Anyone here do your own oil change ? I always do my own oil change since my uncle advice me years ago to do it DIY because the service station don't do it properly. I always change my oil every 5k religiously. I usually drain the used oil in the night and add the new one in the next morning. It is not hard to do once you get use to it. What do you do with the used oil ? I hope you don't throw it inside the longkang...


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its advisable to drain your oil 4500km your car idling the engine still moving so 500km for the idle i dont think its too far right , the drained oil send to car workshop they collect it one

TS u DIY change oil filter also ah?

u got filter wrench & a pair of channel lock pliers meh?

what's the logic behind drain at night, fill up next morning?

To change the oil filter I use oil filter pliers which I bought at RM 30 if I'm not mistaken.


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Added on November 8, 2008, 3:32 pmI do this to make sure the old dirty motor oil completely drain out. If you wait for 1 hour or so, you can still see the used motor oil continue dripping out from the crankcase. So to make sure the old oil completely drain out, you need to wait several hours before refilling with new motor oil.


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This post has been edited by Empathy: Nov 8 2008, 03:41 PM

wat if suddenly a cockroach get inside ur engine through the drain hole

if u own a vius dont bother change oil la

just piss on the engine whenever u feel like it

500km for idle???

everyday stuck in traffic jam for 2 hours (at least).... why not....

You are not making any sense here... And if you will please tell me it's a Vios not Vius...

highly doubt that the car engine can run without engine oil...

I did oil change by myself...
i take almost whole day for whole process to ensure all the used engine oil drain out from engine...
about the the disposal engine oil, i will pour back into empty engine oil bottle and send back to mechanic shop later...
about the oil filter wrench + L shape metal steel bar, we can get it easily below RM20 from spare part shop and DIY hardware shop... the wrench on oil filter just RM5-8 from spare part shop... the L shape metal steel bar around RM10 i think from DIY hardware shop... the pic below is the parts that i used for engine oil change previously...


This post has been edited by gkl83: Nov 8 2008, 05:40 PM

u can send me ur oil filter+used engine oil~

all i know is that those used engine oil can resell it again to some ppl..also those workshop ppl will be happy to take it in for you..if u are kind enough..u can give it to schools too..they need them to draw those track line during sport day..

also 1 thing that make me worry is that if u leave the car engine empty overnite..won't you scare that those mist or water might enter??

u collect for wat? recylce a?

I got to say that is is quite hard to make oil change for Kancil because you have to open the car plate number in order to change the oil filter. I have never seen your oil filter wrench before locally. I thought this type of wrench only sold overseas...


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kenari/kelisa/kancil are easy lo...u remove the plate number n u can see the oil filter edi...unlike some cars like proton/toyota...u hv to 'tidur' underneath coz filter at bottom.....

It's true. Actually most car's oil filter is at the bottom.

but u dont need to remove anything mah... jz need to jack up the car...

Can't if it's for Kancil, Kenari and Kelisa you have to remove the number plate if not jack up also can't remove.

if lazy to remove plate number...normaly use 10mm wrench or screwdriver only wat..

then u open ur bonnet n wear glove, open oil filter thru the extractor there...its pretty easy but caution of hot. cover extractor wit piece of cloth to prevent burn

Can also le... but why risk getting burnt when you can do it safely right?

got use la~

jus leave da car wit open bonet 15-20mins can DIY joR~
all i need jus a wrench n oil pan 2 9tim~

walao .. DIY can ar ?

I do my oil change! for me i dont use a oil filter wrench to loosen or tighten..just my pure bare hands..still ok till now..been years edi..

whaa...can anyone teach me how to diy change for kembara??

personal use huh??when at nite wanna "do" something..then feel sangkut sangkut..