Do it yourself Oil Change on Newmar class a gas motorhome
I like doing small amounts of service work. Is there any reason I should not change to oil and filter on my motorhome??????
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Chum lee wrote:
Depending on who installed the last oil filter and how long it's been there, you may need a special oil filter wrench to remove the existing filter. In the future, if you use the correct OEM oil filter (Motorcraft FL-820S) and install it correctly (coat gasket with oil and hand tighten only) you won't ever need the oil filter wrench again.
Chum lee
Can’t refute that, just never really seen a vehicle oil filter that would come back off by hand.
There’s been a couple out of the hundreds of thousand oil changes, but that tells me they weren’t tight enough or somehow loosened up.
Not great advice imo for someone who’s already afraid to change oil, to have them trying to get it “just” tight enough to save needing a tool to remove the next time.
