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"So the first step when you are doing an oil change is to jack the car up in the air to get clearance underneath it so you you lay on the ground. Jack it up and put blocks underneath the tires or if you have someone there to spot you drive it up on a ramp. Then the next thing you would do is go underneath the car so when you are under the car find your oil pan and your oil filter right here, get your oil drain plug, loosen it and take it out, and it always works better if you go at it at this level right here so the oil doesn't leak down all over your arm and to your elbow and it is a lot cleaner this way. Make sure you don't lose your bolt into the oil pan because then you have got to fish it out. Bring it on to your pan and while that is going get your oil filter and grab your oil filter and let the oil drain out for a little while until it is all gone, grab your new filter, take some oil and fill the oil into the filter and that way when you start your engine it is not dry starting it. After it is done draining you put the plug back in, tighten it up, be careful not to tighten it too much because you will strip out the threads, put the oil filter in and go up until you start to feel it catch and then just turn it another half a turn. So up here you will find your oil filler cap, pop it off, usually it will say oil so it is pretty self explanatory there. Get a funnel and put it in there. Depending on what car you have and what your manufacturer recommends you will see how many quarts it will take for a full oil change with the filter and how much it it takes if you don't change the filter because if you change the filter it usually takes a quart more than if you don't change the filter. After you are done with your oil change you write down what you have done to it, how many miles you have on the car and what the date is."
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