town. I'm not so have to wait on mine while they change the oil. I've found if you're the first or near first appointment for the day you get in and out fairly quick. Otherwise you're gonna sit there for 2-3 hours.

Yeah, that’s a bunch of crap having to wait that long. She just has to drive to the dealership about 15 miles away and then come home, she can work remotely so she would just work from there. But yeah, I am not waiting that long.

I'm guessing it's a diesel that probably takes 15ish quarts of synthetic oil.

Dealers can do the oil change cheaper, because they buy oil in huge quantities, and they rely on upsells to make money as well from oil changes.

If it's a diesel.....does that price include fuel filters as well?

Yes it is diesel. Dealership priced the oil filter and the two fuel filters at $288.00 auto zone price the 13 qts of rotella oil at $120.00 total is $408.00

You can buy all that stuff plus an air filter at rock auto for under 200 bucks .


All mid grade to premium grade too , not the cheap stuff . Your truck won't know if it came frome the dealer or not

Try Amozon or Walmart.

Never buy oil at a parts store go to farm store or Walmart.Shop around for filters-rock auto-farm stores-Walmart-fleet filter.

buy a wix filter and 3 gallons of shell rotella 15w45 for less than 100 bucks and change your oil, mine has 260k on it and thats what I do

have you priced wix filters ?

is this the kit you need?

https://klmperformance.com/products...ilter-service-kit?variant=32011559272532

looks like 143 dollars and 120 in oil you would be at 263 that beats 400

Shell T4 Rotella 15/40 is 71 bucks for 5 gallons, a wix filter is 10 bucks tops, so your in 81 bucks for an oil change, fuel filters are 26 bucks each and your saying its 400, gimme a break!

Remember Napa's Napa Gold and Orielly's Microgard are rebadged Wix filters.

I will, happily, pay someone to change my oil. I worked at a service station for a few years in high school. Changed oil in thousands of cars and trucks. I'm done crawling around on the ground, ruining clothes.

158 and it includes the air filter all WIX

https://www.amazon.com/Filter-Diesel-Cummins-Seperator-2013-2018/dp/B0BYBF23J5/ref=sr_1_15?crid=2I3468ZEHQOOA&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Ih7HGTHu7RDjQ8hrtcA3hGhlxyaA7axb2CpioZXr3xvPOCK1_1DRj102Qe73FFQ7h7dAIAM1wjTWPlBOe9vZitNeaQ76RSEYVhqqt2TzhjEY6kYJzY63gqMCb5LRdkHr2SUC0cfCCNxfcim0hG1nexXUhEFo7FqudFWJ9q0_uOQba2tqcxC7KaUiFNZiaaJvwPkRldHRCSeCNQP47DKfLGZuoidf8Alpvu1NbgroVCU.NYpbgJ-2kcG_B7o5gHGAAgLbw9kkyfGj2jb3bLmVSXg&dib_tag=se&keywords=2018+dodge+cummins+fuel+filters+wix&qid=1720573938&sprefix=2018+dodge+cummins+fuel+filters+wix%2Caps%2C126&sr=8-15

Go to jiffy lube or valvoline oil change. Drive Thur

NAPA Gold filters are china made filters now. I go to O'Reilly's now to get my Wix filters.

I was thinking I only gave $70 for my last pail of Rotella.

I can buy oil filters from Amazon, including the one for my 07 Cummins, delivered to the house for less than they cost at the local Walmart.
I do get Prime free delivery.

I guess I am the only one that buys and stockpiles oil and filters. With 6 vehicles, 3 tractors, 4 atv/utvs, lawnmowers, tillers and a multitude of things that take gear oil - I constantly am changing oil and checking transmissions and hydraulic fluids - I watch sales constantly and stock up as I know its something that is going to need done in a few months or next year........

bobistheoilguy.com has a ton of info on the site about oils and fluids.......price deals and specials also at times

why would you buy anything at a 'dealership'......that is asking to get ripped off.

you are not
caught a deal on Ford 5.4 filters motorcraft 4 dollars each FL820s

any time I see the oils I use on sale get some

I do the same

I got the oil changed in my ice cream truck for 54 bucks at Valvoline quick change

Should've bought a chevy. dealership here does them for 99 bucks on diesel gas is 79

Man that is a pain, I'd be glad to take that truck off your hands since it's so much trouble. 6 speed manual?

TSC has 15/40 Rotella T for $118/5-gallon pail.

I just picked up Mobil 1 5W-30 for my two Ford pickups and it was 108.00 for three jugs 5 qt each. I buy the filters by the case off Amazon for little over 3.00 each. That's 12 to a case. There the Mastercraft filters.

