Scam or Legit? Oil change

...Take into consideration that the majority of people working at lube shops (take-5,jiffy-lube,kwik-kar,Walmart) have only had a few hours of training & by no means are "mechanics" when deciding where to take your vehicle for more invasive maintenance/service. Originally Posted by MarcellusWalluz

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You should get your transmission fluid changed if you haven't already but not at a lube shop. Go to the dealer or a qualified mechanic that will use OEM products. Originally Posted by MarcellusWalluz

Agree with going to a qualified mechanic (and not one at those transmission rebuild shops as my experience is they'd charge 3-5x more than a mechanics shop for a transmission rebuild). That said, as long as the transmission fluid is the recommended type (eg Dexron III, Type F, etc.) and from a reputable brand, it's not necessary to use an OEM fluid (which generally they charge more for). Most, if not all, OEM fluids are manufactured by one of the major oil companies and would likely use the same additive package and base oils as the oil company branded product.

A few things to consider (some mentioned earlier)
How hard do you drive?
Type of driving? (short intercity hops or long drives)

oil companies tend to recommend to the car companies that you change your oil every 3,000 miles because that means you change your oil more often.

The average yearly mileage driven by a user is 15,000 - going by the 3,000 oil change that is 5 changes a year at whatever cost. So I ask why is it I can buy oil that states it is good for 20,000 miles before change? If Big Oil wanted you to change every 3k miles they would not have oils that are tested to last 20k.

What I do is out 20k mile life full synthetic oil in my truck (2012 F150 V8 I inherited from my late father that has less than 80k miles on it) I use a high mileage filter (good for 20k miles) but change it at 15k miles of wear. I have done the oil sample testing to see if I have any metal in the oil, last 3 times ZERO.

I knew a guy who when he bought a new vehicle from the showroom he would run it the 1000 mile break in, then change the oil & filter out to Royal Purple oil & filter and that was ALL he used.

Spend the coin to get high quality oils and filters.