How do you change car oil?

First read your manual and find out how much and what kind of oil your car needs. This is very important on newer cars whose tolerance is so small.





Then go to the autoparts store and ask for a filter for your car and get the oil you need. You should also have an oil filter wrench. I reccomebd the ring kind not the kind tha fits over the top ore the visegrip kind.





You might also want to get something conviniant to catch the oil in and tote it around. You will need to take it back to a place that collects old oil.





Then get on your back and find the drain plug. Wait till you car is cool though. Undo the plug and let the oil drain into the pan you got. Next you need to find your oil filter. You have a new one so you should be able to look for something the same shape. it may be a different color though.





Turn the old filter counter clock wise. be ready though oil will come out a small amount anyway.





Turn it over on your drain pan and let the rest run out of the filter.





Put a small amount of oil on your finger and rub the gasket on the new filter. Put it where the old one was and hand tighten only. If it is easy to do without spilling oil you you should also prime the filter by pouring some oil into it.





Replace the filter and the drain plug. Fill you car oil fill (under the hood) to the recommended amount. Replace the cap. I have forgotten to do that a couple of times. Boy did my wife get mad when her car was smoking.





Mkae sure to take your oil and filter to a place which collects them. Usually most chain autoparts stores will.





MHow do you change car oil?
There's a cap at the bottom of the engine that you unscrew to drain the old oil outta the engine and into a pan or smth. That can get quite messy. Check car manual on how much oil the engine has.How do you change car oil?
You can get an oil change done by any garage for less than it will cost you to do it yourself. It's one of those jobs that is messy and time consuming if you try to do it yourself: you need a special tool to remove the oil filter, you have to get a sealable pan to recycle the old oil etc...