Where can we get them for cheap locally? I don't need a box of 2 thousand, I just want like a few dozen. A case of oil used to come with them, now they don't with Syn. I use Syn so I can't remember 7-10k miles everytime. lol

 

Not local, but cheap for the amount....

http://www.oilchangelabel.com/

 

Holy crap, 500?! But then again, it's cheap.

 

AUTOZONE, THEY ARE FREE. I CAN GET YOU SOME THAT SAY FORD QUICKLANE ON THEM.

 

I bought 50 oil change stickers from ebay for like $6 shipped.

 

as tigersharkdude said, autozone, they are free. Just swing by when you change your oil (if they ask, just say you forgot it a few days ago).

 

Here you go. 50 of them for $5.50 including shipping.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/50-ST...motiveQ5fTools


These even have a spot for grade of oil.

I'm ordering som eright now.

 

Why not just keep a record in Excell?
I keep all my vehicles mait. recorded on a simple spread sheet.

It's FREE ya know and if you're on here, you have a PC capable of doing it.

 

More convenient to glance at a sticker than fire up the celly or laptop.

But I do agree with you, there are high and low tech ways to do it. Such as writing the date/mileage on a scotch tape with a sharpie and sticking that on the inside of the gas door lid.

Dr J

 

go old school...write the mileage on the filter. so when you pop open the hood you can see if you're due for a change.

on 4th gens you might need to turn the wheel to see the info.

 

On 4th gens you may need to engrave it as the road dirt will either brush it off or it will get dirty as hell. lol

 

Walmart, Advance Auto, Autozone, etc... Will give you them for free.

I use them and the excel sheet

 

nahh...done it for the 4th gen guys before. you can still read the date on it. a sharpie does wonders.

 

I have a used one that I can sell to you for $.02 + paypal and shipping. The sticker is due on 1/17 or 97k. lol jk

 

I get them from the quick lube place that does my inspections.
Then again I pay them about $250/yr for inspections on my fleet of beaterz.

 

I don't consider tagging the filter or stickers in the engine compartment as convenient. You gotta lift up the hood (and not everybody's hood struts are still working, which means u gotta hold it up and peer down or prop the hood) or crawl under (unless u leave the splash guard off). Stickers work great cuz they're convenient, and don't require much work, you don't get dirty checking them. Put them in the tinted section of top windshield area, or door jam, or glove box, or sunglass holder area.

Dr J

 

FYI...
I write a short note on all maintenance on a sheet of paper I keep folded up in the ashtray.
More detailed records & receipts are kept in my file cabinet in the office.

Keeps me from having to deal with the stickers, although they ARE convenient to make an easy reminder of when to change oil.

 

On my own personal cars & immediate family members I've stopped recording the date/mileage, I simply check the oil, you can tell when it's not due, due, & way overdue fairly easy. But on the I35, I usually change that out at roughly 2000, every time I've let that thing go to like 2500 there is none on the stick

 

Trip A: Miles per tank
Trip B: Miles per oil change

 

improper use of the odometer... it'll void your warranty

j/k. yeah, i do that too. only thing it doesn't do is tell you the date of the last service.

 

Personally, I use a miniature steno note book and keep it in the glove box. I write down all repairs in it. I also keep track of major repairs in Excel. On other cars I've worked on that don't go the notebook way, I'll write it on a piece of masking tape with a sharpie and stick it on the end of the drivers door so that when you shut the door it is in the door jamb.

 

Just got the 50 tags I got off Ebay for $6 shipped.

Pretty nice eith Date. Mileage, and grade.

Clear cling type which will stick on the upper left windshield.

I like the date part since I don't put a lot of miles on some of my cars (Jeep for one) and still like to periodically change the oil.

 

I'm gonna be that guy, and say I use an app on my iPhone.
I do also use the Trip A for my oil change intervals, but it sucks if you ever disconnect the battery.

 

 

are you serious it wipes it out?!

