How To: 2005-2010 Ford Mustang Step by Step Oil Change

1.      


Let engine run till it is warm (go down to the store
and back) – this lets the oil get hot and makes the procedure much quicker.

2.     Park vehicle on flat, level surface.

3.      


Place vehicle handbrake on

4.      


Place vehicle in Park, or 1^st gear
for a manual.

5.      


Lift hood of vehicle.

6.      


Place wheel chocks, one in front of a rear wheel
and one behind the same rear wheel (Ford F350 diesel clutch used for chock in
photo)

7.      


Place jack underneath vehicle at a jacking
point.

Please note: lift vehicle at black metal cross member.

8.     Place jack stand underneath vehicle in maximum extended
position (but not over extended where the top neck of the jack is not held in
the bottom cradle)

9.      


SLOWLY lower jack – lower it rotating the screw
marked.

10.  



Follow steps 5 thru 8 on the other side of the
vehicle.

11.  


Put on gloves and safety glasses (used motor oil
is a known carcinogenic, and it is strongly recommended that your skin does not
come in contact with it)

12.  


Slide underneath vehicle.

13.  


Place paper down around oil drain plug at rear
of engine.

14.  


Place oil drain pan underneath oil drain plug.

15.  



Place 5/8^th socket on drain plug.

16.  


SLOWLY undo drain plug, and remove completely.
Do not loose brass crush washer on plug.

17.  


Allow oil to drain completely.

18.  


Place oil drain plug back on – ensure that brass
washer that was on oil drain plug is back on (preferably replace washer with a
new washer)

19.  


Place paper underneath oil filter at front of
engine.

20.  


Place oil drain pan underneath oil filter.

21.  


Place oil filter wrench around the oil filter
and SLOWLY undo filter.

22.  



Allow oil to drain from filter.

23.  


Place oil filter in a plastic shopping bag.

24.  


Fill new oil filter ¾ full with new oil (allow
the oil to absorb into the walls of the oil filter before measuring)

25.  

Poor a small amount of oil on the seal and rub
it around – this helps seal the oil filter onto its mount.

26.  



Place new oil filter onto its mount – and do up
carefully. Do up until just the point that the oil filter cannot be undone by
one hand. Be careful not to crush new oil filter as you tighten it.

27.  


Lower vehicle from stands using jack, be careful
and lower slowly.

28.  


Pour 5 quarts of new oil in.

29.  


Check oil level with dipstick

30.  



If below bottom, continue filling slowly,
regularly checking oil level.

31.  


Once oil is halfway between the bottom marker,
and the top, stop filling.

32.  


Clean up excess oil with paper.

33.  


Dispose of paper, oil containers and oil in an
environmentally friendly fashion.