How to Drain Oil from a Car

Video Transcript

"Hi, I’m Dean Donnel for expertvillage.com. Now we’re going to drain the oil. I’d like to use a large pan to catch the oil because that way you avoid a mess, using a smaller one just won’t work. The drain plug is located in the center of the pan usually, I’m going to look for it now to locate it. This one happens to be on the end of the pan, which isn’t a problem and what I like to use is a crescent wrench because this wrench fits all and it’s easy to use. So we’ll take our crescent wrench, put it on the drain plug, start to unscrew the drain plug. Okay, we’re unscrewing the plug, now its finger tight so you can unscrew it with your hand, let your oil drain. These are the steps we take to drain the oil in the vehicle."