How to change the engine oil

1. Buy new oil and filter

Find out the type and the required amount of engine oil, as well as recommended by the manufacturer of the brand. Such information can be found in the manual or on the internet, as well as check with a consultant at the store.

The relevant recommendations typically duplicated on special labels located under the hood or on the side of the bar, near the driver's door.

More will need a filter. It varies with the oil without fail. Find the right item can be by catalog part number or brand and year of manufacture of cars.

2. Prepare tools and materials

To replace the oil does not need sophisticated equipment and devices. You can do with just a few keys and container for draining mining. But it is well if they support the tools and materials at hand. Here's what you need:

1. New motor oil.
2. Oil filter.
3. Spanners.
4. Key puller filter (or a belt, rope, screw driver),
5. Capacity drain (hips, cropped canister or bottle).
6. Rubber gloves.
7. Clean rags.
8. Funnel (or a sheet of thick paper).

3. Find a suitable location

The easiest way to change the oil on a trestle or a viewing hole. Free rack is easy to find on the road, in the garage cooperatives, and some parking lots. Take advantage of a pit can have someone of the familiar.

If you can not use the overpass, in the extreme case it is possible to lift the car jack. In this case, proceed with extreme caution: be sure to install a reliable support after the lift car and fastening the rear wheel chock.

4. warm up the engine

To good old oil is drained from the pan, it must be hot. so be sure to warm up the engine up to operating temperature. Convenient to carry out replacement after a long trip in this case specifically to warm the engine does not have to.

5. Pour washing (optional)

Washing only necessary when changing from one type of oil to another and for the decontamination to prevent. In other cases, you can do without them.

There are two types of washes: the so-called five-minute and flushing oils. The former are cleaning additives - they need to be added to the old oil before replacing the engine and let it idle. The latter is necessary to fill in instead of oil and drive a few kilometers.

Depending on the means of action in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, which is always there on the package.

6. Drain the old oil

Before you climb under the car, make sure it is securely locked using the parking brake and wheel chocks. Put on gloves. Remove the filler cap to the oil flows without jerks and not burned you.

If auto crankcase protection installed, remove it to access the drain plug. Tear plug with a keyThen substitute the capacity to drain the mining and carefully remove the plug by hand. Be cautious: the hot oil will pour strong current.

Wait 5-10 minutes until the remnants of used oil will drain completely, and in the meantime enjoy a filter.

7. Replace the filter

Wipe the filter and the engine block next to it from dirt and dust, so they were not included in the replacement of the lubrication system. Try to unscrew the old filter by hand. Be careful, there also have oil! If the filter does not give in, use the special key-puller.

Instead, it is possible to apply the means at hand. For example, make a loop of the generator or a sturdy rope belt and stared at it some bars, try to rotate the filter. More can be just a couple of meters of any reel the rope on the filter and pull on it. Or at least a screwdriver to break through the filter body and wield it as a lever.

Take the new filter, lubricate the seal gum drop of oil. If it is set up the thread, it is necessary to fill with fresh oil. Wrap the filter force the hands and pull approximately ¾ turn after touching the sealing gum seat.

Do not overdo it with puff! In no case do not use the key: remove the filter will be very difficult the next time.

8. Fill with new oil

Screw drain plug in the sump and tighten with a wrench. In contrast to the filter, it is necessary to tighten with an average effort, but without fanaticism. Some manufacturers recommend also to replace the copper washer on the tube, as it shrinks and at repeated tightening may leak.

Place the funnel into the filler neck. If no funnel, make it of the magazine cover, a sheet of paper or a cut of the bottle. Pour approximately 80% of the required amount of oil, and remove the remaining long side.

Start the engine and check that the oil pressure gauge on the instrument panel goes out. Allow the machine to idle for a few minutes and make themselves until there are no leaks at the drain plug and filter.

Stop the engine and wait for 5-7 minutes so that the oil is completely glass tray. Check the level with the dipstick and top up to the middle mark. If it is not, then to the middle of between the Min and Max. Add oil slowly, wait a few minutes and then check the level again. Install the oil filler cap in place.

Do not overdo it with butter! If it is more than necessary, the system will create a positive pressure, which can damage the seals.

9. Dispose of used oil

you can not pour used oil in the street drainage, or to the ground. Pour it into the empty canister, which remained from the new oil, and then hand over to the point of acceptance of waste oil. More you can contact the nearest service center: there will be a refinement, or prompt, where it pass.

10. Plan the following change

Lubricant change intervals set by the manufacturer - on average every 10-15 thousand kilometers. With constant use of the machine in the city, the shipping and other complex conditions should reduce the service interval to 7-10 thousand kilometers.

Do not forget to regularly check the oil level every couple of thousand kilometers and replenish if necessary, as fall below the minimum lubricant level deteriorates and can cause oil starvation, increased wear which affects engine.