Holy oil changes batman...

[Sp00ner]

Ok, so I knew that the oil change was going to be a little different on the Redline, from what I've read here. What I didn't know is HOW different it was. Yes, I know it's the same process, change the oil, replace the filter, but I gotta say, that filter location blew my mind. The first thing that tipped me off was looking at the filter at the auto parts store. I know something was up at that point. I spent an hour showing it to people and making them guess what it was. So then I set out to locate the filter housing. I'm assuming it is the little round black cap that is in front of the car, next to the integrated oil cooler, and sllightly off center towards the drivers sides. I say assume, because after staring at it for a few min, then making a quick list of all the other things that needed done around the house, I just shut the hood and rotated my tires instead! I'm gonna have a crack at it tonight. It didn't look hard or anything, I just wasn't up for a 'learning experience' at that point. Decided to come back and read about the oil changes you guys went through before I wanted to do it myself!

[korax123]

It isn't that bad. Just need a long extention. and that little overflow bottle in the front with the orange coolent in it I had to remove the screws on it to get enough room to pull out the filter and cap. It really isn't that bad looks worse than what it is.

[JPK]

Check your PM's

[jmichna]

That's one reason I bought the bumper-to-bumper full service (incl all fluids) 60K mi/5 yr plan. When I had my oil changed, Saturn charged itself $90.38:

The change itself (labor): $31.84
6 qts Mobil-1: 45.12
1 (more) qt Mobil-1: 7.52

With the dealer incentives (plus the GM-supplier discount) the cost of the service package came to about $750. It could pay for itself in just oil changes in well under three years... at Saturn's prices anyway

[Sp00ner]

Originally Posted by JPK

Check your PM's

Hey thanks bro, if you get a call around 6:30 Central, and the message is 'Hey, there's some raving lunatic on the phone, yelling about European-style oil filters...' thats me! I should be all good, just one of those 'Not what I expected to see' sort of events.

[JPK]

Originally Posted by Sp00ner

Hey thanks bro, if you get a call around 6:30 Central, and the message is 'Hey, there's some raving lunatic on the phone, yelling about European-style oil filters...' thats me! I should be all good, just one of those 'Not what I expected to see' sort of events.

No problem, man. The first time you have a slight learning curve, but once you know how to do it, it's cake.

[navymitch12]

yea first time was a bit tricky but second time was about the quickest oil change i had done in a while.

[JPK]

I take it the oil change went well?

You didn't call me cussing.

[Sp00ner]

Too damn lazy to go out there! Actually I keep having to go somewhere, never get a chance for the car to cool down enough. Since it was like 75 here today, I was checking out how the tires grip in warm weather. I like it alot more! You can actually get the tires to squeel instead of spinning like crazy with zero traction. This is like the first time that I've got to really launch the car, and had the tires give me grip from 1st gear through... I've been so used to feathering the gas through all of first and part of second, that I stopped even trying to floor it until out of first! < was my reaction for the last 2 days now...

[IronMan19K1O]

As a Saturn Tech, I say screw the RL oil changes and let the Lube Techs sake care of them.... LMAO! But the Saturn Care pack is the way to go when buying your RL. It still can cost you $50 every oil change at 5-8K miles. Use the oil change life light to the max. It has a sensor that measures the good diodes of the oil, so it may last longer than you think.