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Preparing to Remove the Oil Filter

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Summary: Prepare your car's oil filter for removal when changing the oil on your car; our expert car mechanic explains how in this free auto-maintenance video on DIY oil changes.

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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. And now you want to disburse of this oil properly. You can see if you look into the oil pan, how dirty and tin the oil actually is. It has lost most of its viscosity, it is full of containments, this is old dirty oil that you need to take to a gas station or a oil recycling center. The oil filter on the engine is located on this vehicle behind the passenger wheel and it is the same type. Make sure that you have the same numbers. This is a PH7317. I like this manufacturer here. Now, we're going to utilize our tool for removing oil filters. This is the band tight. It can go, generally when it is positioned properly and you're turning it, it will tightening itself up. So this makes you go this way and not this way."

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