oil change

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Permalink Reply by mike k on December 25, 2011 at 1:51pm

same as 5.7L I believe.  Take 8 bolts off (5 of them bigger and 3 smaller ones in front) and unhook the metal hooks in front holding it on the frame by pushing up and over to the left (drivers side) to undo the skid plate.  You will see the oil filter black housing which can be a real pain in the butt to remove.  My oil filter is not specific enough to not slip, so I use a heavy duty rubberband on the threads to grip the housing better with my oil wrench to NOT slip.  I undo the lower part of the housing first and push the plastic nipple into the hole (very hard to do) and let the oil drain out first to avoid a mess.  Once off, clean the threads and inside of canister and re-install 2 new rubber orings that came with new toyota oil filter and make sure you oil the rubber orings and threads first with clean oil.  Then, reinstall 8 bolts for skid plate.  Pain in the butt, but is do-able and just adds an extra 30-40 minutes onto your oil changing time.

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Permalink Reply by alex max on January 31, 2012 at 10:09pm

I have purchased recently new Toyota Tundra  and now I want to change its oil and I don't know which type of oil is good for my truck.

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