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Originally Posted by my_crib_too (Post 11799211)

Epic;

Thanks for making and posting this VID. It's been a few years since I owned a diesel or changed my own oil. Purchased a new 2011 2500 6.7L that was left over and still on a dealer's lot yesterday and found this forum.

Does anyone have an idea what a dealer charges to change oil on a diesel and how much doing it yourself saves?

If I have time tonight, I'll try to find a few forum posts for you on this topic but use the search feature for this section and I think you'll find a few posts on oil change costs.

I had mine done in Ohio and the oil change was 89.95. I normally do it myself, but I'm in the middle of moving to Vegas and all of my tools / equipment is in the moving truck / storage.

epic just wondering where you got your drain pan from?
do you use a filter wrench or is it just hand tight?

Thanks Epic. I've never changed the oil in anything I've owned but after viewing your video I can't wait for my mileage to get high enough to need my first change.

By the way I just looked under my truck at the oil pan and mine looks completely different than yours. My pan in metal and has what I assume is a traditionaly oil pan plug and not like the one in your video at all. Not sure why this is.

Ford changed back to the metal pan during the 2012 model year. As to why, no one is sure. Could be cost.

Makes me wonder how many times that decision is made. I'd easily pay 200 bucks to have the polymer oil pan.

I just changed my oil yesterday for the third time. I can't believe the drain plug angle on this truck. How idiotic to have a 1 inch stream of hot oil shoot straight out instead of angle the drain downward to better trap or capture the oil. It's just a Pain in the A**!!! I have done my own oil changes for 39 years and I have never seen a drain as ridiculous as this one. You can't help but make a mess.

I sure hope the person who came up with the drain plug design gets royalties for every oil change done at the dealership. They deserve it. If it didn't cost so much at the dealer I would go there just to avoid the aggravation and the mess.

Does the metal oil pan have a better drain angle?

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Originally Posted by marchare011 (Post 12321256)

I actually prefer the horizontal drain vs. the vertical drain like what's on the 7.3/6.0/6.4 engines. I can now remove the oil drain plug and get very little oil on my hands.

Now the oil filter on the 6.7 vs the 6.0/6.4 is another story. Next time I will try punching the oil filter.

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Originally Posted by EpicCowlick (Post 9320384)

I wondered if the engine would make any "dry valve" sounds on initial start up after the oil change. I knew a lot of oil had to fill up the filter, etc but didn't think of pre-filling the filter. For this reason, I recorded the initial start-up in the video. Short of a formal acoustic analysis, I couldn't tell any difference in the start-up sounds of the engine. Sounded pretty normal. You can listen to it again to see what you think.

I don't see a way to get the filter off without dealing with a bunch of dripping oil. This upside down design definitely keeps the oil in the cartridge, which is good, but all of the oil in the piping above it comes out and over the filter as soon as you break the rubber seal. I'm definitely wearing gloves next time and I'm not going to doddle with it. The best way is to simply get after it and turn off the filter quickly.

Note to everyone: Don't drop it in the full catch-pan to try to avoid a little oil on your fingers. You'll end up with a big splash on the floor, your arm, your shirt and your face. Trust me, I know.

As I am reading through this I am not sure if someone has already suggested it, but I think it was on FTE maybe the 7.3 forums someone suggested just poking a hole in the bottom of the filter and let it drain out before removal. Best trick I have learned on an oil change to date I think.

Doing my 2016 soon . . .

:-X19Just a comment on prefilling the oil filter. This was done in the olden days when the filters were setup before the engine filled with oil. You needed to prefill the filter so the engine didn't run dry after changes. Almost all the engines I know of now have the filter post engine so oil is always in the engine while it is running.

Harley sportster's may still have the oil setup but that is all I am aware of and that's a motorcycle . . .:'(