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Oil Change Materials
Oil Filter Materials
Oil Change Tools
Oil Change Supplies
How to Check Oil
Oil Change: Remove Oil Cap
Oil Change: Drain Oil
Oil Change: Remove Filter
Oil Change: Prepare a New Filter
Oil Change: Replace Filter
Oil Change: Replace Drain Plug
Oil Change: Add New Oil
Oil Change: Check New Oil Level
Oil Change Final Checks
Oil Change Clean Up
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Summary: Learning how to check the oil in a car is one of the most important parts of basic car maintenance. Learn more about how to check the oil in a car with tips from a mechanic in this car maintenance video.
Ben Columbus has been repairing and maintaining a variety of vehicles for approximately ten years. He has experience in all types of repairs ranging from small repairs to overhauls.read more
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"Okay, so what we're doing is we are checking our oil in our vehicle, and this is really important. Oil, has been explained to me a few times, the lifeblood of your car and you obviously don't want that to go bad. How often do you want to change your oil is a good question. Generally most people say by 3,000 miles or 3 months, your oil sitting in your car, so that's a pretty good estimate, I mean, it kind of depends on your car, it depends on the oil. But you definitely want to get your oil changed, you want to make sure you're changing it because it's really, really important. So what we're going to do right now is check our oil, which is pretty straight forward. Generally, most cars you'll find a dipstick with, for example, this one has a little oil graphic on it. So what you're going to want to do is, you just pull this out, go ahead and wipe off the oil that's on there right now because the oil might have jumped up and down or it might have rubbed up against something, just to get a clean read. So wipe it off first, you put it back in, make sure it goes all the way back in, and then pull it right back out, and there should be a level on there. For example, this one looks a little low, there's a little place marker on this one that says "add" and "safe", so "safe" is going to be, obviously you're going to be good on your oil. If it's below the "add" line, then obviously you want to go ahead and add some oil. But for our purposes, we're going to go ahead and change the oil. So that's just a good way to, you want to monitor this every once in a while, just to make sure that you've got enough oil in there, because if you have too little oil, that could really damage your car. So, that's checking your oil, and next we're going to go into actually changing the oil."
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