Essay On Changing Oil

While the oil is draining, locate the oil filter it is white and oval. The oil filter is usually located on the side near the back. After, you locate the oil filter take it off with the oil filter wrench. Once the oil filter is off dispose of it in the trash, then get the new filter, and fill it up with oil before attaching it back to the motor. This step is called priming the car. Priming is when you basically jump starting the motor with whatever you took out. Now the car should be finished draining oil. You can tell its finish from when you look under the car near the motor and see no oil coming out. Once, that is noticed get the oil bolt and put it back in tight, but not too tight because that could strip the bolt out.

That is how you change your oil a simple process that saves you money and keeps your car running for as long as you need

It was hard to try to raise the jack under the car because I had to make sure was supporting the car and not lifting it. Pumping or crank the jack to lift the tire off the ground was kind of hard to do. Because

iii. The oil should roughly take ten to fifteen minutes to drain completely. When the oil stops draining your ready to remove the oil filter. Just like before with the plug place the oil drain pan directly under oil filter. This is done because almost always their will still be a little left over oil in the filter. When removing the filter you want to turn the oil filter counter clockwise to release it from your vehicle.

the oil cap and start the engine. Run the engine for 30 seconds or so to circulate the new oil, then

Once you have the car in the air you will want to put some jack stands under each side and lower the car down on these, this will prevent the car from falling on you if the jack where to collapse, since jacks are only designed to pick the car up, not support it all day. Once the car is safely on the jack stands, you are ready to change the oil.

Almost everyone that owns a vehicle has had to take their vehicle in to a mechanic to get their oil change on their car. But there's another way to do this its called "DO IT YOURSELF".

Owning a car is usually a significant investment for an individual. Changing the oil on your car plays an important part to help keep it functioning at peak performance and to ensure that your vehicle last for many miles. You might wonder how often does the oil need changing. Well, manufactures advise that the oil is changed every 3,000 miles or every three months, whichever occurs first. Changing the oil is not an extremely difficult task, but it is always good to have someone else there, who has done this before, to help if needed. I would also suggest finding an outfit you wouldn’t mind getting dirty and a pair of rubber gloves to keep your hands clean.

After letting the car sit for a minute or two, the oil should be fully drained. Reinstall the oil drain plug. Use a torque wrench set to 30 ft./lbs. if you have one. Otherwise, tighten it until snug. Then install the new oil filter. First, lubricate the inner threads, then lubricate the rubber seal around the edge of the filter. Next, fill the filter with fresh oil. Then tighten the filter by hand until snug.

In the winter only, I recommend letting your vehicle run a few minutes before starting. The oil is thicker when it is colder so when the vehicle runs it will warm the oil, making the oil flow easier.With the car off, safely elevate the vehicle with a jack or a set of ramps. Next, you want to align the bucket so it is under the oil pan plug. Proceed to unscrew the plug with the box end wrench. Be very careful not to be burned by the oil, because it may be hot. Do not drop the plug in the oil. Completely take off the plug and let the oil drain into the bucket. The next step is to use an oil filter wrench, to unscrew the old oil filter. The oil filter is usually a three to five inch tall cylindrical canister located relatively close to the oil pan. When the oil filter is completely off, dump any remaining oil from it into the bucket. When it is empty make sure to remove the gasket. The gasket is a rubber ring around the edge of the filter. Once everything is completed, come out from underneath the vehicle and set aside the old filter. Take the new oil filter out of the box and make sure it looks like the old filter. Take a little bit of the new oil into clean hands and smear it around the gasket of the new filter. This is done to “wake up” the gasket so it has an even seal when it is attached to the vehicle. Make sure to not get any foreign particles into the filter such as sand or dirt. Bring the new oil filter back underneath

In between waxing your car, you also need to regularly wash it. Bug splatters and tar need to be removed from the car. You should also make sure that you are waxing the vehicle by hand. Many car washes will spray your vehicle with wax, but this is not enough. This is just a thin application that may only last for a couple of

In any case, the best time to change your engine oil is to counsel your proprietor's manual as the automaker has decided, in light of more tightly engine resistances and oil science, what works best for your vehicle. A few autos with the oil life observing frameworks additionally act like the proprietor's manual and by doing as such advises the proprietor when the oil change is required, which should be taken after. Consequently, by counseling your proprietor's manual you won't just guarantee that the life of your auto is managed for most extreme hope and additionally sparing assets and yet in the meantime save the

Waiting longer than 5,000 miles could cause the old oil to break down into sludge and really start to gunk up your motor over time. B. Keeps your engine cool and running smooth. When you change your oil, you are replacing it with fresh lubricants that reduce friction and overall the amount of work needed to move parts. Think of it like running water vs. honey.

First thing that you will have to do is jack the car up with the car jack, and place the jack stands under the car in a secure location. It is safe to crawl under the car since the car is on jack stands. Bring your container and new oil filter under the car with you. Once you have found the oil pan, pull the plug holding the old oil in the oil pan. Be sure to have your container right under where the plug. The second that you pull that plug, the old oil is going to come out. Let the oil drain completely down in the container. Once it is close or completely drained out you can unscrew the old oil filter. You can examine it to make sure that there is nothing wrong with

5.     Look under the car to find your oil reservoir, use the socket wrench to remove the nut. Before you do this, you should have an oil pan ready to keep the dirty oil. After you unscrew the nut, you should see a stream of motor oil draining out of the oil tank. Allow this process to occur for 5-10 minutes and make sure the oil is going into the oil pan. This is the most annoying part of the entire procedure because sometimes things can get messy. Also look for the oil filter and twist in open. We are going to replace it with a new one in our next step.