Has anyone changed their own oil in the 08 F-150? I opened the hood and found the filter to be hidden under the engine and looked awkward to remove. Do I have to remove anything to get to the filter? Any suggestions would be great.
Just tried to remove the stock filter and holy cow is fricking tight, and there is no room to put a filter wrench of any sort. I just might have to get one of those filter cap wrench and hope that will work.
I did an oil change on my 07... pain in the ass. I had to go buy a filter wrench. personally, id just go to the dealer or a oil change place and have them deal with it. the factory seems to put them on with an impact gun.
I'm with you there. Just booked an appointment at the dealer and let them play with it, I'm sure they know what to do as they do it with all the new vehicles. It seemed to me that all factory car & bike filters are torqued very tight at the assembly line.
i agree Shelby...got one of those 3 armed ones. work great.Anyone else wonder why there isn't a Motorcraft filter on there? both my 08's have no brand name on the filter....
i have an 06 5.4 and the first oil change was brutal. i picked up one of those plastic filter caps and used a 6 point socket on the cap. Tried a 12 point but rounded the end of the cap and ended up buying another one along with the 6 point socket at Canadian Tire and eventually got it off. I think they put them on in the factory without oiling the gasket and obviously very tight. I try and use the Fram filters with the grip on the top and put some oil on the gasket.
just a point i learned with fram filters (there are others aswell) thevalve in them to protect against a plug up (real dirty oil) is made of paper/cardboard type material. its ment to fail to keep oil to the engine incase of plugging up, well they fail even when not plugged up causing the oil to bybass the filter and not filter anything untill your next oilchange. the ford filters use a light metel/alum piece for the valve/flapper so they cant fail prematurly and they dontcost anymore then the frams if not less
i quit using frams on the spot once i found this out motorcraft is all ill use
I changed the oil on my '08 at 1000KM but couldn't get the filter off...too damn tight. And not to easy to get to. I'll have a shop get it off when the next change is due.
No problem for me, I just sit and have a coffee while the techs do it... I looked at doing it myself, but after seeing just how tight and awkward it was, I decided to have it done besides, if they screw it up, they fix it...free!
K&N oil filters have a nut welded on the end .
I'll pay for that convenience !
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