Oil Changes
Conventional, synthetic blend, or full synthetic, with a free inspection. Diesels too.
A quick, done-right oil change with the exact grade your manufacturer recommends, a new filter, and a complimentary multi-point inspection so small issues get caught before they turn into big ones.
We use quality oil and a new filter every time, top off your washer fluid and other key fluids, and set your tires to the right pressure. While the car's up, a tech does a free multi-point check on your brakes, belts, battery, and fluids and tells you straight if anything needs attention now or can safely wait.
Most full synthetic blends are good for 5,000 to 7,500 miles, and we'll reset your oil-life monitor and let you know when you're due back. In Florida heat and stop-and-go traffic, staying on schedule is one of the simplest ways to protect your engine.
Oil changes on a diesel work a little differently, and we handle them alongside the rest of our diesel repair. A Powerstroke, Cummins, or Duramax holds two to three times the oil a gas engine does, and that oil has to carry the diesel rating listed in your manual, so the job lands well past what a standard car oil change covers. Tell us it's a diesel when you drop it off. We'll have the right oil and filter ready, and we'll quote the diesel separately.
What's included
- Conventional, synthetic blend & full synthetic
- New oil filter
- Up to 5 quarts of oil
- Fluid top-off
- Multi-point inspection
- Tire pressure set to spec
Signs it's time
Notice any of these? Bring it in and we'll take a look.
- You're past your mileage or the sticker date
- Oil-change or check-engine light is on
- Oil looks dark, gritty, or low on the dipstick
- Engine sounds louder or runs rougher than usual
Questions about oil changes
- Synthetic or conventional, which do I need?
- It depends on your engine and how you drive. Many newer vehicles call for full synthetic, while older engines do fine on a blend. We'll check what your manufacturer specifies and never upsell you to oil your car doesn't need.
- I hardly put any miles on the car. Do I still need oil changes on a schedule?
- Yes, and it comes up a lot around here, where plenty of cars sit for months at a stretch. Oil ages on its own. Humid air carries moisture into the crankcase, and every time the engine warms up and cools back down, some of it condenses into the oil, while the additives that hold acids in check fade with time and not just mileage. A car that only runs short errands has the worst of it, because the oil never gets hot enough for long enough to cook that moisture back out. Your owner's manual usually prints a number of months next to the mileage, and that date counts every bit as much as the odometer. If the manual has gone missing, the year and model get us to the same schedule.
- My oil-life monitor and the sticker on my windshield disagree. Which one do I go by?
- Go by the earlier of the two, but it helps to know what each one is doing. The sticker is a flat estimate made at your last visit, mileage plus a date. The monitor on most vehicles is running a calculation off how the engine has actually been used, cold starts, idling, load, and engine hours, so it can call you in sooner than the sticker after a hard few months. What it isn't doing is sampling the oil, so it has no idea whether the level dropped or the wrong grade went in. If the two are far apart, say so when you come in and we'll pull the dipstick and look.
- My engine uses a little oil between changes. Should I be worried?
- Not automatically. Plenty of engines use some oil and are otherwise healthy, higher-mileage ones especially. What matters is how much, and whether it's changing. A quart across a whole interval is a very different conversation than a quart a month, and an engine that only recently started using oil is the one worth looking at. Check the dipstick between visits, top it off with the same grade instead of letting it run low, and tell us roughly how much you've been adding. A few months of that tells us more than one reading can.
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