If you need to change your engine oil, you have two options. You can either visit the local garage and pay the price, or do it yourself. Unfortunately, many people do skip this task, and never do it themselves.

The truth is that it only takes about ten minutes to check the level and change the oil as well, if you are experienced. Would you pay fifty dollars for someone to do it for you, or would you rather save it for something else?

First you will need to find a safe place to carry out the task. If you don’t know how to do an oil change, you should consider that it might come with some spillage, and your car should be safely jacked up. Avoid completing the task on the street: the best place would be your drive way or parking place. The other important thing you need to remember is to let your engine cool down, before you start opening the bonnet.

When you are checking and replacing the oil, filters, you should also take time to check the car’s induction kits. It will improve the performance of your engine, as well as the oil change, and you should always ensure they are in a good working condition.

Good ones should last a lifetime, but if you have a poor quality kit fitted, your engine can lose power. It is a great thing to install if you don’t have one, if you want to tune your motor. They are simple air filters, to reduce noise and increase the power of the engine.

Once you have learnt how to do an oil change, you can go ahead and try other ways to improve your car’s performance. There are great ways to do that, like installing different filters, maximizing power, or even motor modification.

But these are tasks for advanced users, and you should always look for make and model specific guidance, before you go ahead. Depending if you have a fuel injection or Carburettor motor, you will need to use different methods. Changing the performance of a diesel motor is totally different from a petrol engine’s.