My attempt at DIY oil and filter change.

[Epic Drives WA]

A quick DIY service on my 2012 Hilux SR (3.0 diesel D4D engine.) With my service overdue by over a thousand kms I took my 4x4 over to my brother Matt to teach me how to do an oil change and replace the oil and fuel filters pre road trip
Do you do your own oil and filter changes?
It's definitely something i'll be doing myself from now on. (In between major services.)

 

[shanegtr]

Yeah, I do all my own servicing and mechanical repairs like any good Land Rover owner Dont stress too much about 1000km over the service interval - it wont make bugger all difference in the long run

 

[Bomber2012]

How do you dispose of your old oil ?

 

[Noel Preston]

Local council tip or Supercheap.

 

[shanegtr]

Local tip for me which is free to dump

 

[Bomber2012]

Tips in Victoria are gold mines , pretty expensive to dump anything

 

[Batts88]

It save you a lot of money in the long term and it's always good to learn something new.
Shame you live so far away I could have let you practice on my GQ they're fun 10 Lts of oil and 2 oil filters that are in a stupid position.

 

[Colly18]

IMO the more you can do yourself, in terms of vehicle servicing, maintenance and repairs, the better! It will benefit you no end when something 'goes wrong' out bush and you have little option other than fix it yourself or wait, and wait, and wait for help. People get scared off by modern vehicles and the technology they utilise, but you would be surprised how much you can learn about these and what you can do as DIY'er!

 

[Noel Preston]

Tips in Victoria are gold mines , pretty expensive to dump anything

Can't you dump oil at Supercheap, can here but you have to leave it in a container. At the tip it's free also but has to be drained from the container and the containers placed in the plastics section. Can even dump old tyres for free, anything except asbestos. They tried charging to use the tip for a while and a lot of people just dumped in the bush or charity bins.

 

[greysrigging]

Fool of a spot the old Hilux oil filter, especially if you have dual batteries and or secondary fuel filter. i can never do the filter without 2nd degree burns ( occasionally ) and drawing blood ( always ).
and the MR bash plates are not conducive to an enjoyable experience re dropping the oil. easy to get undone, but a POS to re install....
At least our local dump takes sump oil for free...

 

[Bomber2012]

Can't you dump oil at Supercheap, can here but you have to leave it in a container. At the tip it's free also but has to be drained from the container and the containers placed in the plastics section. Can even dump old tyres for free, anything except asbestos. They tried charging to use the tip for a while and a lot of people just dumped in the bush or charity bins.

Nearest super cheap is 50k drive .

 

[Batts88]

I put a Fumoto oil drain valve on the sump so draining the oil is easier and less mess only thing is it doesn't have a magnet to pick up filings but with over 500,000 on the clock I think all the filings are gone

 

[Epic Drives WA]

How do you dispose of your old oil ?

Luckily for me my brother is a marine mechanic so he takes the oil and dumps it at his work.

 

[Epic Drives WA]

Can't you dump oil at Supercheap, can here but you have to leave it in a container. At the tip it's free also but has to be drained from the container and the containers placed in the plastics section. Can even dump old tyres for free, anything except asbestos. They tried charging to use the tip for a while and a lot of people just dumped in the bush or charity bins.

I've noticed on a few occasions now, the amount of rubbish (asbestos, white goods, car bodies etc) dumped near the tip. My assumption is that they turn up to the tip, are informed of the price and for whatever reason don't pay and dump their rubbish nearby in the bush.
Building waste is often dumped along firebreaks and gravel access roads throughout the hills around Perth and I can only imagine that if the tips weren't so expensive this practice would happen a lot less.

 

[greysrigging]

I've noticed on a few occasions now, the amount of rubbish (asbestos, white goods, car bodies etc) dumped near the tip. My assumption is that they turn up to the tip, are informed of the price and for whatever reason don't pay and dump their rubbish nearby in the bush.
Building waste is often dumped along firebreaks and gravel access roads throughout the hills around Perth and I can only imagine that if the tips weren't so expensive this practice would happen a lot less.

Agree 100%. Non commercial dumping by ratepayers is free in Darwin. You still see illegal dump sites in the nearby bush of a commercial nature unfortunately.

 

[Warby]

I've noticed on a few occasions now, the amount of rubbish (asbestos, white goods, car bodies etc) dumped near the tip. My assumption is that they turn up to the tip, are informed of the price and for whatever reason don't pay and dump their rubbish nearby in the bush.
Building waste is often dumped along firebreaks and gravel access roads throughout the hills around Perth and I can only imagine that if the tips weren't so expensive this practice would happen a lot less.

Its the same around every tip in the Perth metro area (and I assume elsewhere). Every vehicle accessible track within 1km of the tip becomes a dumping ground for people who aren't prepared to fork out the $50ish (or whatever it is at your local tip). The worst spot I have seen so far is just south of the Henderson Tip (City of Cockburn) - there's a little dead end road that ends in a little patch of bush at the north end of Kwinana. I tried to use it as a shortcut a few weeks ago when traffic was at a stand still (it looked on google images like there were trails leading through and exiting in the industrial area nearby) and was disgusted by just how much rubbish there was. Not all residential either, definitely some commercial loads dumped in there.