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03-18-2012, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by satchmo72

I just read the thread about the balancer, good stuff. We only learn by doing I guess and I have a lot of doing to do.

Jeff

all i needed to know was if i could use the pulley holes and i would have had it quick

03-18-2012, 02:29 PM

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Did you turn on the car momentarily before the oil change? Thick cold oil will sit in the upper parts of the engine unless it gets pretty warm.

By momentarily, you want to start it long enough to get it hot so it drains faster. It will still drain cold, just a lot slower.

03-18-2012, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Five0hFox

By momentarily, you want to start it long enough to get it hot so it drains faster. It will still drain cold, just a lot slower.

It wil also drain better from using the lower plug too.

03-19-2012, 03:54 AM

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Lol that's double sump oil pans for ya, bet that oil change seemed easy til you tried to reach the rear plug huh?

03-19-2012, 09:36 AM

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Rear plug

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Originally Posted by mustangGT86_05

Lol that's double sump oil pans for ya, bet that oil change seemed easy til you tried to reach the rear plug huh?

Problem was, I didn't know there was a rear plug!!!

03-19-2012, 05:23 PM

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Problem was, I didn't know there was a rear plug!!!

it happens to alot of people who spend no time under a car. Just dont be like an old member from here, and use water to "flush your crankcase"

that was epic!

03-19-2012, 06:41 PM

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it happens to alot of people who spend no time under a car. Just dont be like an old member from here, and use water to "flush your crankcase"

that was epic!

Lol man, that was so freakin epic it spanned the whole internet, it even was big on the celica forum I venture on. Classic...

03-19-2012, 09:35 PM

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Epic

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Lol man, that was so freakin epic it spanned the whole internet, it even was big on the celica forum I venture on. Classic...

I read that thread, it was epic.

To be fair, that was honestly the first time I had been underneath to change the oil and the first time I have changed the oil on a 5.0. I'm a converted Mopar guy, they have just 1 plug.