About to do my first oil change - Toyota Yaris Forums

sambo42xa · 01-11-2007, 07:54 AM

Hello, I'm new here to this Forum. About your oil change.....I just did mine this past weekend.
This is only MY opinion. I drove my front wheels onto 2x4's which gave me a little better clearance for my head, and enough for All the oil to drain out. I would think that by driving onto ramps, the car is now on an incline......not all the oil gets drained out. Most of it, but not All of it (again, this is only MY opinion). Why worry about scratching the filter if it is going to be thrown out anyway (unless your saving it)? Seems that you do need a filter socket for it but I just ended up using a large pair of adjustables on an angle and got it loose. That's what I'll use thereafter and save myself $ from buying a filter socket. I ended up using MOBIL-1 Synthetic 5W/30 and a WIX oil filter. As Tekoe stated, "always change the oil when it's hot". Obviously, don't burn yourself but just don't let the oil cool off. Sorry, but latex gloves and hot things just don't go together for me, you'll find out some day. The entire process took me from the driving on the boards to starting the car about 20 minutes. This was my first time changing oil on the YARIS and I'm sure once you get a system down you'll do just fine. Thought I would share my experience on it.

sambo42xa
Southern NH USA

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01-11-2007, 07:54 AM	#12
sambo42xa Drives: 07 YARIS Automatic/LiftBac/Red Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Southern NH- USA Posts: 144	Hello, I'm new here to this Forum. About your oil change.....I just did mine this past weekend. This is only MY opinion. I drove my front wheels onto 2x4's which gave me a little better clearance for my head, and enough for All the oil to drain out. I would think that by driving onto ramps, the car is now on an incline......not all the oil gets drained out. Most of it, but not All of it (again, this is only MY opinion). Why worry about scratching the filter if it is going to be thrown out anyway (unless your saving it)? Seems that you do need a filter socket for it but I just ended up using a large pair of adjustables on an angle and got it loose. That's what I'll use thereafter and save myself $ from buying a filter socket. I ended up using MOBIL-1 Synthetic 5W/30 and a WIX oil filter. As Tekoe stated, "always change the oil when it's hot". Obviously, don't burn yourself but just don't let the oil cool off. Sorry, but latex gloves and hot things just don't go together for me, you'll find out some day. The entire process took me from the driving on the boards to starting the car about 20 minutes. This was my first time changing oil on the YARIS and I'm sure once you get a system down you'll do just fine. Thought I would share my experience on it. sambo42xa Southern NH USA