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5.1.09 2:30 PM EDT By Ben Popken
change your oil maintenance oil change Saturn, photos how-to BLOGS enterprise cars
This sludge-filled massacre is what happens to your engine if you don’t change the oil for 30,000 miles. The six photos depict abject carnage, a crime scene for cars. Good job, Enterprise-Rent-A-Car. Don’t let this happen to you. Checking and changing your oil is a good weekend project, here’s how to do it. [via Jalopnik]
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