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You are ready like a pack of Dogs about to pounce on its unsuspecting prey :-\
Ok I changed my oil today in the SugarCube.
To complete this task you first drain the oil from the pan, no problem there. Next get out your 10MM socket and remove 4 bolts from the belly pan to gain access to the oil filter :roll: you "Could" get the oil filter out with out completing this step but good luck! Let me know how that works out for you. Now you know the nice folks at Spiffy Lube will be happy to over torque these 4 tiny bolts stripping them out for you no extra charge.
Next loosen the oil filter, oh wait it is a teeny tiny bit smaller than the standard import oil filter wrench, so it slips and does not loosen the filter, Humm time to get the pipe wrench out. Be careful, the pipe wrench can cut the filter or gnarl it up. You say grab the filter at the base closest to the block due to it is extremely reinforced there and can get a good bite with the pipe wrench, good idea. The filter is recessed!
Now you have it loose, great!, wait it is completely horizontal so removing it with out spilling dirty oil is 100% impossible. :roll:
This same procedure is done on the Titan too, WHY???? to make this even stupider the Titan is line fed so it could have been located anywhere any angle.
Humm most cars oil filters are angled slightly for this very reason.
The Fram filter fit the wrench just fine, not the stock filter.
I used fully synthetic oil with a 15K mile guarantee and I applied a very strong 10lb pull magnet to the filter and fastened it. I plan to cut the filter apart after the next change to see how much metal I caught.
If you are a do it yourself person like me, have fun and don't forget the tarp.
You are ready like a pack of Dogs about to pounce on its unsuspecting prey :-\
Ok I changed my oil today in the SugarCube.
To complete this task you first drain the oil from the pan, no problem there. Next get out your 10MM socket and remove 4 bolts from the belly pan to gain access to the oil filter :roll: you "Could" get the oil filter out with out completing this step but good luck! Let me know how that works out for you. Now you know the nice folks at Spiffy Lube will be happy to over torque these 4 tiny bolts stripping them out for you no extra charge.
Next loosen the oil filter, oh wait it is a teeny tiny bit smaller than the standard import oil filter wrench, so it slips and does not loosen the filter, Humm time to get the pipe wrench out. Be careful, the pipe wrench can cut the filter or gnarl it up. You say grab the filter at the base closest to the block due to it is extremely reinforced there and can get a good bite with the pipe wrench, good idea. The filter is recessed!
Now you have it loose, great!, wait it is completely horizontal so removing it with out spilling dirty oil is 100% impossible. :roll:
This same procedure is done on the Titan too, WHY???? to make this even stupider the Titan is line fed so it could have been located anywhere any angle.
Humm most cars oil filters are angled slightly for this very reason.
The Fram filter fit the wrench just fine, not the stock filter.
I used fully synthetic oil with a 15K mile guarantee and I applied a very strong 10lb pull magnet to the filter and fastened it. I plan to cut the filter apart after the next change to see how much metal I caught.
If you are a do it yourself person like me, have fun and don't forget the tarp.