2004 Kia Optima

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Ken Weitzel said:
Yikes, take me ten minutes to get the durned jack out of the trunk and
remember how the new fangled things work :)

Course I'm old and long retired anyways, so who cares?

Reminds me - how many old retired guys does it take to change a light
bulb?

Just one. But it takes him all day.

Take care.

Ken
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In the case of this retired guy, it takes me three days - one to decide if
the bulb is, in fact, burned out. One to actually decide to change it, and
one to actually get it done.

As for the ten minutes, I make the oil change a complete check over. The
Optima is the car wife drives, so I want no surprises for her. I check the
tires, lube the door hinges, check the bulbs, etc., etc., etc. Whole
process, including getting the ramps out/put away takes ½ hour. I know
3,000 may be a little soon in today's oil world, but it forces me under the
car to check it out.

Rich
 
mack said:
Okay, Jeff, but if your oil change takes only ten minutes, you must have
either a hydraulic hoist or a lubrication pit built into your garage. I
(and most people) couldn't get the front wheels onto jacks in ten minutes.
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Nope, neither one, I've got a Cherokee and don't have to lift it up to
change the oil, same is true of my Studebaker Champ.

Jeff DeWitt
 
mookie said:
As for the ten minutes, I make the oil change a complete check over. The
Optima is the car wife drives, so I want no surprises for her. I check
the tires, lube the door hinges, check the bulbs, etc., etc., etc. Whole
process, including getting the ramps out/put away takes ½ hour.
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Yep, I used to do it like that too. Last time though, was my '91 Regal.
What PITA to get to the filter without a lift (I have ramps). After that I
found it much easier to pay $24.95, especially in the winter. When it is
on the lift at Bill's, it take a look underneath while he is changing the
filter and checking the tires.
 
why use jacks or ramps, for the last 30 years I have been doing my oil
changes by running one tire up on the curb. I use the driveway edge as a
ramp on to the curb. May work only for us skinny guys(LOL).
 
GUEST wrote
I am posting to these newsgroups because of the vast expertis available
Thank you for indulging me

On April 30, 2007, I purchased a 2004 KIA Optima that had bee used by th
dealer as a loaner. The car had about 19,000 miles on it whe purchased b
me. The car had been placed in Service by the dealer on June 30 2005
When purchased by me, there was a little over 3 years and 40, 00 miles lef
on the warranty. I have noticed on several occassions the ca appeared t
be leaning to the left (when viewed from the rear) while parked i m
driveway. Yesterday, I took a few measurements in the driveway an the ca
leans about 1/2" to the left. Measurements were taken at point near th
left front, left rear, right front and right rear. I moved the ca into m
garage, on a level floor, re-measured, and confirmed my origina
measurements. I will be taking this up with the dealer but woul like an
ideas as to what may have caused this problem and how to resolv it

Thanks for any information
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Time is a better measuremen
than milage for oil change intervals. The reasoning goes like this:
If you are driving a lot of miles, then the oil does not get as dirt
since the car is driven long enough to warm it up each time it i
driven. If the milage is low, the driving is probably short trip
and does not have time to warm up completely and the oil will ge
much dirtier, faster. I learned this when I drove my car 1.5 mile
per trip four times a day and found 1,000 miles was too long betwee
changes. If a car is warmed up completely each time it is driven
5,000 miles is a reasonable interval
 
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