2018 First oil change
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2018 First oil change
I traded my 2011 5.0 last March for a 2018 5.0 4x4 scab. I did my first oil change this month and learned a few things: the new engine has a plastic oil pan and a plastic drain plug. The plug has a wingnut style end and twists out with just your fingers. It has an o-ring seal and two locking ears. Its also on the back of the pan rather than the rear lower edge like the 2011.
Pulling the drain plug directs a stream of hot oil which hits the anti-sway bar dead center. From there, it's like a cow whizzing on a flat rock- oil EVERYWHERE. Add 15 minutes to clean the floor once the spray dies down.
If anyone has any success making a home-made deflector, please share.
Pulling the drain plug directs a stream of hot oil which hits the anti-sway bar dead center. From there, it's like a cow whizzing on a flat rock- oil EVERYWHERE. Add 15 minutes to clean the floor once the spray dies down.
If anyone has any success making a home-made deflector, please share.
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I usually fashion a sort of funnel with old newspaper to deflect any spray. I direct it to the catch pan laying beneath, which is one of those flat 10 gallon tanks with a drain hole on the side that doubles as the pan when you lay it down on the other side. I don't have a Coyote engine, but this has worked for few different cars.
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I have used aluminum foil to either make shields or funnels when needed to drain oil neatly (when it drains onto suspension, exhaust, or frame parts) but this sounds a bit trickier. Can you just use a regular funnel of some sort to direct the oil?
Or maybe make a specialized funnel by cutting up a gallon plastic milk jug or oil jug? Cut off the wide bottom to catch the oil and drain it out the original spout. Sounds pretty inconvenient to put the drain right over the sway bar for sure...
Or maybe make a specialized funnel by cutting up a gallon plastic milk jug or oil jug? Cut off the wide bottom to catch the oil and drain it out the original spout. Sounds pretty inconvenient to put the drain right over the sway bar for sure...
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I'm certain Fumoto offers a valve that threads in, just be sure there's room for the lever to operate and clearance for the valve, especially if it points down. I just ordered one with a nipple for my '18 Flex, since that shoots the oil horizontally. In other cars I've used these with some clear hose to drain the oil into old 1 gal water bottles (from distilled water for coolant flushes). The valve allows me to shut the flow as the bottle fills and switch to another bottle. The small water bottle opening makes it real easy to then transfer the old oil into the soon to be empty new oil bottles without making a mess. I like these valves especially with aluminum, and in the OP's case plastic, oil sumps since you're no longer loosening and retightening those threads on the sump.
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I,ve done 3 oil changes on my 18 5.0 f150. I found by removing the four nuts on the sway bar mounts the sway bar drops down out of the way.after draining lift the sway bar up and reinstall the four nuts.Takes about 5 minutes extra and saves alot of mess.
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I'm working on a funnel with a notch in it. I got the idea after the first change. I'm using a heat gun and a piece of pie the same size a the sway bar. It will be tough to turn the plug but I'm working on that. No photos yet. gotta prove it works first.
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This thing is fantastic! If you own one, you'll never regret it.
https://formafunnel.com/
https://formafunnel.com/
A piece of foil from the kitchen can be used to wrap around a sway bar or crossmember and will stay there until you remove it. You can also shape regular foil into a funnel to add oil or trans fluid, and it will be clean unlike a gunky rubber thing that you have used for oil changes.
Just use your head. If you know you have a problem with sloppy oil changes, figure something out that will make it un-sloppy
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I found a plastic scoop for pet food at Ace Hardware. I cut off the handle and cut a curved cutaway on each side to accommodate the anti-sway bar. It now slides over the bar and up against the trans pan, I can reach up and take out the plug and everything hits the funnel, turns 90 degrees and drops nicely into a catch pan.
I did have to buy an open top drain pan. I have one with a small hole in the middle but the 5.0 lets go of 8.8 quarts RIGHT NOW. The pan hole couldn't keep up.
I did have to buy an open top drain pan. I have one with a small hole in the middle but the 5.0 lets go of 8.8 quarts RIGHT NOW. The pan hole couldn't keep up.
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I found a plastic scoop for pet food at Ace Hardware. I cut off the handle and cut a curved cutaway on each side to accommodate the anti-sway bar. It now slides over the bar and up against the trans pan, I can reach up and take out the plug and everything hits the funnel, turns 90 degrees and drops nicely into a catch pan.
I did have to buy an open top drain pan. I have one with a small hole in the middle but the 5.0 lets go of 8.8 quarts RIGHT NOW. The pan hole couldn't keep up.
I did have to buy an open top drain pan. I have one with a small hole in the middle but the 5.0 lets go of 8.8 quarts RIGHT NOW. The pan hole couldn't keep up.
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I found a plastic scoop for pet food at Ace Hardware. I cut off the handle and cut a curved cutaway on each side to accommodate the anti-sway bar. It now slides over the bar and up against the trans pan, I can reach up and take out the plug and everything hits the funnel, turns 90 degrees and drops nicely into a catch pan.
I did have to buy an open top drain pan. I have one with a small hole in the middle but the 5.0 lets go of 8.8 quarts RIGHT NOW. The pan hole couldn't keep up.
I did have to buy an open top drain pan. I have one with a small hole in the middle but the 5.0 lets go of 8.8 quarts RIGHT NOW. The pan hole couldn't keep up.
lol i just found out that small hole in the middle wont keep up. I made the biggest mess ive ever made changing oil. I have one i use on my diesel and will use that one in the future. Can you take a pic of that plastic scoop how you did it? Hopefully fumoto will make one soon.
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I broke one of the wings off of the oem plug on my second oil change. After that I invested in the Ronin Factory oil drain plug. Best purchase I’ve made for my f150.
https://roninfactory.com/collections...-ronin-factory
https://roninfactory.com/collections...-ronin-factory
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I broke one of the wings off of the oem plug on my second oil change. After that I invested in the Ronin Factory oil drain plug. Best purchase I’ve made for my f150.
https://roninfactory.com/collections...-ronin-factory
https://roninfactory.com/collections...-ronin-factory
MY 2017 5.0 was not near this messy!
Do anyone have a trick for blocking the rear passage of the oil filter drain/pan thing?
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The filter drip pan is not meant to collect the oil in the filter, just catch the few drips that may drop when removing the filter after it had drained.