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DIY Oil Change. Get Beat up by a Kid with Polio.

Step 6Loosen the Filler Cap and Turn the Engine

Loosen the Filler Cap and Turn the Engine
Remove the oil cap on the top of your valve cover. That breaks any suction to make sure oil can fully flow out.
To get the last of the oil out run the car for a few seconds to pump the oil out.
In the high school speech he disconnected the coil wire so the car wouldn't start, and just cranked it over a few times. He'd brought enough parts of the car to demonstrate this in class.

My truck is a diesel so it doesn't have spark. And I thought I'd do an extra good job by running the car. Oil blew out in both directions from the two drain holes. It made a big mess under the truck.

Time for some sawdust on the oil spills. I wished I'd put a tarp or cardboard under the truck before I'd started. Or hung some rags over the drain holes before spinning the engine.
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Tim Anderson is the author of the "Heirloom Technology" column in Make Magazine. He is co-founder of www.zcorp.com, manufacturers of "3D Printer" output devices. His detailed drawings of traditional ...
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