Re: Need Help
In the SRT6 forum I posted a thread title First Oil Change on SRT6. I give you directions how to check your oil and reset the FSS. Now on to the physical part. The car has a little cover underneath, I'm a pretty slim guy and fit far enough under the car to remove the four bolts. Two are towards the front and two are towards the back. I did put a floor jack on the passenger side but didn't end up using it. I would say if you do need clearance lift up the drivers side just to drain all the oil out. This is from removing the oil plug that's located on the passenger side. The bolts holding the bottom cover are 8mm. The oil plug is a 14mm I believe. I left as much oil drain out from the bottom as possible, then I took off the oil filter cover. Now most here on the forum buy the topsider oil pumps. They pump the oil from the dipstick. I didn't want to bother and did it the old fashioned way. It was very quick as well. For the oil filter cover, I used an adjustable belt grip. I marked the oil filter cover with a sharpie first, to know how much to tighten when putting back on. Mine was pretty tight so it took some elbow grease to get loose. Some have said that it was only had tight. I did tighten my pretty good. Once you take it off, it's a big long filter and tube. Slide the old filter off and slide your new filter on. Since my car only had 1000 miles I didn't change the o-rings. There are 3 or 4 not sure. They are pretty obvious to see once you remove it from the motor. Once you do take it off, it releases pressure from your motor and more oil will drain out. I waited another 5 minutes to make sure all oil drained out and then put the plug back on. Make sure you have the copper washer that is on your drain plug. It can fall into your oil catchcan if you are not careful. I then put 8 quarts in and checked the car's oil level through the odometer. It came up OK and I was done. I also took a clean towel and dried up the oil in the area where the oil filter cover came out of. I poured the oil in the oil fill and not the opening of the oil filter cover. I also warmed up the car before changing the oil.
Should be pretty easy. Good Luck.
Cruzinquick