this might be a stupid question, but..
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this might be a stupid question, but..
is this my oil pan drain plug? this the first time i have changed the oil myself since owning the truck. my previous vehicals all had them facing down not to the side. i just wanna make sure before i pull this plug. for some reason i keep thinking it the tranny plug but im probably just wrong. it the bolt with the blue lock tight around it (i think thats what it is)
someone let me know in a hurry im under this thing right now as i type.
and should i use lock tigh when i out it back on?
someone let me know in a hurry im under this thing right now as i type.
and should i use lock tigh when i out it back on?
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Yeah it's you oil drain plug. I don't think that's lock tite. I've cars that come in that have previously had the oil changed at walmart. They have that junk on there. I do no know why though. No, don't need locktite when you put it back on. In fact I would clean the blue junk off there before I put it back in.
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That's what the oil pan on my 4.0 looks like. Kinda confuzzled me at first. Look how close the oil filter is in his pic to the drain plug. That is what tells me it was the oil pan.
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Just find your tranny and go forward, that should be the only pan.
I think the reason it is different from Stryker's is because he has the OHV 4.0 and you have the SOHC 4.0
I'm not sure if the pans are different in the OHvs and SOHCs.
It's been almost 3 years since I've been under a OHV 4.0 and I was 16 and I didn't know what I was doing. :)
EDIT: The pan in front of the tranny will be the oil pan.
I think the reason it is different from Stryker's is because he has the OHV 4.0 and you have the SOHC 4.0
I'm not sure if the pans are different in the OHvs and SOHCs.
It's been almost 3 years since I've been under a OHV 4.0 and I was 16 and I didn't know what I was doing. :)
EDIT: The pan in front of the tranny will be the oil pan.
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Just find your tranny and go forward, that should be the only pan.
I think the reason it is different from Stryker's is because he has the OHV 4.0 and you have the SOHC 4.0
I'm not sure if the pans are different in the OHvs and SOHCs.
It's been almost 3 years since I've been under a OHV 4.0 and I was 16 and I didn't know what I was doing. :)
EDIT: The pan in front of the tranny will be the oil pan.
I think the reason it is different from Stryker's is because he has the OHV 4.0 and you have the SOHC 4.0
I'm not sure if the pans are different in the OHvs and SOHCs.
It's been almost 3 years since I've been under a OHV 4.0 and I was 16 and I didn't know what I was doing. :)
EDIT: The pan in front of the tranny will be the oil pan.
so i say take it out and see wut happens. lol
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Oil filter wrench? Are you serious?
You guys need to hit the gym or start putting your oil filters on properly.
Wrenches are usually never needed unless it's a big filter or the filter is in a location where you cant get and torque on it with just your hand.
The ranger's filter is pretty easy to get to, at least on the 3.0 and 4.0. Either way, jam a screwdriver through the filter if you dont have a wrench and cant get it lose. :)
You guys need to hit the gym or start putting your oil filters on properly.
Wrenches are usually never needed unless it's a big filter or the filter is in a location where you cant get and torque on it with just your hand.
The ranger's filter is pretty easy to get to, at least on the 3.0 and 4.0. Either way, jam a screwdriver through the filter if you dont have a wrench and cant get it lose. :)
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now im haveing problem with the oil dipstick not reading properly, have any of you guys had problem with the dip stick reading all the way up? i havent even put in 4 quarts yet and its reading hella full. i even had someone else come and check it to make sure im not crazy.
so whats up? someone help me out again, plz
so whats up? someone help me out again, plz
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yes i drained it all out, and yes i removed it then wiped it off then put it back in, and did it a dozen times and had someone else do it to make sure im not crazy but its still reading hella full, ive been letting it sit for the last 1/2 hour to try and let it settle, im a go check it in a min