Project [!iN]tegra: Tune up pt. 1 « Bungs’ Bucket of stuffs

Project [!iN]tegra: Tune up pt. 1

Now that I’ve got the car safetied I decided since its a nice weekend the integra deserves some TLC.
I got new oil, Lucas oil stabilizer, Oil Filter, Anti-Freeze and Anti-Freeze Flush, Fuel Filter, and an Air Filter so I can give the car a nice tune up and have it running right for the soon to be nice weather.
Part 1 I did today and consisted of changing the air filter and oil/oil filter.

Because WordPress is only halfway functional 50% of the time the pictures follow the write ups. Sorry I probably coulve figured it out but it was frustrating me so you get this format for now.

First things first. (pic 1-2)

I had to jack the car up to get at the drain bolt to drain out the old oil. Never done this before so I asked Uncle Greg about placing the Jack Stands and then consulted my manual for how to Jack the car up in the first place. Worked out pretty well and had the car up and on stands in no time.
Air Filter.(pic 3-7)

Once I had the car up first thing I did was the air filter… which come to think of it could’ve been done without raising the car but whatever.
Removing the Air Box was pretty easy. There was three bolts easily taken off with a 5/16th ratchet. Then I just lifted the housing off the top of the box to get at the old air filter.The Old Air Filter was not too dirty. A little grey and some gunk build up. Last owner probably changed it last year, but it wasn’t bright white and I already had the replacement so I might as well replace it so that I know its done.
Before Installing the new Air Filter it seemed like a good idea to clean any debris out of the air box. Otherwise I’m just immediately dirtying a new filter with remnants. So out comes a wet rag to pick up the dirt and a dry rag to wipe it all down.

Now it gets messy. (8-15)

Ok with the easy stuff done now it moves on to still easy, but quite messy.

Having never changed my own oil before… or done anything myself to my car for that matter; this was a good learning experience as well as being messy. Leaving me and my driveway with some oil stains.

I got everything ready. Some wrenches for the Drain Plug, an oil pan to catch the old oil, gloves to keep my hands clean (sort of), shop towels, the new oil, new filter. All set.
Positioned the oil pan under the engine and went to work cautiously sliding under the car and undoing the bolt.
The oil drained nicely for 10minutes before I replaced the bolt.

I had to fish the plug back out of the black sludge in order to put it back in.With the drain plug back in place it was time to find the old oil filter so I could replace that… these things arent positioned in the most easy to reach place.I slid under the car and struggled for a few minutes to get at this oil filter and unscrew it. I wasn’t expecting as much oil to come out of it as there was. And so I almost got a nice splash of oil in the face. Luckily I was able to pull the oil pan into place and move out of the way before it happened.
I lubed the rim of the new filter and poured a small amount of new oil into the new filter then proceeded to put it in place.

Top Up. (pic 16-18)

With the messy part over all I had left to do was fill the engine back up with oil. 5W30 for the teg, and I also added some Lucas Oil Stabilizer. I’m sure everyone has seen this stuff, there is a display for it in every Canadian Tire and every autoshop. It lubricates the engine and helps the oil stay viscus longer prolonging the life of the oil and the engine. Sounds good to me. 20% Lucas, 80% oil and we’re on our way.

I ran the car for a few minutes then checked the dipstick. The red line is where the oil level was. The blue line is where it should be. A little low so I topped it off then replaced the cap.

All done. (pic 19)

After this I ran the engine again and checked. Then removed the jack stands and lowered the jack… which happened a little faster than anticipated. I dont have the feel for lowering it slowly yet, but no harm just scared me.