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Re: Good Oil & Filter
#1253495 05/01/05 05:32 AM
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Originally posted by mystique97:
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Originally posted by mystique97:
NEVER check your oil while the car is running.



Now you tell me.




There is a story that this reminds me of, one cold morning my sister goes out (this is when she had the 89 dodge aries) she started up the dodge to warm it up comes back in and 15 minutes later, going to school, well we notice this puddle of oil under the car we tell my dad and she runs to shut the car off. Well my dad had her pop the hood and the dip stick was hanging out of the hole and oil was dripping off in places, so apartly some how it shot the dip stick off and spewed out oil. Kinda weird.



There must have been a lot of pressure or someone didn't put it back on right?

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I wanna know too. The only time an engine has ever spewed oil at me is when I tried to add it when the car was running. I don't know what the heck I was thinking...

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Originally posted by TronX:
I'm really thinking hard about stabing this sucker with something and spining it around.



I just did this last week for my sister-in-law. That !@#$ filter was on there TIGHT! Also, one other thing I forgot to mention in the post above... Are people just jacking up their car and getting under them?!? Isn't that kinda dumb? Or am I misunderstanding what they're saying?

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I use a hydrolic jack and then place a 2-ton jackstand under there to for added safety. You should never rely on a floor jack/hydrolic jack to hold the car for you.
It's main purpose is jacking, not holding up the car.



I've changed the oil on my 03 Focus/Zetec and it's pain but at least you can get an oil filter wrench in there.

All I can say is... Wow....WTF was Ford thinking with the Contour Zetec ???

There's probably no way an oil filter wrench is getting on there, more less your hand getting enough room to move the oil filter.

Well, with some persistance, I got the filter off by hand.

What a PITA !!!!!

Getting it back on wasn't that bad but man, I must say that's the worst spot for an oil filter on any car I've ever worked on.

Anyway, I used a Motorcraft Fl-2005 and that new Mobil 5000/6 month oil, which isn't synthetic but only $1.50 a quart a Walmart.

Also, my local Walmart is phasing out Motorcraft parts...
Now, I need to find my Fl-2005 somewhere else.

Anyway, anyone attempting to do this for the first time, be prepared for some anguish and torement from the mighty Contour Zetec. If you're lucky, you'll be spared some cuts, nicks and rashes from getting your hand inside the oil filter area...


Make sure to have a wide oil pan to catch all the oil that's going to drip/come forth when you turn the oil filter. I used some oil rages(4 to be exact) and it still didn't absorb all the oil that came out of the filter...


Good luck and be patient.

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Originally posted by Tisby:
Originally posted by TronX:
I'm really thinking hard about stabing this sucker with something and spining it around.



I just did this last week for my sister-in-law. That !@#$ filter was on there TIGHT! Also, one other thing I forgot to mention in the post above... Are people just jacking up their car and getting under them?!? Isn't that kinda dumb? Or am I misunderstanding what they're saying?



I use large ramps and wheel locks so long as the tires are not coming off the car.

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#1253500 05/03/05 05:13 AM
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Originally posted by TronX:


I use large ramps and wheel locks so long as the tires are not coming off the car.


In addition, I can remove the oil filter from up top.

And don't do what I did, and leave the old gasket on the car.... once

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#1253501 05/06/05 11:02 PM
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Originally posted by Cris'pus:
Originally posted by TronX:


I use large ramps and wheel locks so long as the tires are not coming off the car.


In addition, I can remove the oil filter from up top.

And don't do what I did, and leave the old gasket on the car.... once



Are you talking about the old gasket around the oil filter?
Why would that stay on he car?

I've had Zero problems after my oil change. If anything the car feels better and idles better. Then again that could just be my over focus on the car?

I got the mobile1 that says will last 15K. I'm just not sure I should trust it that long. Is there an oil tester kit I can buy with strips to keep on hand every 5K miles?

That oil sure did cost alot of money, but my feeling is that the car seems to be running better and it's still cheaper than superlube.


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Originally posted by TronX:

Are you talking about the old gasket around the oil filter?
Why would that stay on he car?

I got the mobile 1 that says will last 15K. I'm just not sure I should trust it that long. Is there an oil tester kit I can buy with strips to keep on hand every 5K miles?





Yeah, well the old one instead of coming off with the old filter, stayed on the engine and I didn't notice it. SO the new filter obviously wouldn't be able to have a good seal and oil spewed.
And that's not good after you think you've just replaced the timing belt, I thought I broke the engine, phew.

What the synthetic oil actually does is not break down at the common 5K interval. Changing it at 5K helps reduce wear because the oil hasn't broken down to allow such wear. So it lasts 15K but by then it is breaking down and isn't lubricating as it needs to and allows engine wear.

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