I have a little over 2000 miles on our new Miramar. I have a short 100 mile round trip scheduled next week but then next month have a 1000 mile round trip. I would like to get the oil changed before the long trip but I'm not sure I will have time to take the motorhome to the Ford dealer before the trip. I have watched a couple of videos of people changing oil in their class As and it doesn't look too bad. I always change the oil in my truck so I am thinking I will do the oil changes myself. Just curious how many people change their oil on their class A's? I usually always have the dealer do the first oil change on my cars just because the oil filter is always so tough to get off. I think they have gorillas in the plant put on the oil filters!Burch

Changing the oil in a V-10 is like changing oil in anything else. On my Winnebago Vista right under the oil pan drain plug is the front end I-beam, so I use a small funnel to devert the oil into the drain pan. Go to any auto parts store and buy you the oil filter socket wrench that'll fit a Motorcraft 810-S filter. And you'll need the filter and 5 quarts of 5W/10 oil of your chose.

I changed mine (2017 Miramar) with 1500 miles on it. In my driveway, it was pretty easy. Filter came off w/o much of a problem. Only issue was the oil wants to drain onto the front I-beam/Suspension...just be ready for that. I used a large drain pan to collect it all.Went with a high quality synthetic and oil filter. should be good till next year with normal oil level checks along the way.

Easy job, lots of room under there. Read your manual for the proper oil and quantity. Some incorrect info in previous post I believe.

My husband does all of our oil changes on our V-10.

For the oil filter, do all Ford V10s take the same filter? I know there is different V10s in different trucks/RVs.

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T18skyguy
Explorer
Oct 09, 2017
DrewE wrote:
T18skyguy wrote:
These Channel lock pliers are the best for getting the filters off. Cut the price in half and just get the smaller one. The jaws open up plenty wide for any oil filter. Most big box stores carry it.

Harbor Freight also sells some similar oil filter pliers that work very well (in my experience). I'd expect that the Channel-Locks are stronger and better made, but hopefully one doesn't need to use a breaker bar extension to get an oil filter off or anything like that.

I have both the big one and the little on. The chassis components get in the way too much with the big one. The little one is just the right size. The difference between the Harbor freight unit and the Channel lock is at the slip adjuster. See how much more you get with the Channel lock. It translates to better function.
DrewE
Explorer II
Oct 08, 2017
T18skyguy wrote:
These Channel lock pliers are the best for getting the filters off. Cut the price in half and just get the smaller one. The jaws open up plenty wide for any oil filter. Most big box stores carry it.

Harbor Freight also sells some similar oil filter pliers that work very well (in my experience). I'd expect that the Channel-Locks are stronger and better made, but hopefully one doesn't need to use a breaker bar extension to get an oil filter off or anything like that.
T18skyguy
Explorer
Oct 08, 2017
These Channel lock pliers are the best for getting the filters off. Cut the price in half and just get the smaller one. The jaws open up plenty wide for any oil filter. Most big box stores carry it.
carjockie
Explorer
Oct 08, 2017
I've been changing my oil, using Ford synthetic blend purchased at the local Walmart, best price of all the others store,
willald
Explorer II
Sep 26, 2017
MR MAC wrote:
I took care of the hard (very hard) to get oil in the fill tube, by taking of the dog house cover inside the MH, and pulling off the oil fill hose. I made up a flex hose aprox 12" long and a cut off trans. funnel clamped together, slip it over the fil nipple on the valve cover and easy in goes the oil. At the same time I can check out all conn ections etc. on the mighty V10.

On draining the oil I Have an oil drain pan with two plugs in side, take out the plugs and the old oil goes in side the pan res. container. I rest the oil drain pan on top of the front axel.

I hadn't thought of going in from the doghouse to put the new oil in. That's a good idea, think I may try that next time. Thanks for the idea. ??

Was kind of funny to hear original poster talk about how he just did the first oil change. Pretty much everything discussed here in this thread, he talked about dealing with.
MR_MAC
Explorer
Sep 26, 2017
I took care of the hard (very hard) to get oil in the fill tube, by taking of the dog house cover inside the MH, and pulling off the oil fill hose. I made up a flex hose aprox 12" long and a cut off trans. funnel clamped together, slip it over the fil nipple on the valve cover and easy in goes the oil. At the same time I can check out all conn ections etc. on the mighty V10.

On draining the oil I Have an oil drain pan with two plugs in side, take out the plugs and the old oil goes in side the pan res. container. I rest the oil drain pan on top of the front axel.
John_Wayne
Explorer II
Sep 25, 2017
And buy the Mobil1 when it goes on sale at Costco $10.00 off a case.
stvdman
Explorer
Sep 25, 2017
MetalGator wrote:
Did the first oil change this weekend with Mobile 1 5W-20. Getting underneath the Motorhome was easy. I did make a mess though! The hardest part was getting the oil in the fill tube. It's really high and there wasn't much room above the tube to get a funnel and still be able to poor in the oil. I had purchased a 5 quart container of Mobil 1 (cheaper) and two 1 quart bottles. I had to poor oil from the 5 quart container into one of the 1 quart bottles to be able to pour the oil into the fill tube. I probably spilt about a tablespoon of oil while filing but nothing like that mess I made with the old oil. Now that I have done it once I know what to expect next time and will have a better plan. Thankfully I will only need to do this once a year.

Burch

My EXACT scenario except I had all single quart bottles, thankfully.
MetalGator
Nomad
Sep 25, 2017
Did the first oil change this weekend with Mobile 1 5W-20. Getting underneath the Motorhome was easy. I did make a mess though! The hardest part was getting the oil in the fill tube. It's really high and there wasn't much room above the tube to get a funnel and still be able to poor in the oil. I had purchased a 5 quart container of Mobil 1 (cheaper) and two 1 quart bottles. I had to poor oil from the 5 quart container into one of the 1 quart bottles to be able to pour the oil into the fill tube. I probably spilt about a tablespoon of oil while filing but nothing like that mess I made with the old oil. Now that I have done it once I know what to expect next time and will have a better plan. Thankfully I will only need to do this once a year.

Burch
jfskeet
Explorer
Sep 22, 2017
A your first oil change put in the Fumoto valve with the 3/8
nipple. Makes future changes the job a whole lot neater and quicker.