First, it’s freakin humid here in the nation’s capital. You can’t move without breaking a sweat. My truck only has 1800 miles but I’m going on a road trip this weekend and wanted to change out the factory lube prior to leaving. I laud the Toyota engineers for making it so easy to change the oil, but boy, it was a learning experience for me. I painted my floor a few days ago with 1-part epoxy. Yes, the can says not to subject the floor to automobile traffic for five days but I thought it would be okay just to pull the truck in to change the oil and install my Dynolock (story for another post). I’ve changed the oil in a dozen or so cars in my life but this is the first where the oil drain hole is at the very bottom of the pan. I’m used to it being on the side so that the oil streams out at an angle. Well, when the plug came out, and oil came straight down, it ricocheted off the drain pan and all over my new floor. Okay, clean it up… move on to the filter. Again, my first car where the filter is at the top of the engine. I unscrew a little and hold to let the oil in the line drain back into the engine. Reach down and pull my oil drain pan out from under the truck so I can set the filter in it and… yes, I’m a dumbass, the oil I just let drain into the engine was exiting, now, onto the floor. Mess #2. So, I get everything back together, fill er up with Mobile 1 and back the truck out of the garage to clean up the mess more thoroughly. Sure enough, my tires liked the new (apparently not completely dry) epoxy floor paint so much, they refused to let go. Now I have four bare patches on the floor….
Silversport... I hear ya about the Wash DC weather... we are in the "Dog Days of Summer"!
I had the same issues with the filter... next time I will just put a little in it first. As far as removal... I poke a hole in the top to let it drain out... worked great until I forgot I had a hole in the top and turned it upside down!
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I painted the garage in my previous home with epoxy paint. I thought it would make clean-up in the garage (wood working, small spills, ect) easier. I prepped according to the directions (clean, etched floor, ect..), then applied two coats as directed. I waited a full week before I pulled the vehicles into the garage.
Guess what?
8 tire marks are still there for the new owner.
It was always too slippery when it got wet, and since my wife and I are both so short, it presented a real hazard when moving our motorcycles around the garage.
My opinion? Forget about epoxy coating the garage. If you have an airplane hangar...maybe....but let a pro do it.
I painted the garage in my previous home with epoxy paint. I thought it would make clean-up in the garage (wood working, small spills, ect) easier. I prepped according to the directions (clean, etched floor, ect..), then applied two coats as directed. I waited a full week before I pulled the vehicles into the garage.
Guess what?
8 tire marks are still there for the new owner.
It was always too slippery when it got wet, and since my wife and I are both so short, it presented a real hazard when moving our motorcycles around the garage.
My opinion? Forget about epoxy coating the garage. If you have an airplane hangar...maybe....but let a pro do it.
Epoxy painted garage floors are nice but slippery. Stir in about a cup of clean dry sand in the gallon of epoxy before you roll it on. Instant non skid finish.
Sorry you had trouble, but that's a funny post! The Taco is one of the easiest vehicles there is to change oil -- though as you stated, the plug could be a bit easier to find. The filter couldn't be easier -- I haven't tried poking a hole in it, but I did run some plastic tubing down from the nipple (under the filter) so it can drain into a pan.
You wanna bitch about changing your oil, get a Miata, at least then you'd have a reason.
>>You wanna bitch about changing your oil, get a Miata, at least then you'd >>have a reason
Or a Mazda3. Those have a plastic faring under the engine that has to come off to get to the filter. Then the filter is paper housed in a plastic housing like a bunch of Fords are. For the longest time, filter was only avail at dealership.
Takes forever for a simple job.
I like the drain plug in the bottom of the pan better. The angle that the oil drains out of the pan and into the drain bucket changes as less oil is in the pan.
At least it sounds like the filter isnt too hard to get at. I had a '91 4Runner SR5 V6 and to get the oil filter off you had to take off the left front tire and squeeze your arm though the a-arms. Not fun!
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I you put a bottle underneath the little drain hole that is under the oil filter then unscrew your oilf filter slowly, all of the oil will drain and you will have a minimum amount of mess
When I bought my Dodge diesel, I purchased a yellow drain pan from Walmart. It has a handle and pour spout and a curled over lip around the perimeter of the container that seems to do a really good job of containing any splash. With the Dodge, I was dropping 3 gallons of oil very quickly and did not have any splash out problem. Works great on the Tacoma, as well.
rjs
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Funny story, I think we all have done something similar. I started my 67 Chevy up once after an oil change and looked over in the passenger seat and there sat 6 unopened quarts of oil that should have been splashing around in my oil pan.
As far as your use of Mobil 1 oil, 1800 miles is a little early to be putting in Mobil 1 synthetic oil. You should let the engine break in first, usually 10,000 miles for good ring seating and initial bearing wear.
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