Do you change your car engine oil yourself? 😊

I have old toyota minivan with extremely simple 1.8 natural intake engine,the oil filter can grip and twist open and replace the new by bare hand without any tools straight access from top of engine bay.The drain plug is 17mm open on bottom also easy to access aslong lay a cardboard on floor your lay down can unsrew it without need to jack up the car as it have high floor clearance.Whole process tooks less than 15 minutes,its a bless on those old day simple design engine so machanical friendly that allow you most thing without need professional tolls and skills.I think probably still will own this car very another decade as by far still run like clock though is old.

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senghenydd · M

Do you add flushing oil and run the engine for a few minutes before draining the old oil, I expect so, bear in mind there's other parts that wear out, corrosion plays a part also, there comes a time when it's just cost effective to buy a newer model.

Baremine · 70-79, C

@senghenydd drain the oil when it's hot and you don't need any flushing agents.

senghenydd · M

@Baremine You could possibly have a build up of sludge in your sump depends on if you generally do short journeys where your engine doesn't warm up properly, that's my thought.