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Prep for Changing the Oil in Your Car
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How to Read Your Oil Level
Types of Oil to Use in Your Car
Types of Oil Filters to Use in Your Car
Removing Oil Filters
What is a Floor Jack?
How to Use a Floor Jack
How to Use Jack Stands
How to Lower Your Car onto Jack Stands
Tools for Removing the Oil Drain Plug
Preparing to Remove the Oil Drain Plug
How to Loosen the Oil Drain Plug
How to Drain The Oil of Your Car
How to Replace the Oil Drain Plug
Preparing to Remove the Oil Filter
How to Replace Your Oil Filter
How to Add Oil to Your Car
Adding Three Quarts of Oil to Your Car
How to Lower Your Car off a Jack
How to Clean Up After an Oil Change
Starting the Car to Check the Oil Level After an Oil Change
Checking the Oil Level After an Oil Change
Checking for Loose Items After an Oil Change
Summary: Replace the oil drain plug when changing your car's oil; our expert car mechanic explains how in this free auto-maintenance video on DIY oil changes.
Mark Sullivan has been a professional automotive mechanic and high performance engine builder for 16 years. Mark was trained as an auto-union mechanic and has worked professionally as...read more
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"Hi, I'm Mark Sullivan for Expert Village and today we're going to teach you how to change the oil in a standard internal combustion automobile engine. Now that we have thoroughly cleaned off the oil drain plug, we're going to clean off the oil pan a little bit where the plug goes into. It's just about finished dripping so we're going to carefully put the plug back in. Many times you want to turn it to the left and feel the threads start to click in and then just simply screw that plug in till it's hand tight and then you would take your box end wrench. Put it on and then tighten it to the right and apply approximately 35 pounds of tork to it. It's pretty tight, you don't want that to fall out. So I'm going to check it again. Now that's pretty tight. Okay and then clean it up a little bit and then you're ready to get out from under the vehicle."
eHow Article: How to Replace the Oil Drain Plug
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greentechexpert said
on 6/5/2009 Just a comment for those of us that happen to spill oil on our garage floor while we are changing oil....I found a new product that bioremediates oil and fuel if you happen to spill it. I always spill oil when performing this task....The product is called Oil Gone Easy Home and Driveway S-200. You can read about the product on Wiki. Oil Gone Easy has actually been used to clean up major oil spills such as the Valdez in Alaska. Finally - a green way to clean up your spills! Hope this helps.