Oil Change

LotusRenaultF1 · Dec 2, 2011

so I changed my oil for the first time on this car. The filter is weird; it's a cartridge filter rather than a regular "can" filter. Getting the cap off was easily the hardest part of the job. I'll put up a post tomorrow or Sunday with everything explained for those who haven't done it yet.

bbrewbaker · Dec 2, 2011

Our cars are one of the easiest to change the oil in.

LotusRenaultF1 · Dec 2, 2011

Changing the oil is the same on every car but I've never encountered a cartridge filter before. I needed a pair of vice grips because the exhaust manifold was over the plastic cap and prevented me from getting a socket around it. Putting everything back together was easy, it was just getting the thing opened.

bbrewbaker · Dec 2, 2011

Advance Auto sells a socket for our filters.
Mazda uses a cartridge filter also on the 2.3 motors.

YelloEye · Dec 3, 2011

Yeah get the socket, its something like a 23mm shallow one, they sell it at O'riliey's. Easiest and cleanest oil change I've ever done was on my LT.

BankDude · Dec 5, 2011

LotusRenaultF1 said:
I needed a pair of vice grips because the exhaust manifold was over the plastic cap and prevented me from getting a socket around it.

that would be the intake manifold.

LotusRenaultF1 · Dec 5, 2011

BankDude said:
that would be the intake manifold.

Hehe I derped...

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