My Taos came with the 30000 mile maintenance option on the window sticker. After my last car's unacceptable oil consumption at 98000 miles... with 10000 OCI, I am going to do the Taos at 5000 mile intervals.
I secured a jug of Top Tec 6200 and a Hengst filter from ECS. Warmed the car up, pulled it onto the ramps, & used my old powersports extractor to start draining the oil. At 3 liters, the extractor started sucking air, so I reinserted the hose and pulled vacuum again, and ended up with 3 liters in the extractor.
I pulled the (3) T45 bolts on the rear of the pan, used a electric screwdriver for the (10) T25 screws, and cleaned up the pan with some crappy silicone tire dressing that was on the shelf.
The drain plug is 19mm, and the remainder of the oil went into a drain pan. The filter loosened easily, and drained into the pan. Everything got a wipe and inspection, the original plug back in & the new filter tightened. I may order a Fumoto.
Added 4.3 liter of the Liqui Moly, fired the engine for 2 minutes... dip stick in the hashmarks at the same level as pre-change. No leaks under the car, & the pan went back on.
No problems other than the extractor tube not reaching the bottom of the pan & only vacuuming out 3 liter.
The next service at 10000 will be at the stealership, as will the 20000 and 30000 mile services, and 5000 mile intervals by me.
I secured a jug of Top Tec 6200 and a Hengst filter from ECS. Warmed the car up, pulled it onto the ramps, & used my old powersports extractor to start draining the oil. At 3 liters, the extractor started sucking air, so I reinserted the hose and pulled vacuum again, and ended up with 3 liters in the extractor.
I pulled the (3) T45 bolts on the rear of the pan, used a electric screwdriver for the (10) T25 screws, and cleaned up the pan with some crappy silicone tire dressing that was on the shelf.
The drain plug is 19mm, and the remainder of the oil went into a drain pan. The filter loosened easily, and drained into the pan. Everything got a wipe and inspection, the original plug back in & the new filter tightened. I may order a Fumoto.
Added 4.3 liter of the Liqui Moly, fired the engine for 2 minutes... dip stick in the hashmarks at the same level as pre-change. No leaks under the car, & the pan went back on.
No problems other than the extractor tube not reaching the bottom of the pan & only vacuuming out 3 liter.
The next service at 10000 will be at the stealership, as will the 20000 and 30000 mile services, and 5000 mile intervals by me.
