Oil Change: Replace Drain Plug

Video Transcript

"Okay, so we're back under the car, and we've got to do something before we put that new oil in, which is really important. We've got to put that drain plug back in. If we don't do that, all your new oil's going to go right on the ground. So once you're at this step, you're going to make sure, go ahead and give your drain plug a good cleaning, get all that old oil off, make sure that gasket looks okay, make sure it's not dried or anything like that. This one looks pretty good so we're going to go ahead and put it back in. You can also give the area the drain plug goes in a little cleaning too and then just put that guy right back in there, just screw it back in. And you're probably going to need, well, more than definitely you're going to need that wrench back just to tighten it. You want, the same thing with this is the filter, you don't want to over-tighten it because you can ruin that gasket, but you do want to make sure it's on there real tight, sorry, you don't want to make sure it's on there real tight, you want to make sure it's on there a good tightness so your oil doesn't leak out. So once you're done screwing this back on, you're going to go ahead and add your new oil."