---
title: "Let a 12-Year-Old Teach You How to Change Your Oil"
description: "Oil changes are so easy, even a preteen can do it."
date: "2017-07-06"
modified: "2017-07-06"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Constantine"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-constantine"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/12165/let-a-12-year-old-teach-you-how-to-change-your-oil"
categories:
  - "Gas & Oil"
  - "Maintenance & Repair"
  - "News"
  - "The Garage"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "car maintenance"
  - "how-to guide"
  - "tutorial"
  - "video"
---

# Let a 12-Year-Old Teach You How to Change Your Oil

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While bleak and often annoying, making sure your car's [fluids](<https://www.thedrive.com/gear-up/5461/how-often-should-i-change-my-cars-fluids>) are fresh is paramount in keeping your vehicle alive and healthy. Unfortunately, car maintenance requires lots of work and society has gotten pretty [lazy](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/10036/heres-why-you-shouldnt-use-winter-tires-in-the-summer>) about this kind of thing. As the younger generations lose interest in cars, they also lose the desire to take care of their own vehicles; that means that fewer and fewer people know how to actually work on them. However, a 12-year-old girl from [Ontario](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/7094/watch-this-driver-narrowly-avoid-a-herd-of-moose-in-canada>) wants to change that.

Reddit user 'superluke' posted a [video](<https://www.reddit.com/r/cars/comments/6la4nr/my_12yearold_did_an_oil_change_and_made_a_video/>) on the Cars subreddit page yesterday showing his preteen daughter Josie changing the oil of the family's 2006 [Chevy Malibu](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/1585/the-new-chevrolet-malibu-is-actually-really-really-good>). Although the video misses a couple of somewhat optional steps, it's a pretty straightforward tutorial that even the most novice car owners can understand. Just remember to use the correct tools (i.e. a socket instead of that wrench on the oil filter); with the slight errors in mind, this tutorial is nearly as good as the [WikiHow](<https://www.wikihow.com/Change-the-Oil-in-Your-Car>) page.

This post is also a friendly reminder that starting 'em young on [wrenching](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/4050/late-night-wrenching-in-the-hills-of-virginia>) is a sure-fire way to get your offspring to take good care of the family cars and might even get them to enjoy automobiles if they don't already.

https://youtube.com/embed/RxtdYdRHsc8

Now that you've seen someone who can't even legally drive perform an oil change, what's your excuse?

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