How To Drain Oil From Car Engine

To remove the sump plug you ll need a wrench to unscrew it.

How to drain oil from car engine.

Protect your hand with a rag or some paper towels and be ready to move your hand out of the way. Place the oil drain pan underneath the engine drain plug. Where you plug in the socket use the wrench to loosen the plug in a counterclockwise direction. By rob cockerham september 24 2015 the other day i changed my oil and ended up putting way too much new oil into the car.

Draining oil through the engine dipstick tube. More information at www cocke. Basically start like you re going to change your oil in the first place except this time you don t have to turn on your engine to warm everything up. After overfilling the oil reservoir on my hyundai elantra i decided to try draining some of the oil through the dipstick tube.

The oil engine drain plug will be located within 1 2 feet 0 30 0 61 m of the front of the vehicle and sits directly beneath the engine. It s on the bottom of a large tank referred to as the oil pan. For this discussion let s assume we are pulling oil out through the dip stick funnel. The hot oil will begin to pour out.

Before pulling out the dipstick always clean its handle and the top of the filler tube to stop dirt falling into the tube and. The oil now drains out of your engine into the container. Once relaxed you can use your hand and remove the plug. The dipstick is usually in a tube on the side of the engine where it is easy to reach.

Make sure to have an oil drain pan placed directly under the sump plug so once you remove the plug. You could if you want the oil to come out even faster but overall it s not required to drain the excess liquids. Crawl under and find the engine oil screw near the front. Ensure that all the old oil goes into the pan.

The car should be on level ground when you check the oil otherwise the oil level dipstick will show a false reading because the sump into which it is dipped will be at an angle. Drain the old engine oil. Draining engine oil this is the process where a plug is removed that the oil drains out the bottom. I was using the dipstick to check the oil level but the new oil was so lightly colored that i couldn t see it on the stick.

When most folks think of an oil change they think of draining the oil. Unscrew the oil drain plug. Drain and replace the oil filter. In case your car comes with a splash guard that protects the underside of your vehicle then you have to remove this first to gain access to the sump plug.

Remove the cap from the oil filler hole at the top of your engine and unscrew the oil filter using a wrench if you can t do it by hand.