What did you do to your GE fit today?
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Changed the oil in my Fit today. It ended up being a bit of an unexpected adventure, but everything worked out.
Mid afternoon—go out, start car and warm it up for a couple of minutes to get the oil warm and free flowing. Shut the car down. Scrunch out underneath, with ratchet and such, and find the right socket for the drain bolt. The drain bolt doesn't budge despite my best attempts, though the socket does slip off once or twice, somewhat to the bolt head's detriment.
Mid to late afternoon—drive off to TSC, buy some ramps so I can get better access to the drain bolt. Drive home, eat supper, etc.
Evening—Put car on ramps, manage to get the drain bolt out. It seemed as though the garage had put it in with an air wrench last time. Drain plugs oughtn't be torqued like lug nuts, I believe....
Let the oil drain out. Try to remove the old filter, and discover that (a) it's also very tight and (b) it needs a different size filter wrench than the replacement filter (!). Eventually, I manage to get the old filter off via a process of mutilation with various implements.
The rest of the process was pretty straightforward. (Predictably, the fill cap was also quite tight—but not so tight that I needed pliers or a wrench, thankfully.) It should be a lot easier the next time around.
Mid afternoon—go out, start car and warm it up for a couple of minutes to get the oil warm and free flowing. Shut the car down. Scrunch out underneath, with ratchet and such, and find the right socket for the drain bolt. The drain bolt doesn't budge despite my best attempts, though the socket does slip off once or twice, somewhat to the bolt head's detriment.
Mid to late afternoon—drive off to TSC, buy some ramps so I can get better access to the drain bolt. Drive home, eat supper, etc.
Evening—Put car on ramps, manage to get the drain bolt out. It seemed as though the garage had put it in with an air wrench last time. Drain plugs oughtn't be torqued like lug nuts, I believe....
Let the oil drain out. Try to remove the old filter, and discover that (a) it's also very tight and (b) it needs a different size filter wrench than the replacement filter (!). Eventually, I manage to get the old filter off via a process of mutilation with various implements.
The rest of the process was pretty straightforward. (Predictably, the fill cap was also quite tight—but not so tight that I needed pliers or a wrench, thankfully.) It should be a lot easier the next time around.
Time to get a fumoto valve.
Thanks
Last edited by cjecpa; Apr 21, 2013 at 12:24 PM.
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The Signature Series 750, a little over $1k.
only "spy shots" since the car is full of pollen dust... lol.. Hopefully I get some time Saturday morning to myself to wash it.
Honda dealership? I always laugh when my car is being service you look in the service area surrounded by Pilots and larger vehicles it looks tiny.
