Carrying out an oil change is another essential task to keep your vehicle roadworthy. As a result, we thought it would make a great next part of our series on carrying out your own car service at home.

Safety first: Always ensure that you wear safety glasses when working on your car: engines contain a LOT of things that you don’t want to get in your eye!

Warm up your engine to help the oil contaminants drain more thoroughly.

Park your vehicle on a solid, level surface and set the parking brake. (On some vehicles, you might have to lift the front in order to gain access to the oil filter and then the drain plug. If this is the case, ensure you support the vehicle with good, solid jack stands to keep it in place).
Open and support the bonnet, and then locate the oil fill cap on top of the engine. You can then remove the oil fill cap.
Place a drain pan beneath the engine, and then remove the oil drain plug with a box-end wrench, socket or ratchet (wear gloves whilst doing this!). Then, allow the oil to drain thoroughly before re-installing the drain plugs.
Slide the drain pan under the oil filter. Using an oil filter wrench, remove the filter and wipe off the filter mounting surface using a clean towel.
Coat the new oil filter gasket using engine oil, and install the new oil filter by hand until the gasket touches the filter mount. From there, turn the filter once more to seal the gasket.
Re-install the drain plug using a new washer, and tighten the drain plug in keeping with the specifications of the manufacturer.
Fill the engine using the manufacturer’s recommended engine oil type and amount (this information can be found in your vehicle owner’s manual if you’re not sure), and check to make sure no oil is leaking out. You can then turn off the engine and check the oil level using the dipstick, adding more if the level isn’t yet at the ‘full’ mark. Ensure that you don’t over-fill the engine!

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