i drive to jiffy lube an let the incompetant ones change the oil. its better to have them get oil everywhere instead of my driveway

 

thanks for your helpful post!

 

my first oil change was a disaster, i loosen the drain plug, put the container under the cross member, an all the oil went everywhere instead of the bucket, i was covered an so was the driveway, never again

 

Well, the filter was easy-mode, pointed right at me, with a nice little oil flow ramp to keep oil from spilling all over. (do you guys have this?)


drain plug looks like it's gonna leak on the cross member though...


just a bit at first...


but then it decided to have it's own way...



the only surprise was a pleasant one: it took an even 5 quarts *and* as much came out as went back in! BONUS! (heck, it's only got 35k miles, it better not be burning oil yet)

 

gotta love my 2nd gen not a drip from the drain plug on anything lol only a couple of drips from the oil filter if it wobbles in your hand but nothing major

 

Warning: semi Thread hijack

Superdak, do you watch them change your oil and filter? There are so many horror stories I won't let any quick change place work on the truck unless I am in the shop watching. 2/20 of my co-workers (and i only spoke with 4 of them) have had trouble at different lube shops. When they are encouraged (ie commission) to get as many vehicles through they take shortcuts!

I am finally making the swap to synthetic Mobile 1 motor oil. Paid the extra for the mobile 1 filter as well, dang it is heavy compared to the Fram. I will install it tomorrow morning and make a new thread if I find something interesting or am bored enough to break out the camera.

 

I definitely don't have that ramp to direct the flow from the oil filter, that seems pretty handy.

That's because half the Fram is cardboard!
Also for anyone looking for a decent oil filter, most if not all of the Napa Gold oil filters are actually Wix filters made for Napa. I often use those, good price and a high quality filter.

 

agreed. now to figure out something similar for the drain plug

 

I've used the k/n oil filters on both the durnago and dakota never had problems with em yet.