1st oil change = bath

The Mad Norsky wrote:

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

Link

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.

I thought the exact same thing the first time I changed the oil in my truck by going through the hole in the fender liner. I spent more time cleaning oil off of the frame and cross members of the truck than I did changing the oil and had black oil dripping off of it for weeks.

The last time I changed the oil I removed the intake hose between the filter box and the turbo. Getting it off was a bit of a challenge because the spring clamp on the small hose coming off of it was in an awkward position. I ended up using vice grips to get it off after struggling for a while and making the air in the garage blue! Once I got it off the filter was actually quite easy to remove and I was also able to prefill the new filter with no problem.

I agree though that it is a PITA for a simple oil change. It is one of the very few things that I don't like about the truck. I am keeping my eye open for a filter relocation kit which I'm sure will be out soon.