I guess every first oil change on a new vehicle is a bit of an adventure - and the Av was no exception! Some notes and questions . . .
1. Changed it at 1500 miles - wish I'd done it sooner - I was surprised at the amount of metal fuzz on the magnetic drain plug
2. No problem draining it - a wad of paper towels on the skid plate (suggested in this forum) caught the few drips that went there . . BUT . .
3. Changing the oil filter was another matter! The amount of oil that poured out from above the seal completely overwhelmed my catch rags, and ended up on the skid plate, the floor, down my arms, etc
. So I ended up pulling the skid plate to clean up my mess.
What are the tricks here? I'd really like to avoid such a mess in the future. Punching a hole in the filter with a nail to drain it before removing comes to mind!
4. I pre-filled my new oil filter before installing, but was still surprised at how long the pressure took to come up when I started it. Prefilling seemed like a good idea but is it just a waste of time?
5. 6 quarts later (and I noted that the filler tube is not where stated in the owners manual for the 5.3) and I'm back on the road!
I'll probably go 3k on this and then change to synthetic
1. Changed it at 1500 miles - wish I'd done it sooner - I was surprised at the amount of metal fuzz on the magnetic drain plug
2. No problem draining it - a wad of paper towels on the skid plate (suggested in this forum) caught the few drips that went there . . BUT . .
3. Changing the oil filter was another matter! The amount of oil that poured out from above the seal completely overwhelmed my catch rags, and ended up on the skid plate, the floor, down my arms, etc
. So I ended up pulling the skid plate to clean up my mess. What are the tricks here? I'd really like to avoid such a mess in the future. Punching a hole in the filter with a nail to drain it before removing comes to mind!
4. I pre-filled my new oil filter before installing, but was still surprised at how long the pressure took to come up when I started it. Prefilling seemed like a good idea but is it just a waste of time?
5. 6 quarts later (and I noted that the filler tube is not where stated in the owners manual for the 5.3) and I'm back on the road!
I'll probably go 3k on this and then change to synthetic