| Emerald01 |
| 1. What kind of oil do you use? |
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| Emerald01 |
BTW- I did an oil change last night. The first time I changed it on the MDX a while back, I thought this car is easy to change. But I now have a difficult time doing a clean oil filter change. Upon removing the filter, oil pours all over the place. And adding oil back is very difficult to do without a funnel.
I tried a couple of things to try to get a clean oil filter change:
1- I loosen the filter first. I drilled a hole in the bottom of the filter and let it drip out first. After it came to a VERY slow drip, I started to remove it and it still poured all over.
2- I loosen the filter first. Then I have a big funnel (actually made of the two liter bottle w/ bottom cut out). I put the filter in the funnel and proceed on removing the filter untill it drops in the funnel. All the oil goes into the funnel and into the drain pan. Works pretty well but removing the filter is somwhat hindered with the funnel.
I think I'm going to try a zip-lock bag next time...
Anybody know of a good trick to removing oil filter? |
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| socalJD |
| I use a heavy duty zip-lok (I think it's a Glad Freezer bag w/zipper), somehow taking a drill to the underbody of the engine just doesn't seem normal to me . . . and watch the angle of the oil as it comes out of the pan, if you underestimate the pour flow you may regret not letting the dealer do the change :3: |
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| srpbep |
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Emerald01 wrote:
Anybody know of a good trick to removing oil filter?
Yep, have the dealer do it .... sorry, couldn't help myself :2: |
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| Pauls MDX |
| Castrol or mobil synthetic mix with 5000 mile oil changes. |
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| Emerald01 |
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Yep, have the dealer do it .... sorry, couldn't help myself
I don't like letting the dealer do it because I know they wouldn't do a good a job as I would do. For example drain the oil completely, replace the crush washer, wipe down the places where oil may have spilled. And for the money I saved, I can use better oil like synthetic and still walk away with some extra.
I once let the dealer change out the plugs on my other car. They ended up cross-threading one of the plugs. |
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| Ceenit |
| Synthetic is definitely the best for the long term life of your engine, particlularly if your trying to stretch oil changes. But I'm an addict about changing my own oil every 4k so fresh Dino goes in regularly. |
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| DaleB |
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Originally posted by Emerald01
I don't like letting the dealer do it because I know they wouldn't do a good a job as I would do. For example drain the oil completely, replace the crush washer, wipe down the places where oil may have spilled. And for the money I saved, I can use better oil like synthetic and still walk away with some extra.
I once let the dealer change out the plugs on my other car. They ended up cross-threading one of the plugs.
Since I moved in a new home, I have had a dealer (Honda or Acura) change my oil. In support of the dealer, I have never seen a drop in oil level from the 'mark' on the dipstick, and have never seen a drop of oil on my driveway or garage.
Not sure the latter would still be true if I was still doing it! :D |
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| Fabvsix |
| I just switched mine over to Red Line High Performance Synthetic oil 5w20 at 8,000 miles. Will change it at 15,000 miles since I don't drive too much but once a week to the office....;) |
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