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Old 11-27-2012, 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by shertex View Post
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Army, I will say that your point about not trusting others with oil changes is well taken. When I removed the filter, the o-ring seemed to be more compressed than I would have expected....suggesting to me that PO did not change the filter (though he says he THINKS he did).

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As we all know this forum is famous for its oil threads - but it is also a place of several "the oil change got messed up" threads...

...changing the oil might seem simple to most of us; but for some somethings are never easy enough - that's why I'm paranoid about things like that!

No offence meant to the previous owner of any car - but I just don't trust you.
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