how to DIY oil change 2008 gt500

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08-16-2014, 05:17 PM

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BlackShelbyGt500

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thanks guys i manage to get some from amazon and use my credits from them. bought 12 quarts of motocraft for $75 not bad. although its not sold by amazon but by kmansparts.

08-31-2014, 02:16 AM

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thanks for all the help guys, from now on i will be doing my own oil change. it was a breeze to do. took me less than 30mins went with the royal purple filter and the motorcraft 5w50 added 6 and half Quarts. next will be flushing out my coolant and later on changing my transmission fluid.

08-31-2014, 08:30 AM

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Glad you got it done, and I am about to do mine with 6 qt. Valvoline synthetic and NAPA filter.

08-31-2014, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by audioAl

Glad you got it done, and I am about to do mine with 6 qt. Valvoline synthetic and NAPA filter.

thanks my main concern at first was how tight the filter was going to be since i seen a lot of people complaining that the dealership seems to tighten them to the point that you have the crush the filter just to unscrew it. but i was wrong it was actually easy to unscrew. i use a ziplock bag to prevent the oil from leaking all over. what you do is as soon as you loosen the filter and are able to turn it with you're hand, put the zip lock bag over it and completely turn the filter from outside the bag. and boom! mess free.

02-18-2015, 10:16 AM

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AMSOIL 5W-50 Engine Oil

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Originally Posted by BlackShelbyGt500

i'm in need of some advice on how to change my oil because i am tired of going to ford not knowing what their doing to my car.

first this is how do you change you're oil properly? is there a step by step instructions on how? i have never change oil before and i really want to learn it.

i know that my car requires 5w50 oil but how much of it? what is the best oil filter to buy? and finally where should i purchase these?

thanks for any input guys.

AMSOIL now makes a 5w-50 full synthetic oil and oil filters. You can check it out at www.TopPerformanceOils.com

02-21-2015, 02:50 PM

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I like the trick of the ziplock bag. Never heard of that before. Then again, when I was learning how to change oil, we'd dump the used in the empty field next to the house. It came from the earth, we were just returning it. God, we were ignorant SOB's.

02-21-2015, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by wcgman

I like the trick of the ziplock bag. Never heard of that before. Then again, when I was learning how to change oil, we'd dump the used in the empty field next to the house. It came from the earth, we were just returning it. God, we were ignorant SOB's.

we use to dump down th manhole in front of the house.

02-21-2015, 02:57 PM

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we use to dump down th manhole in front of the house.

It makes me laugh how dumb we were back then. Times were different for sure.

05-03-2015, 07:29 PM

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07 Shelby Oil Change

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Here's a link to a write-up I posted several years ago ...

http://www.svtperformance.com/forums...-my-2007-GT500

I've been using Mobil 1 5W-50 since our local Napa carries it and run sales on it periodically.

This was great. Bought my Shelby a few months ago and after years of changing the oil on my Fox needed to see if this was going to be a pain or not. Looks straight forward and glad I can still use my ramps. Thanks!