Replacing the engine oil with your own hands

It's no secret that the quality of the oil poured into the engine, gearbox and gearbox of the car depends on their stable operation and the life of the car. But how to choose a quality oil for the car? On the shelves of retail outlets, a large number of different oils from famous and little-known manufacturers are exposed, and it is difficult to understand them even for a specialist, not to mention an ordinary motorist. In short, you can advise buying oil only well-known companies that have proven themselves in the market with the best hand, and recommended technical documentation for your car, but due to the fact that many counterfeits appeared, it is better to buy oil in specialized stores. Replacement of oil in the engine and other parts of the machine is also carried out according to the rules of the mentioned documentation giving exact recommendations of the mileage, after which it is necessary to change the oil in certain parts of the car.

The engine oil is replaced in the following sequence:

1. Warm up the engine to warm up the oil.
2. The car is driven to a trestle or pit to drain waste oil.
3. Having muffled the engine, pour in it the additive providing clearing of oil system.
4. Running the engine at idle, let him work for fifteen to twenty minutes.
5. Switch off the engine and drain the oil through the drain plug, then screw the drain plug into place, replacing the copper sealing washer as much as possible.
6. Oil change in the engine provides and replacement of the oil filter. Before installing it, you need to fill it with new oil.
7. After carrying out all these actions, it is necessary to fill in fresh oil in the norm specified in the technical documentation for the car.

As you can see, oil change in the engine is a simple procedure.

Replacing gear oil is also not as complicated as it might seem to an inexperienced motorist. For the bulk of cars it needs to be changed every 35,000 miles or three years of operation of the car. But it is worth to clarify in the technical documentation for your car. Also it is necessary to change it, in case it changed color to black, coffee, or silvery dust appeared in it. To change the oil in the gearbox and in the gearbox is simple, and it is advisable to do it simultaneously. Consider an oil change in the gearbox, for this:

1. Drive at least five kilometers to warm up the oil in the car's nodes.
2. Drive a car pit or flyover.
3. Having unscrewed the drain plug and the filler plug, drain the old oil.
4. If the oil was dirty, then rinse the gearbox housing with a mixture of engine oil and diesel fuel (70% / 30%), for which we pour the mixture into the gearbox, lift the rear wheels with a jack and in the first gear let the engine run for five minutes, remove the jacks and drain the mixture .
5. After draining the oil (mixture), screw the oil drain plug into place.
6. Using a syringe with a polyethylene tube, pump a new oil until it starts to flow out of the filler hole.

In the gearbox, the oil changes in a similar way.