So much for keeping it local , guess I will have to buy from the internet. I do buy from Amazon quite a bit just never have for oil or filters or such. No do they sell and deliver fuel for less then 1/2 price

A lot cheaper than never changing the oil

can't imagine paying anyone to change my oil. only one way to know 100%sure it was done correct.

Took my company truck to a new lof express place the other day. Sat in the truck while they did it and watched the whole process from a camera in the pit on a monitor mounted on the wall. Could very clearly see that it was done right.

I get penzoil platinum full synthetic 5-20 on amazon for 19.99 5 quart jug...high mileage for my 2009 f150 that has 230,000 miles and regular for my 2001 f250 that has 50,000 miles..

I buy oil from Costco when it's on sale . 5 quart jugs in boxes . About $3.15 a quart for synthetic

I've even had boxes of oil shipped to my door for free . Not sure how that pencils out for them

Partial stash

Looks like the regular price for Kirkland full synthetic is $20/5 qt jug shipped to my door free just like you said! I’m gonna have to keep an eye out for the sale and order several changes worth. Even that regular price is about as good as you’ll find anywhere for synthetic. Happy trapping! ScottW

I don't even have a Costco membership a co-worker does , as do some friends and family

when the oil sale comes around my co-worker is always watching for oil , I start shelling out 20s to cover the cost he has it shipped to my door.

I need some more 5w20 next time the sale rolls around

it was $32.xx for 10 quarts last time I ordered. that was shipped.

Napa has a sale on Mobile Delvac

https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/MOB122492

17 a gallon

Kirkland oil on sale @ Costco today! $53.99/four 5 qt jugs shipped to your door…..plus good ol tax of course! Happy trapping! ScottW

FWIW,
You can find the parts cheaper on Amazon.

That's Cool

250 or 400 is cheaper than a toasted engine

The free oil change on my last truck they forgot or did not tighten a skid plate bolt it took a bit to figure it out. The oil change guy in many garages is the bottom of the totem pole entry level position. I worked at a Lincoln dealer many years ago the kid put brake fluid in the master cylinder and ruined the rubbers on the brake hydraulics.

He said, “ all hydronic fluid is the same” just before he was fired.

Friend of mine had his motor runt geting the oil changed at Walmart years ago. I don't remember the details .

if you pay any place to change your oil have the brain enough to check the blasted oil!! folks have forgotten what dipsticks are used for. my father yrs ago had his oil changed at a 15min shop then drove 3 hrs to my house an said it smells hot ...wasn't enough oil to reach the dipstick. $$$. take 1 min of your time before you leave the shop an prove they actually did their job. or be a real man an change it yourself with not OEM filters

About 30 years ago my mom was moving from Washington to Virginia. Before she drove across the Country she had her oil changed at Firestone.
On her way down Lolo Pass from Idaho into Montana her car engine siezed up. The tow truck drive said her oil drain plug was missing.
Firestone put her up in a motel for a couple of days, flew her to Virginia, paid to ship her belonings to Virginia, put a new engine in her car in Missoula then shipped her car to her. They even paid for her rental car for a few weeks in Virginia.
Glad I wasn't that guy who changed her oil

I order oem Cummins filters from Walmart online, it costs me about $200 with oil to do my 6.7

I used to be a "real man", now I let other "real men" change it.... geeze....

I changed oil in my John Deere GX345's as I have two of them. It was cheaper to go to John Deere and buy oil and filters, both air and oil. Cheaper than I could buy on Amazon. With exact same oil and filters.

Synthetic Rotella 15-40w was $22 a gallon at Menards. Rotella non-synthetic is $35 for 2.5 gallons. Parts store is about the last place to buy oil !

I've been buying 5 gallon buckets of rotella 15-40 at Walmart for 69$.

Ditto.

I had a 87 Dodge Ram 50 sport pickup ( Mitsubishi Mighty Max ) with the 2.6L Mitsu engine. One of the few vehicles I bought brand new.

I was the only person ever to remove the drain plug since the factory installed it. That drain plug had been removed over 50 times by me changing the oil during the time I drove it. Every time I used a good quality 6 point box end wrench to remove and replace it.

The drain plug had almost no wear. No scrapes , marks , grip wear and nice clean threads. The only wear was paint missing off in spots on the drain plug. Not too shabby seeing how it had been in and out that many times.

I've seen drain plugs ruined on cars with less than 10k miles on them due to knuckleheads in oil change places.