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that little cover comes off with 2 little bolts!webmastir wrote:also, after looking under suv last night, there's a f'ing cover you have to remove just to take off the oil filter? wth is that about?
that may be the safest thing to do, with a good quality oil.webmastir wrote:so after further reading on other forums about synthetic & my current 94k mileage, i should prob not fully switch over to synthetic. i suppose i can stay with the cheap oil. it's alittle easier on my pocketbook anyway
sigh...no i'm not. at this point, i'm fixing to bring it to the damn dealership here pretty soon. what happened to just being able to do a good ol typical oil change manually w/o worrying about this crapdryart wrote:On a different note, are you aware of the coolant/transmission oil contamination potential?webmastir wrote:yeah. what kind of oil & filter do you use for your path?
Be glad to......webmastir wrote:sigh...no i'm not. at this point, i'm fixing to bring it to the damn dealership here pretty soon. what happened to just being able to do a good ol typical oil change manually w/o worrying about this crapdryart wrote:On a different note, are you aware of the coolant/transmission oil contamination potential?webmastir wrote:yeah. what kind of oil & filter do you use for your path?
anyway, care to enlighten me or point me in the direction where i could read up on it?
bellwilliam wrote:just did the bypass. easier done than describing it. but I did not use any additional parts. no coupler, no hose clamp (reuse original), no zip tie.
you have 2 hoses -
hose A - from external transmission cooler to radiator (passenger side)
hose B - from radiator (driver side) to engine block.
take hose A off radiator (passenger side) and plug into engine block
take hose B off engine block and plug into radiator (passenger side), forming a loop within.
reuse all the old hose and clamp. length is perfect.
Before
After
Dont believe all of what you hear about changing to synthetic on high mileage cars.webmastir wrote:so after further reading on other forums about synthetic & my current 94k mileage, i should prob not fully switch over to synthetic. i suppose i can stay with the cheap oil. it's alittle easier on my pocketbook anyway