Well today I decided to save drive time,gas and wait time on an oil change. I already have 6 qts of synthetic,an oil filter, an oil drain pan,and an empty garage. So I though I would do it myself. Little did I know that the shop who did my last change did a real number on my drain plug pretty much rounded it off somehow. A wrench wouldnt even go onto it. so I grabbed the vicegrips and the hammer and tried that, Didnt work. So I broke out the dremel and put 2 flat edges on the bolt, put the cresent wrench on it. Didnt work. So I ended up just taking the dam oil pan off the engine and Dremeling 2 flat edges on the large shoulder of the bolt and clamping the vicegrips back on and using the hammer again, that did the trick. So all in all an oil change that should have taken me 15 minutes, took me 2 and half hours of frustration in a garage that was about 105 degrees. needless to say there are now 5 beers missing out of my fridge and a big a$$ scrape on my arm from a zip tie, but the oil change is done. And oh yea Autozone is the only one that stocks a drain plug for a neon. Heres a pic of what the bolt looked like when I got through with it.

And a side note, While I was under the car I noticed that my lower motor mount insert was torn to $h!t so I ordered a set of Prothane race inserts from www.modernperformance.com should be here wed or thurs. that'll be another hour or so in the garage and another 6 pack.

 

sounds like a fun day! lol ive got some work to do after school this week, oil change, left front tie rod end, any thing else i see....and im under 21, so make that a 6 pack of root beer...lol

hopefully my oil change takes less time than yours!

 

Hey rootbeer works too! As long as its ice cold.lol

 

LOL
wow dude.same here with S***....
i did a ATF change and that was a B****
it should only take like maybe an hour but bolts were striped so it took about 3...
plus the pan is hot as hell

 

i would say never take your car back to the oil change place. Compared to other cars it is less of a headache to do our at home

 

i've never taken any of my cars to any kind of place for fluid changes...ive done coolant,oil,and ATF changes...it saves money too...you just have to be smart with your car and working on it...

 

yeah, EZ Lube screwed my plug up too... Let's all get jobs at these places and show the little brats how to do it right!

 

no i dont need another dam job.LOL
just throw rocks at their window doors

and you guys need 2 things..rocks and some jordans...

 

i just hope you didn't put 6 qts of oil in there... unless you have the moroso oil pan... b/c our stock pans only hold 4.5qts....

 

That sucks. I've never changed my oil myself but I'm thinking about doing so.
My parents have had 2 cases of getting things messed up on their cars at $hitty Lube. I mean Jiffy Lube.