DIY Oil-Change Thread??
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RE: DIY Oil-Change Thread??
You mean this one?https://dodgeforum.com/m_485543/tm.htmif the link don't work,
Get a bucket or container big enough to hold all the oil. Drain oil,replace plug, fill up new filter with new oil, screw it back on hand tight good, fill engine, start and check for leaks, top of if necessary. You may want to consider getting a fumoto drain valve from geno's, makes draining easier.
www.genosgarage.com
Get a bucket or container big enough to hold all the oil. Drain oil,replace plug, fill up new filter with new oil, screw it back on hand tight good, fill engine, start and check for leaks, top of if necessary. You may want to consider getting a fumoto drain valve from geno's, makes draining easier.
www.genosgarage.com
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RE: DIY Oil-Change Thread??
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RE: DIY Oil-Change Thread??
Could the moderator at this to the DIY at the top of the page to make it easier for future reference???
ORIGINAL: cumminalong
This might be the one that you were looking for...
https://dodgeforum.com/m_725240/tm.htm
This might be the one that you were looking for...
https://dodgeforum.com/m_725240/tm.htm
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RE: DIY Oil-Change Thread??
I always run my engine up to operating temp and get the oil nice and hot before I change it. It drains more thoroughly and faster when it's hot. Just be careful when removing the plug and filter. I just did the first oil change on mine a week ago and was surprsied that taking the filter off created virtually no mess at all compared to other vehicles I've had. Just a little wiping with a rag here and there and what little oil did get on stuff was gone.
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RE: DIY Oil-Change Thread??
ORIGINAL: cookie_monstr
any way from keeping the oil in the filter from spewing out?
any way from keeping the oil in the filter from spewing out?
I get myself one of those full sized kitchen trash bags. I take the bag and I wrap it around the filter, but I open the bag up so thatI can still get my wrench and hands around the filter. I crack the filter with the wrench, and unscrew the filter the rest of the way by hand. I unscrew the filter and drop it right into the bag below / around it. If anything spills out, it spills right into the bag. No muss .... no fuss. WhenI pull the bag out, the filter and spilled oil is all inside. Works like a charm every time.
BTW: I change my oil filter from above, not under the truck. Before doing anything I first remove the air filter ( K&N ) to make accessing the oil filter a cinch. Since I alreay have the air filter out, I clean and re-oil that as well. I do both every 5000 miles.