Thread: Photos on changing oil and oil filter

 
There is this folk wisdom: "don't hinder the machine work!". However, you need to add: "don't forget to take care of the car!".

There is one simple procedure that you want, not want, but need to spend with the car strictly in certain periods. Many may think that this is a seasonal change of tires, but no. It replaced oil and oil filter.



Being the owner of a fourth "life" 2003 release or, scientifically, Renault Espace IV, I was faced with the problem of choosing the type of oil. That pour - "synthetics" or "semi-synthetics"? For several days I visited quite a large number of Internet forums and have come to a conclusion - I will pour synthetics, it remains to decide the brand. Consider all proposals on market: Elf, Petro-Canada, Mobil, Esso, Agip, ZIC, Castrol, Comma. However, out of all this diversity has chosen four brands that offered first major importers. Why is it so decided to act because to check the quality of the oil, I do not have the ability, and the status of the exclusive or first importer still some no guarantee of quality (at least, not in our "Tmutarakan" will be put up). Chose Elf, Petro-Canada, Mobil, Esso, and then the selection was based on the value I needed a volume of five liters. The best offer was from oil ESSO Ultron 5W40 in packages of 4 liters and 1 liter.

Along with oil change and oil filter. On his quest, I spent a bit of time. Any seller of spare parts catalogues compatibility, and I just needed to stay on the stamp of the manufacturer. I chose filter brand Purflux.

So, keeping in the trunk "spaceship" all necessary to replace the oil and oil filter, and armed with the keys to the garage father-in-law, nearest the output (and most likely a small part of it) plan to spend on "operation" changing the oil.

Let's start with the easiest. It is necessary to securely fix the car Parking brake, the benefit that the "spaceship" it automatic. Beauty! As soon as he cut the engine, the car itself is locked Parking brake, and this is not the only "thing", they can will tell you in next time. Under the wheel it is necessary to place a wheel chock as shown in the figure (better safe than sorry, as they say).



To continue "operations" we need to get into the viewing hole and remove the protective plastic cover of the engine compartment by unscrewing the eight screws using a ratchet and head on #10mm.



In order that the oil can be discharged completely and quickly, you must immediately remove the tube from the filler neck of the engine.



You must find it unnecessary to capacity with a capacity of five litres or more in order that it could fit waste oil from the crankcase of the engine. Then ease off the drain bolt on neck sump, inline prepared capacity and amminium hand until the end of the bolt to drain the neck of the sump.



Until drained the oil, we need to Unscrew the oil filter and wipe clean the contact areas of the oil filter and crankcase.





When all oil has drained completely and stopped to drip from the drain hole we need to tighten the bolt to drain the engine sump. Optionally (I highly recommend), you can replace the copper sealing ring and tighten the drain bolt hole with sufficient force.







Then you need to take a new oil filter and lubricate the new engine oil to the rubber ring of the filter to smooth the moment of torsion and to facilitate unscrewing the filter for subsequent replacement. Carefully, trying not to bypacket engine oil nozzles and dirt - band filter, it is necessary to screw the filter to the pump from the crankcase screw fitting with effort "by hand". And no need to fear that you're not going to win, the main thing to avoid dripping oil from under the sealing rubber of the oil filter.





Fill through the filler neck the required amount of oil, wait a few minutes until the oil will drain into the pan, close the filler cap and start the engine. Carefully inspect where possible manifestation of leaking oil. Wipe dry and inspect again.

After we saw the lack of availability of leakage of oil, you can remove the job, and also record the mileage and date in order not to miss the next oil change.