1st Oil Change dufus
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Anyways got that cleaned up, wiped and sprayed cleaner everywhere. Did the put 8qt's first then did the oil level check. No reading...omg what did I do now starting to feel a little panic, sun is goin down getting late gotta make dinner wife and kids are hungry. Totally forgot about the 200 deg. no reading til then thing. Ran the thing around town a bit...199 deg and no reading...200 deg
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After returning from getting reading, got the oil level good but wanted to add just a bit more. Went from 3 green boxes from the top to 1 green after adding only 1/2 quart more eek thought I had overfilled-lol. Anyways that's my rant for the evening, just had to vent a bit.
Forgot to mention, was a bit hard installing the filter and was wondering if it is always like that.
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Anyways got that cleaned up, wiped and sprayed cleaner everywhere. Did the put 8qt's first then did the oil level check. No reading...omg what did I do now starting to feel a little panic, sun is goin down getting late gotta make dinner wife and kids are hungry. Totally forgot about the 200 deg. no reading til then thing. Ran the thing around town a bit...199 deg and no reading...200 deg
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After returning from getting reading, got the oil level good but wanted to add just a bit more. Went from 3 green boxes from the top to 1 green after adding only 1/2 quart more eek thought I had overfilled-lol. Anyways that's my rant for the evening, just had to vent a bit.
Forgot to mention, was a bit hard installing the filter and was wondering if it is always like that.
Thanks for reading.
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Usually I am super careful on doin stuff but...you know how that goes
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Filter was super tight goin on inside the housing. Thought I might have had the wrong part. Had to take a look at the old one, then I figured it out. The surface that the filter is installed is made of a stiff almost like felt cloth type material. The part inside the filter housing that the filter fits on is very thght which makes the filter seem like it won't fit. What I did was "fold" the excess material inwards all around the filter hole. Then kinda "rocked" the filter back and fourth with one hand while pushing down. Finally got it on, was not expecting it go on that tight. Did not want to crush the filter either. Not really a big deal but being it was my first time it did kinda surprise me.
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yeah, I just did my 1st DIY oil change, and the filter opening had to be manipulated on (thought I had the wrong sized filter for a sec)...also, it was a pain to get the oil filter cap onto the filter--the 'trunk release' cable is in the way...
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I did on removal of filter separate the cover from the filter then found the best way to take out cover then removed the filter last. Cable still in the way...lol
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Just finished my first DIY oil change. It wasn't easy, but it wasn't hard. Went slow with the oil and no leaks. Pretty simple to perform. Removing the intake was not very smooth, hopefully the second time it will go better. Enjoyed seeing some parts of the engine. All in all, it took me about one hour to get this done, how local dealers charge upwards of $300-$400 is beyond my cynicism.
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Yeah I love how you have to drive the car around for a long time to get up to temperature to find out whether or not you just blew up your engine by driving it around with too little or too much oil. Great plan.
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