new and need some help with oil change

ok i know how to do an oil change....BUT for some reason i can't find the oil filter...my excuse for not finding it right now, is because when i did try to do the oil change it was at night time, so i really couldn't see, but i tried using a flash light, and i couldn't see anything that could resemble an oil filter...anywho if someone could please help on where i could find the oil filter please let me know without busting my balls...thank you in advance

It would help to know what vehicle you have (year, drivetrain, etc)...

But that said, if you can't find your oil filter in the normal places, then I'd say you have a 4wd truck and it's located under the radiator behind the splash shield. There should be a little trap door that you open to access it.

depends on the year and since you cant find it swartlkk gave you one of the locations. another one is if its a 2.8 it could be mounted on the side of the engine block (drivers side) have to get it from the wheel well. another location is located near the air filter on the drivers side fender. these are all the locations for a 4wd good luck

yes, and don't be stupid like my boyfriend and try taking it by puncturing it with a screwdriver. very messy.

Nothing stupid about that. Sometimes there is no other way without different tools.

yeah it's messy, but it works if nothing else is available.

If it's teh same as mine, look under the air filter housing on the driver's side near the headlight. I have to take mine off just to get at the filter.

But ya, if we knew what year it was, we'd be able to help you better.

Welcome!

Did you find the filter now?

thanks for all your help...unfortunately i only have internet access when i go to work..and i forgot to check this when i was leaving...so when i got home i tried once more but no luck..haha...i believe its a 1998...yea it has 4wd...still stock, nothing special yet..but anywho thanks for all the help...i will go check it out on my lunch break and see where the hell this oil filter is at...i'll let you know how it goes...and i got one of those tools to take off the oil filter is its stuck in there...

on a 98 4wd its mounted towards the front of the vehicle. climb under the front there should be a access door you will need a flat head screwdriver to open it. once opened you will see the oil filter.

yep, that's where mine is. i have a 97 and i recently changed the oil in it. what fun, a screwdriver and a hammer.

thanks...in that case i will change my oil once i get home...thanks! guess i'll have to let you guys know how it goes on monday

hey no problem at all. ive spent the last 13 years managing a lube center so i pretty much know every place they can put an oil filter. im glad to see other people that change their own oil. props to you and everyone else that does.

thanks i've been changing my oil on my other cars, just got this one, and i couldn't find the oil filter

Ya, I hate brining my truck in for oil changes. I like doing it myself because then I know the oil that's going in and that I didn't "forget" to change the filter.

got the oil change done saturday afternoon...it felt like a summer day...i felt like an ***** cause as soon as i go under the front of the blazer to see where the oil filter could be...it says it on the access door " oil filter access"...i started laughing...anywho...got the oil changed, and enjoyed some beer while doing it...also the oil filter that was on it...was on there pretty damn tight...now i know why you guys were talking about using screw drivers...luckily i had one of those oil filter tools, made life a little easier...anywho got the oil change done, and just wanted to give everyone the heads up...thanks


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Congrats on a job well done!

For those stubborn oil filters I typically will use one of those strap wrenches when space permits. I've had to use a screw driver on my dad's tractors before.

thanks ...wow...never did an oil change on a tractor...well at least not yet...lol

Nothing really to it, just instead of quart containers of oil, we use 55 gallon drums! Oh and the filters are mostly the size of a large coffee can!

damn thats crazy!!! 55 gallon drums!!!!! ****...nevermind i don't think i'd ever want to change the oil of a tractor...hahha

Yeah and all we have ever used for catch cans was 5 gallon buckets. You basically pull the drain plug and catch what comes out with the bucket. The first few are pretty fast, but by the time the fourth one is filling, it has slowed down to the point where you can walk away for a few minutes. Only problem is there's still around 10 gallons of oil in there. Now this is the hydraulic oil on our tractors, but still. We've had to drain that out on too many occasions recently due to mechanical failures requiring tractors to be split in half...

damn thats crazy...how much do you spend on oil then? ****...and you've seen your tractors fall apart? thats pretty crazy...man...wow

I'm not sure, but it ain't cheap. But we're also talking about equipment that costs as much as 4 or 5 (depending on the tractor) Corvette Z06's.

My dad likes to take things to the limits. He snapped the 3 point hitch jack shaft which was a 5" diameter forged steel shaft. He sheared it in the heart of the shaft, not out at the end where the splines were. Now that was amazing, but required the tractor be split to replace the failed part (which weighed 90 some odd pounds!). That was about 6 months ago. Then just 2 months ago, that same tractor had its hydraulic booster pump go bad which required splitting the tractor in two again!

One things for sure, jackstands are ever present! You don't screw around when you have 10-15 ton (again depending on which tractor) apart.

thats crazy...****!!! damn i don't think i'd even try to do that...be to afraid of it falling on me..not like i need to say it, but be carefull...i could only imagine how it could be

jeez. my old man's truck holds about 10 quarts of oil and it's a pain changing the oil in it, i can't imagine what it'd be like to do that. :S