8th Generation Honda Civic Forum - View Single Post - DIY SUPPLEMENT: Si Oil Change (noob style).

civicracer32 · 07-07-2009, 07:41 PM

thanks for the writeup. I've changed my Si's twice already. One word of advice. Don't chince out and use a smaller sandwich-sized zip-lock bag like I did. Use the Big one like in the DIY. My baggie was too small, and it filled up with oil, I couldn't turn it enough, and had to abandon the baggie before I even got the filter off, and made a BIG mess. Next time I'm using the big baggie. I bought an oil filter socket also. Doesn't work great, but I did get it to work. First time I tried changing it out with a monster pair of vice grips. Took me 45 minutes and some skin off the back of my hand to get the filter off. I nearly gave up after mangling it, and decided I was going to WILL it off! Strategically of course. I took a deep breath, and a short break, and finally got it loose.

07-07-2009, 07:41 PM	#19 (permalink)
civicracer32 Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: SAN DIEGO, Point Loma Posts: 884	thanks for the writeup. I've changed my Si's twice already. One word of advice. Don't chince out and use a smaller sandwich-sized zip-lock bag like I did. Use the Big one like in the DIY. My baggie was too small, and it filled up with oil, I couldn't turn it enough, and had to abandon the baggie before I even got the filter off, and made a BIG mess. Next time I'm using the big baggie. I bought an oil filter socket also. Doesn't work great, but I did get it to work. First time I tried changing it out with a monster pair of vice grips. Took me 45 minutes and some skin off the back of my hand to get the filter off. I nearly gave up after mangling it, and decided I was going to WILL it off! Strategically of course. I took a deep breath, and a short break, and finally got it loose.