How-To: Change your Oil

[wannabe]

haha you said jack off

(rofl) i just heard that (rofl)

(lol) getting your oil filter off.

 

[Maestrokneer]

why no love for fram? (i dont use fram but just wondering if there was a reason for not using them?)

Mostly just a personal preference, but I think by and large they don't make quality filters.

I am by no means an expert, but under the Viewdo's comments, I posted some links to webpages that have more information on the subject.

Anyway....glad to see such a positive response to the video. I'd post it here too, but haven't heard anything from the forum moderators. So the link to the Viewdo site will have to suffice. If anyone else has any other "How-to" auto videos, I'd encourage you to post them there too.

Later,

Maestro (still can't believe he said "I'm going to jack-off" in front of the internet masses) Kneer

 

[iamgrey1]

That video is great. I never realized that there were so many ways to jack off my car....thanks...

 

[sephiroth]

why no love for fram? (i dont use fram but just wondering if there was a reason for not using them?)
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there's a good reason why "Friends don't let friends buy fram" fram oil filters are made extremely cheaply, from low surface area filter material, to plastic and often defective oil-drainback seals to cardboard end caps that are glued on even.. they're just not quality oil filters that are prone to just plain not working.

this is a good read on oil filters and reviews alot of them.

here's the fram segment though for your convience:

This filter cartridge has a small outside diameter with a rather low filter element surface area (193 sqin), and features cardboard end caps that are glued in place. The rubber anti-drainback valve seals the rough metal backplate to the cardboard end cap and easily leaks, causing dirty oil to drain back into the pan. If you have a noisy valve train at startup, this filter is likely the cause. The bypass valves are plastic and are sometimes not molded correctly, which allows them to leak. The backplate has smaller and fewer oil inlet holes, which may restrict flow.

The telltale signs for a Fram Extra Guard are: It has 8 small holes for the oil inlet and a thin, cheap looking backplate, and is currently stamped with a "2Y". There are 5 very small crimps holding the gasket in place. If you look into the center hole all the way to the top of the filter, you will see a kind of "button" in the end cap of the cartridge (which looks like it's made of metal from there). This is the plastic bypass valve.

if you use a K&N filter like I do, while the review dosent specificly cover the K&N i've heard that the mobile 1 and K&N filters are made at the same place, so they're basicly just differently branded.

 

[Kansei]

How To: Forged Pistons and Custom Turbo Kit.

without any cuts or editing?

 

[Donny]

Great Video!

 

[Shasta]

I take it the video has been moved or no longer exists?.

Found it here
http://www.viewdo.com/now_viewing.php?id=117

Good video.

 

[Maestrokneer]

Thanks for fixing that Shasta. I've edited my post so the first one should be right again.

 

[MazdaSpeeder]

Does it need to be level?

Thanks for fixing that Shasta. I've edited my post so the first one should be right again.

Hey,
I've always heard that it's bad to jackstand your front end because it makes the car not level and therefore not all of the oil flows out of the pan. Has anyone found this to be the case? I always just try to squeeze under my car to reach the pan plug and filter (though I think I am going to need a new approach with my P5). Thanks!

 

[Maestrokneer]

Hey,
I've always heard that it's bad to jackstand your front end because it makes the car not level and therefore not all of the oil flows out of the pan. Has anyone found this to be the case? I always just try to squeeze under my car to reach the pan plug and filter (though I think I am going to need a new approach with my P5). Thanks!

Hey MazdaSpeeder,

Yeah it's best to have the car as level as possible. That's why I only jack it up about a 1'-0" off the ground. But at 6'-0" 210lbs, I'm not going to be squeezing under any cars anytime soon.

At any rate, it's no big deal to jack it up a bit. Doesn't hurt anything.

 

[hotrippr]

Hey,
I've always heard that it's bad to jackstand your front end because it makes the car not level and therefore not all of the oil flows out of the pan. Has anyone found this to be the case? I always just try to squeeze under my car to reach the pan plug and filter (though I think I am going to need a new approach with my P5). Thanks!

IF you look at the p5 plug it is angled upwards slightly, so jacking the car would actually help angle the hole down more and get more oil out.

 

[Flash5]

Or just do what I do and got out and get ramps(2thumbs)

The ones I have give me a good 7'' lift or so to work with, and thats all I need to get under there.

 

[2003protege]

Thanks for the how-to. My problem was that I was tryin to figure out where the filter when I was changin my brake pads. (loser)

 

[Protege2886]

haha you said jack off

heh heh I was just about to say that

 

[powderider87]

my oil plug is a 17mm not 19??