Oil changes suck!

[Duckydos]

Damn, I don't know about previous generation's, but changing the oil on my '98 Accord sucks so much. See, I feel kinda dumb paying someone else to change my oil, it's such a simple thing to do. So, I go home and try to get underneath the car... no can do, too low. So, I get out the ramps and start to drive up on them, and my brother stops me. Apparently, my bumper hits if I try to drive up. So, we take off the bumper and get it up there.

So, I get under it and try to take off the oil-pan nut thing. It's torque way the fvck on there. So, finally with a breaker bar I am able to get it off, but not without a bunch of hot oil spilling on my hand. I drain the oil, it was pitch black and less then 4 qts. Not good :\ Maybe I shouldn't have gone 8000 miles and 4 months w/o an oil change. Anyway, the bolt thing didn't have any metal shavings on it, so that's good.

So, I go to take off the filter, and that isn't working either. Not only is the filter in the dumbest place ever (in the rear of the engine above a bunch of stuff that makes it impossible to get to) but it's also over-torqued on there. I finally manage to get it off. I go to put the new filter back on, but I got oil all over the place and now I can't tighten it. I use the filter-wrench as best I can to get it back on there.

Anyway, while also down there, I notice that my undercarriage is really torn up. The tow-hooks are bent, crossmembers are scratched up, the header-pipe is flattened from wear, and there are small holes in my cat. Really sucks, maybe I should stop ramping my car.

Anyway, for now I am just going to pay someone to do my oil. Not worth the hassel and aggrevation.

(Really bad picture of the scratches on the undrecarriage)


-Ducky

Sorry, just had to vent, what a stupid car.