Wednesday, April 26, 2006 - 08:56 am, by: Matthew Sharpe(Madmatt)
Looks like an OK guide to me. Your oil filter will be in a different place (if its anything like my 2JZ-GE it'll be a bitch to get at when the engine is hot (I prefer to have the engine hot) - also I would recommend removing the oil filler cap from the top of the engine before draining to stop it glugging out. Lastly, don't use •••••• repco filters and oil like they do in that tutorial - go for a genuine Toyota filter and for your car, probably a fully synthetic oil.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006 - 08:56 am, by: Hanré Van Rensburg(Silent_knight)
Take the car for a 10 minute drive so the oil gets nice and hot. This thins the oil so that when you drain it you can get most of the oil old stuff out.
Park the car and get something to put below your sump. Unscrew the sump plug and be careful not to get oil on your hands as it will be very hot and will burn you.
Remember to undo the oil fil cap on the top of the motor whilst draining the sump. Also make sure the car is on a flat surface so the oil doesn't run to one side as this will make it hard to drain all the old oil out.
Once there's no more oil dripping out from the sump do up the sump plug again. Then just fill with oil from the top and put the oil filler cap back on.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006 - 09:19 am, by: Hanré Van Rensburg(Silent_knight)
It sits just below the plenum. If standing in front of the motor it's on the right hand side pointing towards the firewall. Just have a look down the side...you can't miss it.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006 - 11:09 am, by: Luke Nieuwhof(Luke_nieuwhof)
Technique for changing oil filter on TT
1. Lift bonnet. 2. Attempt to remove oil filter. 3. Swear lots. 4. Throw things. 5. Cry. 6. Curse Toyota engine designers after removing filter. 7. Change oil. 8. Hug Soarer and say you meant none of it.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006 - 12:22 pm, by: Aka Abedin(Soarer_91tt)
Luke Nieuwhof wrote on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 - 11:09 am:
Technique for changing oil filter on TT
1. Lift bonnet. 2. Attempt to remove oil filter. 3. Swear lots. 4. Throw things. 5. Cry. 6. Curse Toyota engine designers after removing filter. 7. Change oil. 8. Hug Soarer and say you meant none of it.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006 - 07:55 pm, by: Callum Finch(Sigeneat)
My procedure:
1. Call up my mechanic and arrange for him to come to my car for a service 2. Stand up from a comfortable seat and walk to greet Joe, sipping my cappuccino 3. Hand Joe the keys 4. Return back to my seat 5. Finish my cappuccino 6. Pickup my keys and a report a mile long of what has broken in my car since the last service 7. Curse when i see the price of Mobil-1 oil over regular crap 8. Get home and weep that i have to spend another $2000 fixing something else thats gone wrong
Wednesday, April 26, 2006 - 09:36 pm, by: Ben Vandie(Vandie)
After doing my first oil change on the 1jz back in january, I swore I would install a filter relocater kit, simply a bitch to get to! There isn't even room to jab it with a screw driver, you really need at least a foot long screw driver, and a hammer to get it into it. my next change will be done by a mechanic as I will be having the boost raised to 1 bar any way
Tom Kneebone TryHard WA factory 5 spd TT : Auto TT
Wednesday, April 26, 2006 - 10:08 pm, by: Benjamin Burgess(Jampac)
After changing the oil filter in my soarer 3 times without a relocator, I got a relocator fitted. All I can say is, its absolutely breeze to change the oil filter now. Don't even need a tool. Because the filter is so big, you can just swing it with your hand.
Its even harder to get the filter relocator adapter on than it is to get the oil filter off. I got a mechanic to do that job
Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 12:23 am, by: Callum Finch(Sigeneat)
Avin, i dont have any problems paying a guy who knows what the •••• he is doing to not only change my engine oil, and about 4L of tranny fluid. He also checks over the car to make sure it works. I just dont have the experience necessary to know if my car is broken or not! =P
Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 02:38 am, by: Morgan Cross(Morgan)
Callum Finch wrote on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 12:23 am:
He also checks over the car to make sure it works.
He sounds quite professional. I'll do it for nothing, gimme the keys and I'll take it for a spin down the street, when I get back I'll tell you if it works or not!
Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 08:53 am, by: Shaun Stephenson(Neonasty)
Bah.
I changed mine at home. Jacked it up a little, that gave me enough room to get underneath it.
I got my old mans filter removal tool. Just fit it in there, took about 30 1/10th turns then I undid the rest by hand. After letting the car for for a few hours there wasn't even any oil in the filter. It had all drained back into the sump.
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Hey !!!! that's MY "how to" list get your own !!!!!!!!
I'll do it for nothing, gimme the keys and I'll take it for a spin down the street, when I get back I'll tell you if it works or not!
