How to Change Your Vehicles Engine Oil

Changing your engine oil will take about 30 minutes to do

• An engine oil filter
• Specific amount of oil for your vehicle

Vehicle owners spend over hundreds of dollars on taking their vehicle to a shop to have the engine oil change. Today I am going to walk through the steps on how to change your engine oil on your vehicle. Following these steps will save vehicle owners hundreds of dollars a year.

The supplies needed are the following; the correct engine oil capable for the vehicle owners engine (Engine oil type is located in the owners manual for the vehicle, usually found in the glove box. The engine oil capacity is also located in the owners manual, which tells how many quarts the engine hold), an engine oil filter (Go to an auto parts store and tell a worker what your vehicle is and they will help find the correct engine oil for that vehicle).

• Car ramps
• Oil funnel
• Paper towels
• Oil filter wrench
• Oil drain pan
• Ratchet or wrench
• Socket (which ever size that your engine drain plug is)
• A light

This will allow air to circulate throughout the engine causing the engine oil to drain faster.

Engine oil will need to be controlled using a pan.

Using your ratchet and socket or wrench to loosen the engine drain plug which will allow engine oil to exit the engine. *Note engine oil will start coming out fast so be quick when removing the drain plug.

Move drain pan with the flow of the oil coming out of the engine. Failure to do so will cause a mess.

Using an oil filter wrench, loosen the engine oil filter and remove it.

Screw in the engine drain plug with your fingers and avoid cross threading.

Using your ratchet and socket or a wrench, tighten engine drain plug. Tighten until it is snug and not overly tight.

**Tightening it to tightly will cause it to get very tight and you won't be able to get the drain pug out in the future**

Using engine oil, pour a little amount at the top of the filter and use your finger to lubricate the O-ring.

*Note, If you don't do this step the filter will get very tight and might leak.*

Screw on the new engine oil filter and avoid getting dirt inside of the filter.

*Note, only hand tighten because when that O-ring heats up, the oil filter will get tighter.*

Using the funnel will help when putting new engine oil in the engine.

Using the correct engine oil, pour oil into funnel. Do not pour all of the oil into the funnel right away. Check the dipstick and fill up to the full mark.

Put the engine oil fill cap back onto the engine. This will help when starting the engine so oil does not shoot out of the fill cap.

When starting your vehicle look at the oil pressure gauge; it should go from zero to forty psi.

**Note some vehicles do not have a oil pressure gauge.**

Looking for leaks is a major step because if you are leaking oil you can blow your engine up. Look for any oil coming out of the engine oil drain plug and the engine oil filter.

**Note if you see any oil coming out shut the vehicle off and tighten one of the two.**

After starting your engine check and see if your dipstick shows below the FULL mark. If it is below the FULL mark, add some more oil. If engine oil level is full after starting your engine than you are done with your oil change.

**Note, only do this step if your engine oil level is low after starting and if it is full you are done with your oil change.**

**Note, only do this step if your engine oil level is low after starting and if it is full you are done with your oil change.**

Failure to reinstall engine fill cap will result in loss of engine oil and dirt can get into your engine. This is the last step if your engine oil level was low after starting your vehicle.

**Note, only do this step if your engine oil level is low after starting and if it is full you are done with your oil change.**