How hard is it to change the oil in a car?

I have a car (91 izuzu stylus) and wanted to do all the work on her myself.... but I can't find a book on her... can any book give me the basic idea of how this is done.. If no book is made on a car (they didn't make enough of them I guess) how do you know what to do?How hard is it to change the oil in a car?
It's easy as pie. You take the drain plug out of the ENGINE and oil drains out. The only hard part is just recognizing what the bottom of the engine is.





When you put the drain plug back in, don't hurt it, don't kill it, don't break it. Be gentle. It should thread all the way in with nothing but your little ol' fingers. 30 ft-lb of torque to finish it is probably plenty. Get somebody with a torque wrench to show you how much torque that is. Damaging the drain plug is the most common screwup.





The oil filter simply screws on. You take the old one off, and put the new one on. Make sure the old gasket comes off, but it usually does.





Then, on top, there's bound to be something marked ';oil'; telling you that's where it goes in.How hard is it to change the oil in a car?
look in the owners manual if you have it. it not go to a auto parts store and look up the filter no. you may need ramps to


get it up high enough. plus a metric socket set and an oil filter wrench. plus a drain pan. buy 4 qts of a good 10-30 oil like castrol. that should be enough oil. warm it up about about 10 minutes. remove the drain plug. dont lose the washer if it has one. after it drains out reinstall the plug and tighten.


remove the oil filter by turning it counterclockwise. fill the filter


with oil unless its open side is down. wipe off the block where it goes on, wet the rubber gasket with oil and screw it on.


tighten it snugly. fill the engine to the full mark on the dipstick.


id put in 2 quarts and check the level. start it up, make sure the oil light goes out let it idle a few minutes. shut it off check for leaks and recheck the level. youll probably have to add about a pint or so good luck!
Changing the oil (and filter) is designed to be simple.





Pretty much anyone can do it.





Go to a local auto parts store and ask for assistance. They'll likely be able to show you the manual, and recommend the right filter.





Changing the oil is simple:





Open the fill cap, open the plug, let the oil drain out, replace the filter, replace the plug, refill with oil, replace the cap.





Potential for damage:


1) Overfilling the oil and causing windage. Check with your dipstick to make sure you didn't. If you did, you can drain the excess out of the plug - but you should know how many quarts your engine takes, and that should be the right amount.





2) leaving off the filter or the drain plug. This will cause your engine to run dry and will quickly destroy your engine. Make sure you put the plug and filter back on.





3) over-tightening, cross-threading or stripping the thread on the plug or the filter. Can lead to a leak (and the same consequences as #2). Don't bull the plug or the filter. Hand tight - plus just a bit.





4) not putting any oil back in - see #2.





Most of these are easy to avoid if you just double check. (it's why the quick change places have a checklist).
Well if I can do it, it can't be that hard :-)





Basically you just locate the cap on the oil sump, remove it and the let the stuff drain in to a container. You also have to change the oil filter which is really just unscrewing it and putting a new one on.





There doesn't appear to me a Haynes manual for this make so I'm stumped I'm afraid. Best way to learn is from someone else - do you have a friend or relative who's in to cars? Get someone to show you how to do an oil change, you can learn by seeing it once.





Probably quite difficult to do damage by doing an oil change or any of the basic stuff, but there are plenty of advanced or even intermediate repairs that you should never touch if you don't know exactly what you're doing.





Chalice
Go to autozone, buy the make n model book for your car, and changing the oil is one of the many things you'll find you may be able to do. The exact amount is determined on how mechanically inclined you are and what tools you have available.