Woman Watches YouTube To Change Her Own Oil. Then She Makes One Expensive MistakeA forgotten hood latch can turn a normal drive into a drive to forget. Courtney learned that after deciding she could handle her own oil change, abandoning the job, and then driving away with the hood still… well, you can guess.The story comes from a TikTok video posted by the driver in question. She said she had spent about one week telling her husband the vehicle needed an oil change. After consulting YouTube and TikTok, she decided to take on the job herself. How hard could it be?She lifted the hood and went to retrieve an oil-drain container from the backyard. Unfortunately, harsh winds got in the way, while a reported outdoor temperature of 97°F made working outside even more difficult. Courtney said she ultimately decided to pay someone else for the oil change and went about her business.AdvertisementAdvertisementAbout one hour later, she loaded her two children and two dogs into the car and didn't catch the fact her hood was still open on the crack.The Oil Change Never Actually HappenedIn the video, Courtney talks through what went wrong. There was no oil loss, the filter stayed installed, and the drain plug didn't sheer."Okay, I'm going to try to tell this really quick because I don't like talking into the camera," she told the camera. "There's three factors that came into play here: distraction, wind, and heat. And, for the last week I had told my husband I need an oil change, I need an oil change, and he was like, 'just take it in. I don't have time this week, I don't have time this week.'"So I was like, well, it can't be that hard. So I got on YouTube and TikTok and I found some videos. I pulled my car out, and I… I popped the hood, and then I decided, okay, I need the oil pan. So I went to the backyard. I wasn't even going to jack my car up because I already knew that if I jacked my car up, you know, with the thing… the jack… I knew that I would damage my car – which I wound up doing anyway.AdvertisementAdvertisement"So I was going to attempt to go under my car. So I went to get the oil pan and I opened the gate and I was like, 'oh, it's way too windy.' So I decided not to change my oil right there. Plus it was 97 degrees yesterday and I was like, it's too hot for me, I just can't do this. I'm just going to pay someone to change my oil. So then I loaded my kids up after their nap, and my dogs, because I was dropping my dogs off at my grandma's house, and that was probably an hour in between that timeframe, and so whenever I turned left, I didn't even leave out of my neighborhood, I was reminded very quickly that I didn't latch my hood, and my daughter cried and my son told me I needed a new car, which I agree. But the window is now fixed. So we are rocking and rolling."And ultimately, this was my husband's fault."The same description identifies the recording as a daytime, selfie-style video filmed from the driver's seat. Courtney is blonde, wears sunglasses on top of her head, and has on a bright blue shirt displaying the mirrored text "OKLAHOMA CITY MEMORIAL MARATHON." A dark gray Graco child seat is visible in the second row, and a reply sticker asks, "so… I really need to know how that happens… when doing an oil change…"