4X4 oil change problems
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While that may be true, they can be designed to be far less labor intensive to service and repair than they are. Taking your statement one step farther, the engines of the 60's and 70's could have gone even farther than today's engines using today's materials and machining tolerances because they had more material and were more rigid. And I might also point out that it was not uncommon for Oldsmobile, Buick, Cadillac, B-block Mopars, and Ford FE and 385 series engines to go for more than 100,000 miles back in the day. And vehicles in general were less labor intensive to service back then. Most of the advances in vehicle engineering today benefit the shareholder and treehuggers more so than the consumer. I never had a death wobble in my old 79 4x4 pick up like the SD's get today. And that old truck went over 200,000 miles before it succumbed to rust. It still had the original wheel bearings and spindles, too. You most likely wouldn't be able to do that with our new trucks, especially the SD's.
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I agree. I have replaced more wheel bearings and other high wear items in the last 10 years then I did in the previous 25. Not to mention that I drive easier, have newer vehicles by far, and stay on the road a lot more. They are engineered to lighten up the vehicle for mileage, be cheap to make money, and get the vehicle off the road when it starts polluting. Besides, why have all those vehicles going to the scrap yard with perfectly good wheel bearings and such? Make them fade all at once and be recycled. Most people just drive them and trade them, not like the inhabitants of this forum. Not much wear and tear going to the dump on Sat. or the soccer games etc. with the kids.
Oh, and I need to change my oil so I took a look at the filter location. Yikes, it is going to be messy.
Oh, and I need to change my oil so I took a look at the filter location. Yikes, it is going to be messy.
Last edited by klook; Oct 4, 2009 at 05:17 PM. Reason: Add a thought
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Yes, it's kind of messy. But some cardboard under the truck and some Brakekleen right after you get the filter changed and it's not too bad. That is one thing I did like about my 05 Powerstroke. The filter was not messy at all to change.
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Maybe try jacking up the back of the truck. My driveway has a slope to it and whenever I change the oil in my FX4, I always back it in so the back of the truck is higher that the front. I have never had a mess when changing the oil. When I crack the filter loose the oil drains right through the hole in the skid plate and only a little bit accumulates on the plastic tray below the filter. I always let the truck sit for a few hours after driving it so the oil has time to drain into the crank case before changing the oil. Good luck.
Is your truck sitting level when removing the filter? When I pull my filter, most of the oil runs straight through a hole in the skid plate and a little dribbles down the plastic chute toward the front. I put a large drain pan under the skid plate and a smaller one under the chute. I get a little splatter on top of the skid plate that I wipe off or it will eventually drip on the floor for a day or two.
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