# Oil Changes.  Dealer or DIY??

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [January 3, 2006, 7:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-changes-dealer-or-diy/6350 "2006-01-03T07:57:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![cooter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cooter/32/7199_2.png) [@cooter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cooter)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-changes-dealer-or-diy/6350/15 "2006-01-03T11:59:18Z")

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> [@Deuce](#):
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> I made a mistake of letting mr oil change change the oil on my old truck, welllll they forgot to tighten the drain plug
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> a few miles later on the 190 my truck started smokin and seized up
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> a ridiclious amount of trouble afterwards they finally agreed to replace the engine with one from a junkyard
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> :tdown:
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> ever since then i have done EVERY single oil change

I had the same problem but with another place…I had the oil change done in Rochester while visiting my sister and on the way home my oil light kept blinking on and off…I eventually stop at the rest stop and popped the hood…oil cap wasnt fully tightened and oiler was all over the engine…

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