I purchased a used 2008 IS-F in November of last year and had to do my first oil change today. I found a few surprises today while changing the oil myself.

1st: There was no crush washer on the drain plug. This made me do a big LOL.

2nd: I found out that the oil filter housing still had the oil filter tool still attached. Another LOL. I attached a wrench to it and just tapped it backwards and wiggled it off. It was the famous TOY 640. Yayy freebie for me. Yet I had just purchased a tool from autozone.

3rd: The oil filter housing was on so darn tight that I had to use a giant ratchet to get it off. I mean even with leverage I couldn't budge it. It was definitely on over 100ft lbs of torque. What a sign of relief when I got it off and it was not damaged in the slightest.


All in all, I got it all figured out and put in the recommended amount of Pennzoil Platinum Plus. Hopefully she likes it.

 

My surprise was when I didn't drain my catch bucket enough and at least a quart of oil ended up on my garage floor! Won't make that mistake again!!

 

just so you know ive been doing my own oil change since 2006 on my 07 is350 and akk you need is to hand tighten the oil filter housing it will all of a sudden come to a complete stop when you are putting it back on.

 

I would service everything on the car: fluids, filters, plugs, etc

1. it's a used car and I always like to start with fresh maintenance.
2. obviously someone who had no idea what they were doing worked on the car.