1st oil change = bath
Did my 1st oil change yesterday and when I pulled out the drain plug (not on bottom of pan, rather rear side corner), oil came shooting out like a rocket at me. Most of it I got in drain pan, but some...
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Cummins12V98 wrote:FishOnOne wrote:
OP,
Be glad you don't have a cummins and have to go thru this BS to change/install a new filter. Or it could be even worse and remove the ail filter assembly just to have decent access to the oil filter. I can see a big mess with this method just waiting to happen. :R
This one for you cummins12V! :B
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Thanks for the link but that is not how I will be changing mine.
So you gonna have the dealer do it then????? Or take off the turbo hoses????
Cause those are the only other two choices you have.
I just changed mine for the first time today.
What, oh what, were those @#@#@#@#@#@@ MORONS from Chrysler/Ram thinking when they hid the oil filter?????
I've changed my own oil on all my trucks for the last 30 plus years. My new Ram is without doubt the biggest pain I have EVER seen to change oil filters on.
And no way to avoid making a small mess when getting the old filter off. Maybe, just maybe, with practice, and trying the Press & Seal stuff on the old filter, I could do it.
Mind you, the Press and Seal worked wonderful with the new filter mostly full of new oil. Didn't spill a drop.
But then trying to install the new filter was another pain. Going in over the tire was my method, and you're blind. You cannot see where to screw in the filter, and just going by feel, slowly turning and hoping that the threads will eventually catch.
No, I gotta say, especially after today, that I do miss the ease and convenience of changing oil on my Ford F-350.
I am just about 100% convinced I will NEVER change it myself on the Ram again. It really was that bad an experience and a royal pain in the backside.
