Changing Your Engine Oil? You’re Doing It Wrong

Changing Your Engine Oil? You’re Doing It Wrong, DIY and car review with Scotty Kilmer. How to change engine oil. How to check engine oil the right way. DIY engine oil change. Oil check and oil change fail. Motor oil check and replacement explained. Car advice. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 51 years.

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⬇️ Things used in this video:
1. Common Sense

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⬇️Scotty’s Top DIY Tools:

⬇️ Things used in this video:
1. Common Sense




Scotty on Social:

[susibrooks]

Without his hands waiving I wouldn’t understand a word he was saying. Thanks Scotty!

[Brookewestt]

Me: *exist*
Scotty: You’re existing the wrong way.

[RockyTopSplash]

Me: Yea I change my own oil for years
Scotty: Hey! Your changing your oil wrong!
Me: I better watch this video just in case I'm wrong

[ConTheDon]

"You're doing it wrong." -Scotty
Proceeds to pour oil into a dirty funnel.

[patdadysworld]

You're a nut man I've changed oil about a hundred and fifty times but I still watched your video because you're so entertaining

[runup]

Why did I watch this when I know how to change my oil🤔😑

[John-qjmq]

I worked at a Mobil gas station and repair shop for thirty years and understand everything you say and agree on everything I've watched so far!
To bad people are too busy to maintain their vehicle and wait until it's on its last leg, I had customers that would tell me to do whatever I think it needs, and they had a very long lasting vehicle, but I was honest and they trusted me, it's almost impossible to find a good reliable mechanic, keep up the great videos!

[cecilmorrell]

Been changing my own oil for 7 years.
Best tip I stumbled upon ⬇️

Crack open the oil fill cap before you drain the oil, don't remove it otherwise you'll create the potential for debris to get in.

This allows for a fast smooth flow of oil, typically cut my oil drain times in half.

[lowerclassbrats]

What, no impact gun on an oil plug? 🤯 Cross-threading creates a better seal, at least that's what Walmart said after they did it.

[gottogosome]

You should clean that funnel before using it. No use putting dirt back into the engine.

[joshdrives]

I work at Valvoline, I do this 60 times a day. WHY DID I watch this 😂😂

[paulhorvath]

I was always taught to remove the oil cap for better flow and Drop oil while hot and particles are suspended in oil.

[pbaker]

Sorry, I agree with this entire video except for using a 2 foot long breaker bar to tighten a oil drain plug. That's how you end up having to replace the oil pan after 50k miles because the threads are stripped.

[eskieman]

Just changed my oil two hours ago ... used ramps, drained oil.... and my Malibu uses a cartridge filter that's easily accessible from the TOP, whether the engine is cool or hot. Scotty is dead on about the double gasket oil filter problem, to go slow putting new oil into the engine, and DOUBLE CHECK to make sure everything is tight and not leaking. You can't believe how many people have screwed up doing these simple steps, and new engines are expensive!

[DanielGuzman]

Haha, I did the double gasket thing once. I have 25 years experience. This guy teaches everything I learned from my dad. This guy is entertaining

[lostinmyspace]

Oh man, I learned a lot. I learned that I am changing my oil perfectly, the right way.

[tagjr]

Me: Clicks on video
Scotty: “You’re doing it wrong”

[lonniebeal]

A lot of of newer cars use a crush washer on the oil drain plug, it prevents leaks when it's crushed and it also helps prevent the stripping of the oil pan threads. Use one.

[kentonkirkpatrick]

I just learned the genius engineers at Ford located the oil filter, in my 2003 Taurus, DIRECTLY OVER MY STARTER! At oil-change time, carelessly removing the (horizontally oriented) oil filter will bathe the starter in luxurious dirty motor-oil dramatically shortening its useful life. The new starter installed on my car last week only cost $600+ dollars (including tow). Thanks Ford!