me and my uncle tried to do an oil change on my truck today. it has 3100 miles on it and it didnt go so well. first of all the bolt that covers the oil drainage hole was so tight. when you loosened it, it was so difficult to turn and takeout. usually you can hand loosen it but not here. the bolt finally came out and it was stripped. we took it to the dealer and there like it can be covered under the warranty bc the truck is not present. i couldnt start the truck bc it had no oil in it so we had to buy the bolt. then when we got back to the shop the air filter that we spent over an hour on wouldnt budge for anything.. its still on there. has this happened to anyone else? and anyone have any tips?

 

You mean the oil filter? Yeah, it's plenty tight from the factory. And in a poor spot. Get a socket style filter wrench.

 

Hindsight is wonderful - this is why we recommend you have the dealer do the first oil change. They do not use oil on the filter gasket at the factory and some gorilla with an impact wrench installs it.

 

lmao my uncle kept saying "WTFF some gorilla must be workin here"

 

If you have to, drive a bigass screwdriver clear through it from one side to the other and give it a healthy yank.

 

that sounds like a good idea, would i have to drain all my oil again?

 

Hard to follow.

Are you referring to the oil filter or the drain plug?

 

I use the K&N oil filters on my 04 F150 especially because of the fact they let you use a socket on the end of the filter to get them off!

 

I had to do this with a Ford van oil filter. Tried the strap filter wrench and socket filter wrench. Both wouldn't work. When you poke a hole into the filter, you are committed to your oil change. The filter started to tear apart but it finally gave. Strong person at the local oil change shop must have put it on with an impact wrench.

 

I took that stupid plastic oil drip pan thing off - made it a little easier to get at the filter. I also did the big *** screwdriver through the filter as glc mentioned on the first go-around.

 

If you take the filter off, you will not have to drain the oil - you will have to add about 1/2 quart which is about what the filter holds. The filter inlet/outlet is higher than the level of oil in the pan so you won't lose any oil except what's in the filter.