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oil change--tips and tricks 200 1985

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posted by  Bishop on  Sat Mar 23 17:14 CST 2002
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I never use ramps these days, and I allways drain the oil with the car sitting with all four wheels on the ground.
Fisrt make sure the engine is at operating temp, as it helps get all the oil out, and then all you need is a floor jack of some sort and jack it up to get to the plug, pull the plug and then lower the car back down to the ground and let the oil drain for at least an hour (walk off and have a cuppa or something), and if your doing the filter just do it from the top, and I agree that if you need a tool to undo it, some wally did it up to tight to begin with, allways only do up a filter hand tight, and then check it after a run for leaks and retighten it again by hand.

Allways check the amount of oil that come out to gauge how much oil to pour back in, and do so slowly as to not overfill, if you do overfill drain some back out.

Easy.





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