now how about a girls night out where
you can learn how to change your own oil
or find out what to do if your car
breaks down on the side of the road
Nikki campbellton took the workshop and
found out firsthand why it's so
empowering how Donna Carmichael is a
woman who is making it in a man's field
she not only owns and runs bayard Tire &
Automotive she also fixes cars her goal
is to teach other women the basics and
she's starting with me since I knew
nothing about cars aldana really had her
work cut out for her but she showed me
what she'll be teaching in a workshop
for other women what to do if you break
down the first thing is to check the
fluids starting with the radiator what
do I look for typically you would look
for no fluid in there you would see that
it there's nothing in there okay and
they're just gonna be steam coming out
so it's empty so you are if you you're
this stuck on the side of the road the
only thing you have in your car is a
bottled water perfect put it in there
it's gonna get you to the to the next
gas station if that's not the problem
and you have plenty of radiator fluid
then you want to check the oil so you're
gonna take your t-shirt or your rag or
baby wipes whatever you have in your car
wipe it off one way to know how to put
back in and put it back clean all the
way if there was an issue if the oil was
down here you have no oil or an oil leak
or if there's none it's gonna cause your
engine to seize or major major
mechanical problems knowing not to move
the vehicle if you don't have oil is
crucial that's definitely one you want
to call for help but what if you do
something like blow a tire well Donna
says she'll teach you how to handle that
all by yourself so there's something
that we want to do before we jack the
tire up completely we want to loosen the
lug nuts because once we get her off the
ground the tires just gonna spin freely
but you want to have the lug nuts loose
already okay it sounds easy but I
struggled so you're gonna put it over
the lug nut yep okay yeah it's gonna be
very very tough so al Donna showed me a
little trick using your body weight and
it really worked like a charm there you
go
that
there you go once we had the lug nuts
off it was time to jack up the car now
that was also a little challenging and
time-consuming and it's really important
to get the jack on the frame of the car
and not the plastic now nothing was
wrong with my tire this was just for
practice but they still taught me how to
get it back on should I have an
emergency
guess what this wasn't easy either but
she showed me that if you sit in front
and use your arms and legs to push the
tire up and on it makes it a lot easier
yes and you're gonna lock them in show
the next step it is not really about
anything when you're stuck on the side
of the road but this is just kind of
empowering women to teach them how to
change their own oil yes what's the
first step you want to drive it on with
some ramps okay you know to lift the car
up you want to pop your hood open put
something down you would have at home
like a blanket or an old blanket or
something so you're not rolling around
on the ground you want to get something
to put your oil in it doesn't have to be
something from the shop it could be a
bucket it could be something but make
sure you just dispose of it properly
gloves and you'll need your basic tools
to take off the filter and open the oil
pan and you should wear safety glasses
then it's time to crawl under the car
once I saw my oil pan for the first time
in my life mind you it was time to put
the bucket in place and open it up there
he goes now just drop the plug with it
[Laughter]
you see how dark it is you you were due
for an oil change while we let it drain
out all of the way we changed the oil
filter something Aldana says should be
changed every oil change by now the oil
pan was drained so we sealed that back
up and prepped to add new oil not only
can you save yourself some money doing
this al Donna says this is the best way
to protect your car at least you know
and you have a peace of mind that
that is done properly peace of mind and
you can give yourself a pat on the back
exactly we get wine now right yes that's
why fine way to go Nikki the car
one-on-one workshop for women will start
this weekend and run every month it will
cost $39 a person for more information
on how you can register look for the
story under the community section on
news for Jax calm you know there was a
time when I could have held that class
but you still could hold that class long
story but oh Sh ever and USA hello I was
the you know petroleum transfer engineer
and we did oil changes and we did all
that you know the stuff with the taking
pump gas for people gasp yeah that's
great