How To Change Oil 1997-2003 Ford Escort ZX2 2-0L DOHC
Created on: 2013-06-06
Time to change the oil? Save money and change it yourself with help from this how-to video
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step 1 :Draining the Oil Pan
- Have a drain pan ready
- Remove the drain plug with a 13mm socket and ratchet
- Allow the oil to drain
- Insert the drain plug into the oil pan
- Tighten the drain plug with a 13mm socket and ratchet
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step 2 :Removing the Oil Filter
- Have a drain pan ready
- Remove the oil filter with an oil filter wrench
- Clean the oil filter housing
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step 3 :Installing the Oil Filter
- Coat the oil filter o-ring with some oil
- Seat the oil filter by hand
- Turn the oil filter one quarter turn
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step 4 :Refilling the Oil
- Add oil to the oil fill neck
- Run the engine briefly
- Check the oil level
- Add oil as necessary
Tools needed
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13mm Socket
Oil Filter Wrench
Jack Stands
Ratchet
Cloth Rags
Floor Jack
Engine Oil
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In this video we're going to show you how to do an oil and filter change on a 2001 Ford Escort ZX2. The tools needed are going to be a jack and jack stands, a 13 millimeter wrench, an oil filter wrench, and a drain pan.
Remove your drain plug on the back side of the oil pan with a 13 millimeter socket, and have a pan underneath ready to catch the oil. Then you can just go ahead and let it completely drain out. Put the drain plug back in just to keep it from dripping. Tighten it back up.
Get the oil filter wrench adjusted. Have your oil drain pan underneath when you pull off your filter. I'm going to just wipe down the back of the block, and the surface on the oil filter housing. Make sure it's clean.
For a new filter I'm going to use some fresh oil and lubricate the O-ring. Put it back up. Screw it right back into place. Once I feel it start to touch I'll just give it an extra quarter turn. I'm just going to refill the oil.
After you've put about four quarts of oil in, go ahead and start up the engine. Let it build oil pressure and fill the oil filter. I'm just going to go ahead now and recheck the oil and make sure it's at the proper level.
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