DIY Oil Change on 2011 5.0
#1
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: April 28, 2006
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 18
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
DIY Oil Change on 2011 5.0
This is just a simple question for those that change the oil themselves.
Can I just raise the front of the car to change the oil or does the car need to be level in order for all the oil to drain???
Thanks in advance.
Can I just raise the front of the car to change the oil or does the car need to be level in order for all the oil to drain???
Thanks in advance.
#2
Bear Eats King...
Bear ****s Bone
Bear ****s Bone
Join Date: September 5, 2011
Location: Cleburne, Tx
Posts: 5,302
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes
on
2 Posts
Originally Posted by dreem363
This is just a simple question for those that change the oil themselves.
Can I just raise the front of the car to change the oil or does the car need to be level in order for all the oil to drain???
Thanks in advance.
Can I just raise the front of the car to change the oil or does the car need to be level in order for all the oil to drain???
Thanks in advance.
#3
Cobra Member
I disagree about it being a pain. Did mine last week.
Jacked up the front, opened the drain plug so oil drains into the pain., then took the cover bolts out so it swung down.
Then use the ziplock bag trick to capture the oil from the filter and let the filter drop into the bag. Screw on the new filter and you're done.
Not a single drop spilled from the filter change.
Jacked up the front, opened the drain plug so oil drains into the pain., then took the cover bolts out so it swung down.
Then use the ziplock bag trick to capture the oil from the filter and let the filter drop into the bag. Screw on the new filter and you're done.
Not a single drop spilled from the filter change.
#4
Cobra Member
The oil filter is also a pain to reach. Once you loosen it the oil will drip all over you, as you try to remove it from the car.
I put a one gallon zip lock bag over the filter, loosen and let it drain into the bag, and then drop into the bag as you remove it. Zip it up, no mess.
I put a one gallon zip lock bag over the filter, loosen and let it drain into the bag, and then drop into the bag as you remove it. Zip it up, no mess.
#5
Bear Eats King...
Bear ****s Bone
Bear ****s Bone
Join Date: September 5, 2011
Location: Cleburne, Tx
Posts: 5,302
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes
on
2 Posts
Originally Posted by LEwis26
I disagree about it being a pain. Did mine last week.
Jacked up the front, opened the drain plug so oil drains into the pain., then took the cover bolts out so it swung down.
Then use the ziplock bag trick to capture the oil from the filter and let the filter drop into the bag. Screw on the new filter and you're done.
Not a single drop spilled from the filter change.
Jacked up the front, opened the drain plug so oil drains into the pain., then took the cover bolts out so it swung down.
Then use the ziplock bag trick to capture the oil from the filter and let the filter drop into the bag. Screw on the new filter and you're done.
Not a single drop spilled from the filter change.
I hate the covers...
#6
Used to have a boat and you would basically suck the oil up through the dipstick. Anyone try this on a car?
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...classNum=50402
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...classNum=50402
Last edited by bh6247; 2/10/12 at 11:24 AM.
#7
Bear Eats King...
Bear ****s Bone
Bear ****s Bone
Join Date: September 5, 2011
Location: Cleburne, Tx
Posts: 5,302
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes
on
2 Posts
Originally Posted by bh6247
Used to have a boat and you would basically suck the oil up through the dipstick. Anyone try this on a car?
#10
V6 Member
Join Date: October 24, 2010
Location: Vancouver, BC
Posts: 50
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
There's a restriction inside the dipstick tube near the top that won't allow a tube larger than 3/16" OD down the hole. You'd be pumping on it forever to get it to pull 8 quarts out. I can't even do oil samples without draining the sump.
#14
Cobra Member
I was planning on using the pump on the Mustang the next time I changed the oil. Guess I won't mess with it.
#15
V6 Member
Join Date: October 24, 2010
Location: Vancouver, BC
Posts: 50
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Thanks for mentioning this. I have a pump/tank that I have been using for years on our VW's. It takes about 15 minutes to do an entire oil change on my wife's 2.0 Turbo Passat. The oil filter is on top of the engine, upside down, with a valve that prevents leakage when removed...no mess. The easiest oil change I have ever done.
I was planning on using the pump on the Mustang the next time I changed the oil. Guess I won't mess with it.
I was planning on using the pump on the Mustang the next time I changed the oil. Guess I won't mess with it.
Not the 2011+ Mustang 5.0, though. It's really disappointing, but I'm afraid it's real. And the filter really wants to make a mess too. The design engineers did a great job on the engine but it's pretty clear they don't do their own oil changes.
#16
Legacy TMS Member
Originally Posted by JAJ
Yeah, I've got a vane pump and I've done the family BMW's this way for a decade too, at least until they stopped putting dipsticks in entirely in 2008.
Not the 2011+ Mustang 5.0, though. It's really disappointing, but I'm afraid it's real. And the filter really wants to make a mess too. The design engineers did a great job on the engine but it's pretty clear they don't do their own oil changes.
#18
Cobra R Member
Join Date: June 24, 2011
Location: Long Island
Posts: 1,568
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Yes I am switching to Mobil 1 extended performance. That Is a true synthetic. I'll bring the oil to them and take advantage of my first free oil change. And they need to look at a squeak anyway
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post