Sometimes it's just the little things....

[Fenixgoon]

I did my 3000 mile oil change on my Genesis Coupe today. Oil changes are easy of course, but where the oil drain plug and filter are can make it harder than necessary.

On my previous car, a VW passat, the drain plug pointed sideways, and the filter was next to the engine block, below the coolant reservoir.

In the GenCoupe, the drain plug points down at an angle, and the filter is placed vertically, right next to the drain plug. Makes change the oil a lot less of a hassle 🙂

Hooray for cars that are 11 years newer? 😛

 

[ayabe]

Well it's Korean, they bury cabbage for weeks and then eat it.

 

[punjabiplaya]

I remember when I did my first oil change on this car. It was nice to see Mazda cut out a hole in the front undertray/skidplate thingy where the oil filter is so you don't have to unscrew the 10 bolts and take it off.

 

[joesmoke]

"GenCoupe"? -_-

 

[ThatsABigOne]

A plus to the Koreans.

 

[Excelsior]

Are you doing 3k mi OCI every time?

 

[Howard]

Pretty much the only good thing mechanically on the first-gen CTS is the location of the drain plug and filter. The filter can be zero-spill-changed from under the hood, and the drain plug can be opened without lifting the car at all.

 

[Fenixgoon]

"GenCoupe"? -_-

i could go with "GC" to make it shorter. and yes, gencoupe is acceptable - there's the gencoupe.com forums 😛

Are you doing 3k mi OCI every time?

after 1st oil change they recommend every 4800mi. we'll see.

Pretty much the only good thing mechanically on the first-gen CTS is the location of the drain plug and filter. The filter can be zero-spill-changed from under the hood, and the drain plug can be opened without lifting the car at all.

impressive </vader>

 

[alkalinetaupehat]

Similar setup on my mom's 2006 Liberty. Drain plug is at the back of the oil pan at an angle and the filter is at the front of the engine where it can be twisted on and off by hand easily. Even has a catch molded into the front subframe for the couple drops that come off the filter during removal.

Pretty nifty.

Same goes for those Purolator One filters, with the gritty texture paint on them. Very easy to turn on and off of the engine by hand.

 

[kornphlake]

My stupid toyota van had the filter in a very convenient place, right behind the alternator. The problem was that it sat right above a cross member and the filter screwed on horizontally so every time you took the filter off it would drain the contents of the filter onto the cross member and it would drip off in random places, usually wherever I didn't put the drain pan.

My new van has the filter right next to the oil pan vertical just a few inches from the drain plug on the back side of the engine. I could probably do an oil change without ramps, but it would be cramped.

 

[KIAman]

BMW has yet to catch up. The oil filter is inside the housing on the TOP of the engine. Good news is that it is easy to take off because there isn't much around it. Bad news is oil spilling everywhere if you don't let the car drain for a long while.

 

[vi edit]

BMW has yet to catch up. The oil filter is inside the housing on the TOP of the engine. Good news is that it is easy to take off because there isn't much around it. Bad news is oil spilling everywhere if you don't let the car drain for a long while.

My old '94 Camry with the I4 was the same way. Oil filter was on top of the engine. Easy to reach. Impossible to change cleanly.

 

[basslover1]

I did my 3000 mile oil change on my Genesis Coupe today. Oil changes are easy of course, but where the oil drain plug and filter are can make it harder than necessary.

On my previous car, a VW passat, the drain plug pointed sideways, and the filter was next to the engine block, below the coolant reservoir.

In the GenCoupe, the drain plug points down at an angle, and the filter is placed vertically, right next to the drain plug. Makes change the oil a lot less of a hassle 🙂

Hooray for cars that are 11 years newer? 😛

Stupid Germans.

It's impossible to change the oil without getting the sub-frame covered in oil.

 

[exdeath]

My old '94 Camry with the I4 was the same way. Oil filter was on top of the engine. Easy to reach. Impossible to change cleanly.

Not so bad if it's been sitting a few days and you put a rag under the filter.

 

[exdeath]

A trick for when the filter is above cross members, rack, lines, swaybar, etc is to tear a cardboard flap off a box and crease it like a v or trough and wedge it in to be completely under the filter and adapter such that it slopes into your catch container.