Oil Change instructions for Women:

1) Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 miles since the last oil change.
2) Drink a cup of coffee.
3) 15 minutes later, write a check and leave with a properly maintained vehicle.

Money spent:
Oil Change $25.00
Coffee $1.00
Total $26.00

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Oil Change instructions for Men:

1) Wait until Saturday, drive to auto parts store and buy a case of oil, filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner and a scented tree, write a check for $50.00.
2) Stop by 7/11 and buy a case of beer, write a check for $20, drive home.
3) Open a beer and drink it.
4) Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands.
5) Find jack stands under kid's pedal car.
6) In frustration, open another beer and drink it.
7) Place drain pan under engine.
8) Look for 9/16 box end wrench.
9) Give up and use crescent wrench.
10) Unscrew drain plug.
11) Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil: splash hot oil on you in process. Cuss.
12) Crawl out from under car to wipe hot oil off of face and arms. Throw kitty litter on spilled oil.
13) Have another beer while watching oil drain.
14) Spend 30 minutes looking for oil filter wrench.
15) Give up; crawl under car and hammer a screwdriver through oil filter and twist off.
16) Crawl out from under car with dripping oil filter splashing oil everywhere from holes. Cleverly hide old oil filter among trash in trash can to avoid environmental penalties. Drink a beer.
17) Install new oil filter making sure to apply a thin coat of oil to gasket surface.
18) Dump first quart of fresh oil into engine.
19) Remember drain plug from step 11.
20) Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan.
21) Drink beer.
22) Discover that first quart of fresh oil is now on the floor. Throw kitty litter on oil spill.
23) Get drain plug back in with only a minor spill. Drink beer.
24) Crawl under car getting kitty litter into eyes. Wipe eyes with oily rag used to clean drain plug. Slip with stupid crescent wrench tightening drain plug and bang knuckles on frame removing any excess skin between knuckles and frame.
25) Begin cussing fit.
26) Throw stupid crescent wrench.
27) Cuss for additional 5 minutes because wrench hit bowling trophy.
28) Beer.
29) Clean up hands and bandage as required to stop blood flow.
30) Beer.
31) Dump in five fresh quarts of oil.
32) Beer.
33) Lower car from jack stands.
34) Move car back to apply more kitty litter to fresh oil spilled during any missed steps.
35) Beer.
36) Test drive car.
37) Get pulled over: arrested for driving under the influence.
38) Car gets impounded.
39) Call loving wife, make bail.
40) 12 hours later, get car from impound yard.

Money spent:
Parts $50.00
DUI $2500.00
Impound fee $75.00
Bail $1500.00
Beer $20.00
Total -- $4,145.00

But you know the job was done right!

I can actually say thats funny.. But you forgot the part about the wife nagging the whole time saying "Should've gone to Jiffy Lube" Causing you to drink more beer!

Funny. Good one Coupe.

I've never thought about doing it that way... And I've had the problem many times. Will try it next time Thanks.

Funny thing is I worked at Jiffy Lube when I was 15...wow im old...Anyway, I did that once!....pretty messy!

Since it will take a while to drain the pan anyway. Punch a small hole in the lowest part of the filter, then go for one of those beers while it drains.

When you return after 15 or 20 minutes, the filter should be MT.

My rule of thumb has always been: If you can't take it off by hand, someone put it on too tight.

Norm

That is too funny. I love it.

One of the first emails I ever received.

Got it again on the first. Immediately thought of TOC.

Norm

I do it that way too. Messy but gets the job done.

HILARIOUS!!! Sounds like they were talking about me!!!

Good rule of thumb.

I'll have to show this to a couple of my friends and drunky uncles. I had an uncle who was changing his while he was a little drunk and started filling it up and didn't put back on the drain plug. Didn't realize it until he saw oil running all the way down the drive way. That took some time to clean up.