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If the valves are not "noisy" then it is just an oil change with a few minor checks you can do yourself.

 
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I appreciate it.

I don't have the dexterity in my left fingers, from a stroke to manipulate small nuts and bolts. I can change my truck's oil, but that's a one handed job.

I'm have to get the dealer to do it



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Nah, I do all that with no left fingers :) so you can definitely do it! It's a damned mess no matter how many hands you've got so I don't blame anyone that has someone else do that job.
 
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I'm trying to get faster and more efficient at the P1K oil changes, but I'm telling you, they're ugly.

There aren't many truly pleasant oil changes, but the P1K is just slow, dirty and inconvenient.
 
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Well I started retiring when I was 53, quit working Mondays 'cause that was just too busy at work. Tuesdays then got bad, so quit them too. After a few years it was down to 3 hours on Thursday to say, "Hi" and sign checks. :c) That was 23 years ago. 76 now and just work around the house, at my hobby machine shop etc. Still do most all my vehicle maintenance, though I've slowed down a bit and don't get as much done each day!
 
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I'm trying to get faster and more efficient at the P1K oil changes, but I'm telling you, they're ugly.

There aren't many truly pleasant oil changes, but the P1K is just slow, dirty and inconvenient.
Dave,

I was planning on sucking as much oil out as possible, then draining the remainder. One "trick" I learned for the hydraulic fluid on my Kubota tractor is to attach a shop vac to the filler. This results in almost no fluid coming out of the drain until you disconnect the vac - this works especially well when changing the tractor's spin-on filter which occurs both at and between hydraulic fluid changes.
 
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Dave,

I was planning on sucking as much oil out as possible, then draining the remainder. One "trick" I learned for the hydraulic fluid on my Kubota tractor is to attach a shop vac to the filler. This results in almost no fluid coming out of the drain until you disconnect the vac - this works especially well when changing the tractor's spin-on filter which occurs both at and between hydraulic fluid changes.
Pretty sure the P1k holds about 14 quarts in the 2 filters regardless of what you do. When you do get the filter cover off and you've got what you think is a fool-proof chute to the oil drain pan, that f***ing cap, a 10mm bolt, or some random O-Ring will fall into the pan or knock your cute little oil chute over and 330 gallons of oil shoot onto your garage floor.
 
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Pretty sure the P1k holds about 14 quarts in the 2 filters regardless of what you do. When you do get the filter cover off and you've got what you think is a fool-proof chute to the oil drain pan, that f***ing cap, a 10mm bolt, or some random O-Ring will fall into the pan or knock your cute little oil chute over and 330 gallons of oil shoot onto your garage floor.

So, I guess what I'm hearing is that a breast pump won't be of much use, huh?
 
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Just recently changed oil on the wife's Honda Pilot, have always let the dealer do it as it seems like that's only about $10 more than doing it yourself..... But the dealer was booked up until sometime in the next century, so had to do it myself, wasn't too bad.... Looking at the Pioneer, it looks like a mess, (Haven't done it yet) but less of a hassle than putting on the trailer, towing it to Reno, paying what they want..... I'm sure I'll end up doing it myself.....
 
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Just recently changed oil on the wife's Honda Pilot, have always let the dealer do it as it seems like that's only about $10 more than doing it yourself..... But the dealer was booked up until sometime in the next century, so had to do it myself, wasn't too bad.... Looking at the Pioneer, it looks like a mess, (Haven't done it yet) but less of a hassle than putting on the trailer, towing it to Reno, paying what they want..... I'm sure I'll end up doing it myself.....

Then, with the procedure still fresh in the ol' brain, you can stop by and I'll give you ten bucks cash money to do mine ~ deal?
 
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I was thinking something along the lines of a $10 gold piece..... U.S. minted.....
 
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