You can safely change the oil in your car or automobile.With just a few easy simple steps I will explain how to change the oil your self in your car and save yourself money and frustration taking it to a shop. You just need some basic tools like a wrench,a pan to catch the oil, and a pair of jacks stands to safely support the vehicle while you’re working underneath it. You should have all the tools necessary to change the oil in your car automobile handy and ready to go before you start the steps.
Before you begin changing the oil in your car you should make sure that you have all your proper equipment and that you follow the simple steps that I’m going to tell you. Raise the car with a jack stand and carefully support the car with the two jack stands one on each side of the frame. This way you can be sure if the car is supported by Jack stands that it will be safe to work underneath it to change the oil. Make sure you also have the proper tools needed for the job before you begin to put the car up on jack stands.
Now that you have the car safely supported with Jack stands on both sides of the frame you can now proceed to loosen the oil drain pan plug with your wrench or socket. Make sure you have a large pan underneath the oil pan to catch the oil as it comes out of the oil pan once you take the plug out. Let all the oil drain out of the pan till no more oil comes out the drain hole, once this is done you can screw back in the oil drain pan plug and tighten it with your wrench.
Once the oil has been drained out of the pan you can now proceed to loosen the oil filter located underneath your car with the oil filter wrench loosen this till it comes off the vehicle. Make sure you have a large pan underneath this to catch any oil that may spill out of the filter. Once the old filter has been taken off the car you can now screw on the new filter in its place.
Now that the previous steps have been done you can safely lower the vehicle off of the Jack Stand back to its original position. Now you can take the oil filler cap off of the engine and you can fill the correct amount of fluid into your engine to bring it to the full level. The amount needed to fill your engine oil to its full capacity should be available inside your owners manual or your local automotive shop should be able to tell you how many quarts of new fresh oil you will need to fill it to the full mark. When finished always make sure to reinstall the oil filler cap so there are no Leaks from the Engine.
After you have completed the above steps and you have filled your automobile with the correct amount of oil you can now place your oil cap Back onto the engine and secure it tightly. Now that this is done you can safely start the automobile let it run for a minute and then shut it off. You now can check the low oil level in the car by pulling out the oil level dipstick wiping it off with a rag or old towel pushing it back in the dipstick and pulling it back out this will give you a level reading of how much oil is in the car. Always check underneath the car and inside engine compartment for any oil leaks that may arise from you changing the oil if something is leaking you need to make an adjustment and tighten the screw or tighten the oil filter.
Now that we have finished changing oil in your car you can see that it’s not hard to do and it can save you a lot of money and frustration to know you did the job right. If you follow these simple steps that I’ve mentioned you can safely and correctly change the oil in your vehicle and have a piece of mind knowing that you did it right and also that you saved yourself time and money.
Nicole Lanning, bestselling author and expert certified healer, has made a profound impact on society with Reiki treatment work. She is the founder of Healing Art Forms, offering Reiki treatment sessions.