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do you change your own oil?
2008-03-07, 11:12 AM #41
Originally posted by Brian:
1. only let about 3/4 of the oil drain out
2. overtighten oil filter
3. not removing old oil filter gasket (which was stuck because they overtightened it at previous visit)
4. overtighten drain plug (strips threads)


I've also heard stories where they under tighten the drain plug.. of course you don't realize this until a day or two later when your motor is seized up.
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2008-03-07, 12:05 PM #42
Over the summer I bought a used ford expedition to tow my boat and haul around the family. I don't put many miles on it as it's not a daily driver (only use it in the summer, pretty much). Anyway, I did the first oil change on it a few weeks ago, and I was disappointed that the oil filter was directly over a bunch of other stuff, so I just knew that when I pulled it off, the oil would splash everywhere and make a mess (which just happened 10 minutes earlier on my brother's Nissan Pathfinder). I was ready for it when I took off the oil filter, but somehow it all came out in one place. I got a flashlight and found that ford had installed a plastic ramp/diverter that sits just under the oil filter and diverts all the oil down a small plastic ramp and directly out underneath the car (into the drain pan). I thought it was genius.
2008-03-07, 1:46 PM #43
We change the oil ourselves at my house. My parents only seem to notice that the oil needs to be changed when I am visiting. :confused:
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2008-03-07, 2:15 PM #44
Where's the "My father is a mechanic" option?
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2008-03-07, 2:45 PM #45
Where's the "my father is mechanical" option?
2008-03-07, 3:03 PM #46
No but I used to with my old car. Since I got my Ford Focus, I haven't since is is too low to the ground to go up on the ramps that I have.
I hated doing it becuase I had to get on my back on our gravel driveway, and the cardboard would almost always slip out from under my back leaving me laying on rocks.
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2008-03-07, 8:22 PM #47
Originally posted by Brian:
Over the summer I bought a used ford expedition to tow my boat and haul around the family. I don't put many miles on it as it's not a daily driver (only use it in the summer, pretty much). Anyway, I did the first oil change on it a few weeks ago, and I was disappointed that the oil filter was directly over a bunch of other stuff, so I just knew that when I pulled it off, the oil would splash everywhere and make a mess (which just happened 10 minutes earlier on my brother's Nissan Pathfinder). I was ready for it when I took off the oil filter, but somehow it all came out in one place. I got a flashlight and found that ford had installed a plastic ramp/diverter that sits just under the oil filter and diverts all the oil down a small plastic ramp and directly out underneath the car (into the drain pan). I thought it was genius.


Wow, Ford finally did it right. They usually just leave the filter sitting over top of the starter with nothing to catch the oil. This invariably causes the need to replace the starter far more often than should be required.
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2008-03-07, 11:14 PM #48
Originally posted by Crimson:
Wow, Ford finally did it right. They usually just leave the filter sitting over top of the starter with nothing to catch the oil. This invariably causes the need to replace the starter far more often than should be required.

It's a 2000 Expedition. I wonder if it continues in later years?
2008-03-08, 12:51 AM #49
I don't recall seeing them on anything but very new Ford trucks. The 2000 model year must have been one of the first. Most other manufacturers have been using them for quite some time, but they seem to be a relatively new addition for Ford.
Little angel go away
Come again some other day
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2008-03-08, 4:15 AM #50
Where's the 'sometimes' option?

70f outside...beautiful day, maybe. -20f and snowing? No way in hell. :P
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