Changing the Oil Without Jack or Ramp

[amazinghl]

*Put some dirty clothes or clothes you don't care on.


First, put the key in and turn the wheel all the way to the left.

http://www.hardcars.com/headerman/oil/oil3.jpg

put an oil pan under your car.

http://www.hardcars.com/headerman/oil/oil1.jpg

Then, put use a 14mm wrench and take the drain plug off then let it drain. Turn the drain plug clock-wise to loosen it *you're upside down, remember?*

http://www.hardcars.com/headerman/oil/oil2.jpg

[amazinghl]

Now, take 4 of those plastic screw off *so that you can push the spash guard out of the way* by using a flat head screw driver to take of the center portion of the screw FIRST.

http://www.hardcars.com/headerman/oil/oil4.jpg

That white thing is your oil filter.

http://www.hardcars.com/headerman/oil/oil5.jpg

I use this oil filter wrench to get my filter off and then let the more oil drain out. *take the filter off SLOWLY to make a lesser oil mess! *Couter-clockwise to get the oil filter off.

http://www.hardcars.com/headerman/oil/oil6.jpg

Don't forget to put a layer of oil around that rubber seal!

http://www.hardcars.com/headerman/oil/oil7.jpg

Then, put the drain plug and oil filter back in and pour the oil. And clean up all the oil mess you made. After that, turn on the car for 10 seconds to check for leaks, then you're done. :)

*tips, have lots of old newspaper with you

[WhtCastle]

You can also put your car up on a curb. :)

[eljefino]

My filter is black. :)

[Hiddenlites]

Well, mine is blue. Those oil filters come in all sorts of pertty colors. I've seen yellow, orange, red, oh who cares!:D

[SLeepr]

Splash guards? What splash guards! heehee

Nice job, Amazinghl

[Jammer]

Mine is red. Good job on the post-reply. Curbs and low sewer grates are a good bet, just watch not to drain the oil into the grate.

[David 93 SL2m]

Originally posted by SLeepr
Splash guards? What splash guards! heeheeI cut my splash guard(s) for the front right wheel well so that it is easier and faster to get to the oil filter! I'll try to take a picture of that area on my SL2 at the next oil change. :p

If your S-Series has ABS then be careful around that sensor wire when moving the splash shields! :o:

[eRic 02sc2]

my sc2 sits too low to the ground to do this without rhino ramps.

[amazinghl]

Please don't use fram oil filter.
It has lesser filter area, glued cardborad base, problematic rubber anti-drainback valve seals, plastic bypass valves, etc.

http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oi...study.html#fram

[eRic 02sc2]

hmm...the saturn oil filter says "filtration by fram" on it.

[jasonpopnc]

I know of a guy in Chapel Hill, NC that pulls his van over the storm sewer grate in front of his house and empties his oil in the storm sewer!

[eljefino]

I hope that moron loses his drain plug down the grate and gets his vehicle impounded when he's walking to buy a new one.

[David 93 SL2m]

Originally posted by jasonpopnc
I know of a guy in Chapel Hill, NC that pulls his van over the storm sewer grate in front of his house and empties his oil in the storm sewer! Call the police the next time you see this idiot draining his oil like that! :x

[Luke]

Fm David
Call the police the next time you see this idiot draining his oil like that
Yeah, I second that......:x :x

[thewretched]

hey david, did you ever take a picture of that cut guard?

I put my car up on ramps today and it scared me to go under it :(

[David 93 SL2m]

Originally posted by thewretched
hey david, did you ever take a picture of that cut guard?Arg! I forgot about that promise and just changed the oil in my 1993 SL2 last weekend! I'll leave work early tomorrow, take a picture or two, and post them in this thread.

Originally posted by thewretched
I put my car up on ramps today and it scared me to go under it :( Make sure that the rear wheels are chocked. I find it scary just driving up the ramps! Probably I would be less nervous if my car had an automatic transmission.

[thewretched]

yeah, see, I have an auto, and I sorta drove OVER the ramps the first time I tried, and they got stuck under my car and it was not pleasant. I managed to get one out from under the car using brute force (since im so manly) and then I put the free ramp under the side that was still stuck and drove up it to free up the other one.

blah blah blah it sucked.

but anyway, I got it right the second time only to find that I had no chokes and didn't really have any wood readily available, so I just took a few peeks under the car and then backed it back down.

...maybe next time will be more successful.

[plum_sc2]

i still wanna know why the damn oil pan was not galvanized??????? mine's about ready to rust thru!!!!!!!

[Luke]

Fm David
Call the police the next time you see this idiot draining his oil like that!

I'll second that......for that type of conduct clearly indicates that the person has absoutely not consideration for others, other than him/her self. It is a very revealing trait. It also reveals traits of insensitivity, diception, as well as possessing no creditility. Beware of this guy -- his actions reveal alot.......
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** One VERY HAPPY person, with my manual radiator fan switch, Thanks to Wolf's guidance ** 95 SL2, 386,986 Miles..... 40.35 MPG (10 Tank Full Avg) as of Aug 16, '04. Quaker State 10w-40 Oil, using 1 qt / 1,000 miles

[the_skin_eater]

Originally posted by amazinghl
Please don't use fram oil filter.
It has lesser filter area, glued cardborad base, problematic rubber anti-drainback valve seals, plastic bypass valves, etc.

http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oi...study.html#fram

well crap...wish I woulda read this before the weekend. I just cahnged mine and put a fram on it, but then again, thats all we got, dont seem too bad. Cant be all bad considerin the last time my oil was changed was when my bro was drivin it, bouts a year ago, and with a cheap lookin filter...(not my fault)

[walt]

Im a little confused,isnt it ALWAYS right to tighten and left to loosen no matter how your laying or do Saturns have reversed threads?Im asking a serious question since Im planning to start doing my own oil changes on my daughters 01 SC2.

[Razorbak]

Originally posted by walt
Im a little confused,isnt it ALWAYS right to tighten and left to loosen no matter how your laying or do Saturns have reversed threads?Im asking a serious question since Im planning to start doing my own oil changes on my daughters 01 SC2.

Yes, if you are facing the top of the bolt head. However, in this case, he is facing the threaded end of the oil drain plug through the oil pan, and reaching behind the oil pan to loosen the head of the plug, so he turns his wrench clockwise, which would be counter-clockwise if he swapped his position by 180 degrees and put himself behind the oil pan facing the head of the plug.

[eRic 02sc2]

righty-tighty lefty-loosey

[Aztek_SC2]

I hope that moron loses his drain plug down the grate and gets his vehicle impounded when he's walking to buy a new one.
Totally agree with you!!!