 

Like njmaxseltd, I use an Excel spreadsheet to record all of my mileage and detailed maintenance (dates, mileage, brand, weights, part numbers, etc...). I have recorded every drop of fuel put in my Maxima since 2004. And MS Excel syncs with my Palm TX (I use as an MP3 player in its mount playing over my stock Bose, and my Palm Centro phone so I always have my data). But I like to be able to look at a sticker while in my car....
So I have a Word document (also sync'd to my Palm devices) that I record my maintenance info on. I print it very small (a Times New Roman #9 font which comes out to about 1.75"high by 2.25" wide), cut it out, and use a piece of clear packing tape to tape it to the top left inside of my windshield. Unobtrusive, yet handy when needed. The packing tape covers the entire "label", so cleaning my windshield won't make the ink smear. And packing tape is easy to remove when time to change anything. I used to print it on a transparency, but it was too hard to see, especially with sunlight coming through. White paper works great. Here's an example:

Oil: 134,416 12-08-08 (131,416 9-08-08)
GTX HM 5w30, Fram TG
PCV: 135,000 (123,802 11-07-07)
Cool: 135,000 (124,698 12-17-07) ZerexG-05
Tran: 140,000 7-03-09 (128,274 7-03-08)
6 qt Castrol Import ATF
Air: 135,000 (126,038 3-18-08)
Fram SynWash LLA4309 Air filter
Plugs: 135,000 (122,000 7-31-07)
NGK BKR5EGP Plat Plugs
Fuel/TB: 135,000 (124,250 12-08-07)
Tires: 135,000 Avon Tech M550 (128,031)

The first odometer/date reading is when next maintenance is due, the second is when the last maintenance was done. I also record the other pertinent info such as brand, weight, necessary part #'s. Some of the future maintenance dates/mileage I round off to coincide with other maintenance items (like rotate tires, plugs, air filter, ATF, etc... ). I even use different colored fonts for the different items (brown for oil, purple for fuel, green coolant, blue air filter, red ATF, black tires, plugs & PCV), but it didn't show up when I pasted it here.

Hope this helps....

Dave

Apparently the tabs didn't work, either. The second line for each item should be indented to make it easier to read.

 

Since 2004? That's it?

 

I didn't start using Excel until 2004. Previous to that, I used a notebook and did it all by hand (PITA). With Excel, calculations are much easier (and more accurate than me doing it in my head, on the fly). It even computes my yearly cents/mile, total fuel cost, avg mpg, etc...

 

Signs of an enthusiast! Have you tried computing different brands of gas? Or short term effects of certain maintenance or mods?

 

Different brands of gas show minor trends. But they are just slight variances that most people would chaulk up to driving style, weather, etc... Octane choice is a different story. I consistently get better mileage with 93 octane compared to 87. Enough of a difference to fully justify paying upwards of $.30 more per gallon for 93, although it is usually only $.20 more.
Fuel additives also make a noticeable difference. I experimented with dosing for MMO and Lucas UCL. With both, I get better mileage with just under the recommended dosage (2 oz vice 3 oz Lucas /10 gals fuel and 3 oz vice 4 oz MMO/10 gals fuel). Doubling the recommended dose has a drastic negative impact on mileage.
So far, my best mileage has been 32.14 on an all interstate trip back from Ohio (cruise set at 85, car loaded down). My average mpg is 21.6 with mostly (upwards of 80+%) city, short trips. I can even tell if I made a local 70 mile interstate round trip on a tank because that tank will be 23.5 or higher.
Also interesting is I can tell if my 16 year old daughter has been driving my car. She really negatively affects the mileage, but has been getting better.
I don't have any power-adders, but that would be interesting to see. Routine maintenance does tend to give very, very slight increases, but mileage levels back out within a couple of tanks. The important thing when looking at mileage is watching for trends, not just casual spikes.

Dave

 

Wow!!! Engineer or Accountant???

You don't usually find that kind of record keeping and analysis anywhere else.

 

I jot down everything I do in a memo pad with dates of repairs oil changes, ect... and then it goes in the glove box.

 

I use an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of maintenance but also place a sticker on the windshield every time I change the oil.

 

hah this thread reminded me that i need an oil change soon..

 

autozone!

 

I like, I like. Unfortunately I use B for trips and such. In the meantime I use my computer and log in almost everything I do to the car except adding gas and washing it. I still have my records for the last 5 cars I've owned and sold.

oh, btw, I get my stickers free from AutoZone like one of the previous posts recommended. They have them either attached to the shelf or you can get them at the counter.

 

just write it down on a flash card and keep it in your dash.....or mark it down as a reminder on your cell phone / pda

 

i have a sticker for it... write it on the filter, and in my book



overkill!!!

 

I use my labelmaker and mark the mileage, date and type of oil on one label and stick the label on the engine cover on both the Nissan and the SL500. Also make a label with same data for the air filters and stick on the air filter housings. This way I dont need window or door jamb stickers.
After 10 years, I know the Corvette gets only one oil change a year...in the spring so I dont need any reminders.

 

Whats an oil change?