I haven’t attempted an oil change myself yet, actually, my Lex is sitting in a body shop, but besides that. Doesn’t this seem a little insane that you have to pry and work so hard just to get the filter off? Maybe I will just take it to Jiffy Lube or something after reading all this. I wanted to do them myself before, but now I am not sure.

 

I have been changing my own oil every 3k, and I have never had a problem with removing the oil filter from the engine bay.. Is your car an automatic or standard ?

 

man that's like a videogame cheat code.. up up down down left right left right b a b a select start

 

LOL he busted out the Nintendo Konami cheat code.

 

Ha ha...good one Irv. As I was typing that...that's exactly what I was thinking. You must be as old as me to remember that old school code.

-Patrick

 

lol
i couldn't resist.

 

that's the cheat code from internatinal super start soccer, to make the referee a dog???

 

I was able to remove the oil filter without loosening or unscrewing any factory parts. I do have a Teck Grounding Kit and a JIC Strut Tower bar and I had to loosen/remove those. With twisting ans turning you can get the filter out. One thing that did happen to me was when removing the filter (I had a plastic bag around it) the bag ripped and I let a few drops get into the engine bay.

I have never turned a wrench on a car or changed the oil in a car before getting my IS. Nothing like learning on a tight *** engine bay!