When people think about the good and stress-free life, they tend to think it terms of freedom from the outside world, discomfort and even problems such as financial aspects. If your car could speak, it would probably agree. When you consider that many metal parts in your car are rubbing and grinding each another, a temperature as high as 4,500 degrees Fahrenheit with shock of combustion and high pressure, you can easily conclude that your car is not adequately protected against friction and heat. However, the type of protection that it needs is cheaper compared to the expenses that you will spend when the engine of your car suddenly stops to function.
Changing of oil is the most important thing that you can do in order for your car to survive and have a happy life. Essentially, this is the cheaper solution that any driver or vehicle user can do without spending hundreds of dollars. Dirty oil can obstruct the holes and channels inside the engine and might cause complete destruction if solutions are not applied ahead of time. Though easier said and done, the driver should seek some parts of the car and decide whether to change the current oil or not.
The fourth step that you need to do is to get your adjustable wrench and unscrew the oil plug. Stay away from the plug as much as possible because the oil may come out at any moment once the plug has been manipulated. You can also protect your hands with rags or paper towel, but use your bare hand to give a last quick turn and to release it. Pull your bare hand immediately after doing it. Let the oils drains out of your engine into container. You may get out from your car while the oil drains.
If you want to check and change your oil, you need to be familiar about the parts that you will manipulate in the first place and the materials needed such as oil filter wrench to unscrew your oil filter, an adjustable wrench to loosen the oil drain plug, an oil drain plug gasket as an additional tool, old and large basin to catch the oil from the car, a funnel to facilitate pouring the oil into the engine, rags for wiping messy and dirty oil and a flashlight or a work light to better visualize your workplace.
Changing your car oil is easy and a fun activity, but you need to be careful in handling the tools that you are going to use. Some of them can cause injury if not handled carefully while some may cause small cuts. Moreover, you should check the new oil to be placed on your car and always discard the old one. Do not recycle or reuse.
Changing of oil is the most important thing that you can do in order for your car to survive and have a happy life. Essentially, this is the cheaper solution that any driver or vehicle user can do without spending hundreds of dollars. Dirty oil can obstruct the holes and channels inside the engine and might cause complete destruction if solutions are not applied ahead of time. Though easier said and done, the driver should seek some parts of the car and decide whether to change the current oil or not.
The fourth step that you need to do is to get your adjustable wrench and unscrew the oil plug. Stay away from the plug as much as possible because the oil may come out at any moment once the plug has been manipulated. You can also protect your hands with rags or paper towel, but use your bare hand to give a last quick turn and to release it. Pull your bare hand immediately after doing it. Let the oils drains out of your engine into container. You may get out from your car while the oil drains.
If you want to check and change your oil, you need to be familiar about the parts that you will manipulate in the first place and the materials needed such as oil filter wrench to unscrew your oil filter, an adjustable wrench to loosen the oil drain plug, an oil drain plug gasket as an additional tool, old and large basin to catch the oil from the car, a funnel to facilitate pouring the oil into the engine, rags for wiping messy and dirty oil and a flashlight or a work light to better visualize your workplace.
Changing your car oil is easy and a fun activity, but you need to be careful in handling the tools that you are going to use. Some of them can cause injury if not handled carefully while some may cause small cuts. Moreover, you should check the new oil to be placed on your car and always discard the old one. Do not recycle or reuse.
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With older vintage vehicles - such as classic Ford Mustangs -, many oil change shops recommended an oil change every 3,000 miles. However, during the later part of the twentieth century, engine technology and oil technology have advanced requiring less frequent oil changes under normal driving conditions. Also published at Frequency Of Oil Changes In Vintage 1964 Ford Mustangs.