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Old Mar 18, 2012 | 12:56 PM
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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.

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all i needed to know was if i could use the pulley holes and i would have had it quick
Old Mar 18, 2012 | 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by SD 197
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.
Old Mar 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.
Old Mar 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?
Old Mar 19, 2012 | 09:36 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?
Problem was, I didn't know there was a rear plug!!!
Old Mar 19, 2012 | 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by satchmo72
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!
Old Mar 19, 2012 | 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by AdderMk2
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...
Old Mar 19, 2012 | 09:35 PM
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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.
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