How-To: A basic oil change
How-To: A basic oil change
What you need:
1 Gallon of Oil (5w-30 or 10w-30)
1 New Oil Filter (look through the books at the autoparts store or ask)
1 Oil Catch pan (will hold at least a gallon)
1 or 2 Funnels
A ratchet with 1/2" socket
Stock jack (all you really need) but ramps reccomended.
You can safely change your oil on a neon without the need of ramps to keep the lifting of the car stable.
-Drive around in the car to get it up to normal operating temperature, then let it cool back down a little bit.
-Enter your car, put on the parking brake as tight as you can.
-Exit the car and go to the front passenger side and look under the door (assuming you dont have side skirts). You should see a part of the sheet metal that is reinforced. Take your stock jack and line up the divet with the reinforced part. Then take the included lug wrench and raise the car up. You don't need to raise it up a whole lot, the tire definitley doesnt need to lift off the ground, just a little more room to move around. Now, your oil pan is in good reach, and you never have to put any part of your body under your car. IF YOU DON'T HAVE RAMPS, DO NOT PUT ANY PART OF YOUR BODY OTHER THEN YOUR ARM UNDER THE CAR. DO NOT PUT YOUR ARM UNDERNEATH THE TIRE OR WHERE IT COULD GET PINCHED. Just use common sense.
-The oil pan is the greyish metal box that has a criss-cross waffle pattern on it. Take your 1/2" Ratchet and check that it fits the bolt that is on the rear of the pan, some neons might take a different size. If it fits again make sure that no part of your body is under the car and get the oil pan underneath the bolt.
-Just give it enough muscle to loosen it up, you might get some drips of oil coming out.
-Now lift up the oil catch pan with your other hand and place it behind the bolt, the oil is going to spew out like old faithful.
-Remove the bolt with your free hand, and bring the pan back under neath the oil drain plug after the initial "catch"
-Go grab a beer and wait 5-7 minutes for more oil to drip out, you can wait longer but its not going to make that much of a difference.
-Look for your oil filter right by the oil pan, its the thing that looks just like the oil filter you bought
- With the catch pan underneath take one hand and squeeze very hard and turn it to unscrew it, here comes more oil
-Set the dirty filter in the pan, and grab your new filter, rub some of that cruddy oil around the seal, and screw the new one in by hand, hand tight is good enough, any tighter is too tight
-Reinsert the bolt into the oil drain plug, use the ratchet but again, no need to make it too tight
-Move your oil catch tray out of the way, lower the jack and pop the hood.
-Unscrew the oil fill cap (the one that says oil on it) and put in 3 quarts or 3/4 Gallon of your oil using the funnel.
-Go grab another beer and wait 2 or 3 minutes
-Pull out your dipstick (from the car you sicko) and wipe it off with a paper towel, reinsert it and pull it out again, it should probably read at about the "min" line. If you bought synthetic oil you might have trouble seeing anything at all
-As long as its not more then 25% over the min line, go ahead and put in that other quart of oil. Start the car and let it idle for 15 minutes
-Check the dipstick again and it should read about "max"
-Carefully take your oil catch pan and put the old oil into the empty oil bottles using your funnel. Some crazy people will tell you to use a different funnel so that your not pouring dirty oil through it. Seeing as how it will be months till your next oil change simply spray it with the hose when your done. Take the oil back to the autoparts store for proper disposal, DO NOT THROW IN THE GARBAGE OR DUMP IN THE YARD
Post any corrections or questions I hope i did a nubby good job
1 Gallon of Oil (5w-30 or 10w-30)
1 New Oil Filter (look through the books at the autoparts store or ask)
1 Oil Catch pan (will hold at least a gallon)
1 or 2 Funnels
A ratchet with 1/2" socket
Stock jack (all you really need) but ramps reccomended.
You can safely change your oil on a neon without the need of ramps to keep the lifting of the car stable.
-Drive around in the car to get it up to normal operating temperature, then let it cool back down a little bit.
-Enter your car, put on the parking brake as tight as you can.
-Exit the car and go to the front passenger side and look under the door (assuming you dont have side skirts). You should see a part of the sheet metal that is reinforced. Take your stock jack and line up the divet with the reinforced part. Then take the included lug wrench and raise the car up. You don't need to raise it up a whole lot, the tire definitley doesnt need to lift off the ground, just a little more room to move around. Now, your oil pan is in good reach, and you never have to put any part of your body under your car. IF YOU DON'T HAVE RAMPS, DO NOT PUT ANY PART OF YOUR BODY OTHER THEN YOUR ARM UNDER THE CAR. DO NOT PUT YOUR ARM UNDERNEATH THE TIRE OR WHERE IT COULD GET PINCHED. Just use common sense.
-The oil pan is the greyish metal box that has a criss-cross waffle pattern on it. Take your 1/2" Ratchet and check that it fits the bolt that is on the rear of the pan, some neons might take a different size. If it fits again make sure that no part of your body is under the car and get the oil pan underneath the bolt.
-Just give it enough muscle to loosen it up, you might get some drips of oil coming out.
-Now lift up the oil catch pan with your other hand and place it behind the bolt, the oil is going to spew out like old faithful.
-Remove the bolt with your free hand, and bring the pan back under neath the oil drain plug after the initial "catch"
-Go grab a beer and wait 5-7 minutes for more oil to drip out, you can wait longer but its not going to make that much of a difference.
