General Procedures: Draining
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WARNING:
The spilling of hot engine oil is unavoidable during this procedure, care must be taken to prevent scalding.
CAUTION:
Correct installation of the oil filler cap can be obtained by tightening the cap until hard stop.
NOTE:
Clean the components general area prior to dismantling.
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CAUTION: Make sure the engine is warm.
Start the engine and allow to run for 10 minutes, stop the engine.
- Refer to: Engine Cover - 5.0L
- Loosen the element cover 4 complete turns to allow engine oil to drain from the filter cover.
- Make sure that the O-ring seal is exposed.
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NOTE: Allow 10 minutes for the engine oil to drain from the oil filter housing.
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NOTE: Remove and discard the O-ring seal.
Remove and discard the oil filter element.
- WARNING: Do not work on or under a vehicle supported only by a jack. Always support the vehicle on safety stands.
Raise and support the vehicle.
- Refer to: Air Deflector
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CAUTION:
- Be prepared to collect escaping oil.
- Allow at least 10 minutes for the engine oil to drain.
NOTE: Discard the sealing washer.FILLING
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CAUTION: Make sure that the area around the component is clean and free of foreign material.NOTE: Install a new sealing washer.
Torque Specification: 24 Nm
- Refer to: Air Deflector
- NOTE: Install new O-ring seals.
Lubricate the oil filter element O-ring seal with clean engine oil.
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CAUTION: Tighten the component finger tight first.
- Torque Specification: 25 Nm
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CAUTION: Make sure that the vehicle is left for 5 minutes from filling with oil and that the engine oil level is reading at least minimum (by following Steps 9- 13), before starting the engine.
- Fill the engine with oil - for filling values on vehicles without supercharger:
Refer to: Specifications
- Fill the engine with oil - for filling values on vehicles with supercharger:
Refer to: Specifications
- Clean any residual engine oil from the oil filler cap area.
- Fill the engine with oil - for filling values on vehicles without supercharger:
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CAUTION: Make sure that the vehicle has been left for 5 minutes from filling with oil.
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- Start the engine and allow to run for 10 minutes, stop the engine.
- Check for leaks.
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CAUTION:
- Make sure that the selector lever and the gearshift mechanism are in the park (P) position.
- Make sure that the hood is open.
- Turn the ignition on.
- Scroll through the trip menu to access the engine oil level display.
- Press the cruise control cancel button twice within 2 seconds.
- The message center display will revert to the normal display in the trip computer.
- Scroll through the trip menu to access the engine oil level display.
- Check that the oil level display shows an oil level reading.
- Only after having started and run the engine for 10 minutes (as indicated in Step 8), switch off the engine, then stabilizing for 10 minutes, take a reading from the oil level display and, if necessary top up with engine oil.
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NOTE: If instructed to follow Steps 9- 13 in a previous step, return to Step 8 and continue the procedure.
Turn the ignition off.
- Allow 10 minutes for the engine oil level to stabilize if there has been additional oil top up.
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NOTE: The following steps are to update the average oil level value.
- Turn the ignition on.
- Press and hold the cruise control cancel button for more than 2 seconds.
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- The message center display will revert to the normal display in the trip computer.
- Turn the ignition off.
- Turn the ignition on.
- Scroll through the trip menu to access the engine oil level display.
- Make sure that the average oil level value has now been updated.
- Refer to: Engine Cover - 5.0L