So, I'm one of the crew that believes your should change out your first oil at 1,000 miles or thereabouts. Today my truck hit 1,010 and I changed out the oil that has all the break-in lubes from engine assembly, etc. I'm not posting this to debate when to first change oil in a new truck. I'm here to report on how simple it was.
First of all my '23 Trailboss is high enough that I did not have to put the truck on ramps. I crawled under just behind the passenger front tire. The oil filer (AC Delco PF66) and plastic oil drain plug are right next to each other! I heard about how when you remove the plug from the new plastic pans the oil comes pouring out. I used a 3/8 socket and it fit right into the square, recessed area in the plastic plug. It takes about 1/2 of one turn and out comes the plug and its like Niagra Falls with the oil. It drained 6 quarts in about 15 seconds flat.
I also heard others say the factory filters are screwed on very tight. Well I used an oil filter "cap-style" wrench from Harbor Freight with a 3/8" x 6" long extension. My filter was on tight but not as tight as others have led me to believe. It came off without any stuggle, cheater-bars on my rachet handle etc. Not problemo! It drains about a quart of oil from both the filter and housing above it.
I filled the new filter with oil and then reinstalled it hand tight and then about a 1/2 turn with the oil filter wrench. I put the plastic plug back in the plastic pan and gave it a 1/2 turn so that it bottomed out on the pan. DO NOT FORCE IT PAST WHERE IT STOPS. I added the remainder of the 6 quarts of 5w-30 fully synthetic oil and I was done in about 10 minutes. EASY PEASY! No ramps, easy access to everything, and something where you can spend about $30 bucks for both oil and new filter. Cheap insurance on new truck engine! Oh, and the PF66 filters were easily found at my local Autozone and ran about $8.17 each with a $1.00 rebate!!
First of all my '23 Trailboss is high enough that I did not have to put the truck on ramps. I crawled under just behind the passenger front tire. The oil filer (AC Delco PF66) and plastic oil drain plug are right next to each other! I heard about how when you remove the plug from the new plastic pans the oil comes pouring out. I used a 3/8 socket and it fit right into the square, recessed area in the plastic plug. It takes about 1/2 of one turn and out comes the plug and its like Niagra Falls with the oil. It drained 6 quarts in about 15 seconds flat.
I also heard others say the factory filters are screwed on very tight. Well I used an oil filter "cap-style" wrench from Harbor Freight with a 3/8" x 6" long extension. My filter was on tight but not as tight as others have led me to believe. It came off without any stuggle, cheater-bars on my rachet handle etc. Not problemo! It drains about a quart of oil from both the filter and housing above it.
I filled the new filter with oil and then reinstalled it hand tight and then about a 1/2 turn with the oil filter wrench. I put the plastic plug back in the plastic pan and gave it a 1/2 turn so that it bottomed out on the pan. DO NOT FORCE IT PAST WHERE IT STOPS. I added the remainder of the 6 quarts of 5w-30 fully synthetic oil and I was done in about 10 minutes. EASY PEASY! No ramps, easy access to everything, and something where you can spend about $30 bucks for both oil and new filter. Cheap insurance on new truck engine! Oh, and the PF66 filters were easily found at my local Autozone and ran about $8.17 each with a $1.00 rebate!!