-Look for your oil filter right by the oil pan, its the thing that looks just like the oil filter you bought
- With the catch pan underneath take one hand and squeeze very hard and turn it to unscrew it, here comes more oil
-Set the dirty filter in the pan, and grab your new filter, rub some of that cruddy oil around the seal, and screw the new one in by hand, hand tight is good enough, any tighter is too tight
-Reinsert the bolt into the oil drain plug, use the ratchet but again, no need to make it too tight
-Move your oil catch tray out of the way, lower the jack and pop the hood.
-Unscrew the oil fill cap (the one that says oil on it) and put in 3 quarts or 3/4 Gallon of your oil using the funnel.
-Go grab another beer and wait 2 or 3 minutes
-Pull out your dipstick (from the car you sicko) and wipe it off with a paper towel, reinsert it and pull it out again, it should probably read at about the "min" line. If you bought synthetic oil you might have trouble seeing anything at all
-As long as its not more then 25% over the min line, go ahead and put in that other quart of oil. Start the car and let it idle for 15 minutes
-Check the dipstick again and it should read about "max"
-Carefully take your oil catch pan and put the old oil into the empty oil bottles using your funnel. Some crazy people will tell you to use a different funnel so that your not pouring dirty oil through it. Seeing as how it will be months till your next oil change simply spray it with the hose when your done. Take the oil back to the autoparts store for proper disposal, DO NOT THROW IN THE GARBAGE OR DUMP IN THE YARD
Post any corrections or questions I hope i did a nubby good job
Last edited by atom on Mon May 01, 2006 9:21 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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they hold 4.5qts with the standard filter and almost a full 5qts with the bigger diameter filter.
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Re: How-to: Idiots guide to a 2nd Gen Oil Change
these seem a little confusing to me. i would write it as:atom wrote: -Unscrew the oil fill cap (the one that says oil on it) and put in 3 quarts or 3/4 Gallon of your oil using the funnel.
-Go grab another beer and wait 2 or 3 minutes
-Pull out your dipstick (from the car you sicko) and wipe it off with a paper towel, reinsert it and pull it out again, it should probably read at about the "min" line. If you bought synthetic oil you might have trouble seeing anything at all
-As long as its not more then 25% over the min line, go ahead and put in that other quart of oil. Start the car and let it idle for 15 minutes
-Check the dipstick again and it should read about "max"
- pour 4qts of oil using funnel into the oil fill hole, reinstall oil cap
- start the engine, make sure the little oil pressure light goes out (shut off if the light does not go out in 30 or so seconds, theres a problem), get out and look under the car to double check that there are no leaks, after letting the engine idle for a few minutes shut the engine off.
- let the engine sit for approx 5 - 10 minutes to let all oil drain back to the pan
- check the oil by removing the dipstick and wiping it clean and then reinserting it all the way and removing it again, then look at where the oil level is on the stick.
- more than likely since you put in 4 qts your level will be in the middle or low area of the min/max zone (if using the standard size filter, if you are using the larger filter it will read at the min level or slightly below the min line). top off the oil level so that it reads at the max level or slightly below the max level.
i excluded the removal of the oil cap because its a good idea to do that before you drain the oil. its not necessary to check the oil prior to starting it, unless you have an OCD with it.
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youre from napa as in napa CA?
ps. pics arent necessary there is nothing confusing about changing oil on these cars. Everything is right in plain view and easy to get to.
ps. pics arent necessary there is nothing confusing about changing oil on these cars. Everything is right in plain view and easy to get to.
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Yes, but a 1/2" converts pretty much to a 13mm.aperson wrote:Isn't the pan plug 13mm?
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I miss my neon at times. She treated me well and taught me a lot about cars in general. I will always have a special place in my heart for these cars. Heres to the 2gn community.
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I miss my neon at times. She treated me well and taught me a lot about cars in general. I will always have a special place in my heart for these cars. Heres to the 2gn community.
I grew up in Napa, lived there on and off till last year. small world aint it. you should think about coming to our annual CA 2gn meet bro we could use some more heads05NeonSE wrote:Yeah like approximately an hour from Sacramento.OB wrote:youre from napa as in napa CA?
and atom that would be awesome if you take a couple
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yeah I feel ya dude, but its only once a year. This is the big shabang for us CA guys. See what you can do. Either way, with the 2GN CA club getting started hopefully we can have some more small local meets here and there.05NeonSE wrote:atom- dont worry no rush i still need like 1500 miles until im due for it.
OB- yeah i read about the meet but funds are a little short right now and im eyeing the mopar lip kit . Maybe if theres one closer to home ill be down.
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as for a diff filter number pennzoil is pz 21
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Also known as a Piece-o-Shit, this car has to be the worst car ever made. Although it may look cool and have a great name, this car has many defects. Everything from gaping holes in the back floor panel, to missing interior, from failing clutches, to having the clear coat applied before the paint, this car takes the cake as the worlds worst idea of a car.
Also known as a Piece-o-Shit, this car has to be the worst car ever made. Although it may look cool and have a great name, this car has many defects. Everything from gaping holes in the back floor panel, to missing interior, from failing clutches, to having the clear coat applied before the paint, this car takes the cake as the worlds worst idea of a car.
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Just so you know, that is rebadged Fram.nicksdad06 wrote:as for a diff filter number pennzoil is pz 21
The fat filter is a PZ-34.
ugh, I knew working at Jiffy Lube for so long would come back and haunt me.
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