Ran it up on a couple 2X6 blocks under each front wheel for a couple more inches of shoulder/arm clearance (2014 4WD Expedition).
I was surprised how tight the oil drain plug was and how many turns it took to get it loose enough to turn by my fingers. I've not seen that on any vehicle I've owned so far. Lots of clearance to get to it, which is nice.
It was warm and the oil was drained enough to drip by the time I got a rag to wipe the oil off the drain plug and wrench (and my hand).
I was initially concerned about how red the oil looked. Honestly, my first thought was "transmission fluid? really?" I got some on my fingers and looked at it and it was just sort of dirty brown/amber, but draining out of the pan it sure looked slightly reddish colored to me.
I put the drain plug back in and tightened it up snug and pushed the drain pan forwards to get it under the oil filter. I was under the passenger side reaching in to get to the drain plug. I'm thinking, next time, I'll just crawl in from the front, I may have more room.
I like that little plastic drain pan Ford put on the frame up there to catch oil leaking from filter as it's removed. Neat idea. Worked well, too. That filter was also pretty tight. Had a little bit of trouble getting the strap wrench on it due to the close proximity of a radiator hose but got that figured out once I twisted around enough to see what was going on.
Installed the new filter after oiling the gasket and tightened it one full turn after contact. Couldn't quite get it there with my hand and used the strap wrench to get that last 1/4 turn.
Filled it with 7 qts. of synthetic oil, fired it up, let it run while watching for any drips/leaks and then reset the oil life. Man, that's easy/simple compared to my wife's outlander and even my truck.
Got out the little black book in the console and wrote down the date and mileage so I can keep track of it for the next oil change a year from now (I'm retired and I'm getting about a year = 6,000 miles = on my vehicles due to my reduced driving time. Not so for my wife's Outlander, she seems to keep it on the road.)
Parked it in the carport again, put my wrenches away, put the used oil container away and went to let the dogs out of the pen for their evening petting/treats.
I was surprised how tight the oil drain plug was and how many turns it took to get it loose enough to turn by my fingers. I've not seen that on any vehicle I've owned so far. Lots of clearance to get to it, which is nice.
It was warm and the oil was drained enough to drip by the time I got a rag to wipe the oil off the drain plug and wrench (and my hand).
I was initially concerned about how red the oil looked. Honestly, my first thought was "transmission fluid? really?" I got some on my fingers and looked at it and it was just sort of dirty brown/amber, but draining out of the pan it sure looked slightly reddish colored to me.
I put the drain plug back in and tightened it up snug and pushed the drain pan forwards to get it under the oil filter. I was under the passenger side reaching in to get to the drain plug. I'm thinking, next time, I'll just crawl in from the front, I may have more room.
I like that little plastic drain pan Ford put on the frame up there to catch oil leaking from filter as it's removed. Neat idea. Worked well, too. That filter was also pretty tight. Had a little bit of trouble getting the strap wrench on it due to the close proximity of a radiator hose but got that figured out once I twisted around enough to see what was going on.
Installed the new filter after oiling the gasket and tightened it one full turn after contact. Couldn't quite get it there with my hand and used the strap wrench to get that last 1/4 turn.
Filled it with 7 qts. of synthetic oil, fired it up, let it run while watching for any drips/leaks and then reset the oil life. Man, that's easy/simple compared to my wife's outlander and even my truck.
Got out the little black book in the console and wrote down the date and mileage so I can keep track of it for the next oil change a year from now (I'm retired and I'm getting about a year = 6,000 miles = on my vehicles due to my reduced driving time. Not so for my wife's Outlander, she seems to keep it on the road.)
Parked it in the carport again, put my wrenches away, put the used oil container away and went to let the dogs out of the pen for their evening petting/treats.
