How to change your own oil.
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10w30 is not what's recommended, why not use what GM calls for 5w30.
Last edited by sleeper; May 6, 2011 at 12:32 AM.
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From: NJ
I have had my sweet ride for almost 3 months. DIC is down to 38% and I have been thinking about doing it myself...After reading all the posts I know what my daughter will be helping me with this weekend...
Now I just need to decide on Mobil 1 or Royal Purple....
I have heard great things about both...looked at the local NAPA the other day and there was about a .50 difference a QT...
ANY suggestions? one better than the other?
10W30???
Now I just need to decide on Mobil 1 or Royal Purple....
I have heard great things about both...looked at the local NAPA the other day and there was about a .50 difference a QT...
ANY suggestions? one better than the other?
10W30???
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Joined: 03-26-2011
Posts: 79
From: Houston, tx
Ok...diskullman after doing some internet research I am SOLD on Amsoil.... Who and where do I get it and my Wix filters... I average about 18k a year, sometimes more sometimes less... So I am guessing the 0w-30? I live in Houston...HOT and humid... any suggestions...
THANKS LOADS!!
THANKS LOADS!!
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Joined: 10-01-2010
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From: Travelers Rest, SC
I agree about the horizontal oil jet.
I did my very first oil change ever in my life with the HHR last October. I was not expecting the oil to shoot out like that.
I definitely need a bigger drain pan that the one I have now. Perhaps one that is 3 feet long a foot wide would do it
I did my very first oil change ever in my life with the HHR last October. I was not expecting the oil to shoot out like that.
I definitely need a bigger drain pan that the one I have now. Perhaps one that is 3 feet long a foot wide would do it
I have generally fond that the thin oils like 5W30, 0W30, 5W20 tends to "shoot" out much more so than traditional oil viscosities like 10W30, 20W50 (which, of course, would be inappropriate for our HHR's unless they were well into the 6 digit mileage range and the engine clearances are getting "looser" than they are now).
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Great thread!!! Thank you for posting it and for all the info members have supplied. I've built small block Chevy V-8's since the early sixties and this is my first high tech engine (actually my wife's, she has adored the HHR's since '06 and we finally got her one, a 2010 LT, in 09/10. We love it!).
I was somewhat unhappy that none of my sockets worked on the oil filter lid but someone here suggested a Lisle socket which I found at my local CarQuest. Worked lke a dream. We traded a 2000 Toyota C#@$%& for it when the computer went into total failure at 90K miles. My mechanic did want to deal with it due to EPA restrictions and referred us back to the dealer who after a week obviously did not know what to do. My wife said "HHR time" and we did! We've had the HHR almost a year now with NO problems, the Toyota had to go to the dealer 4 times in the first year. My wife's dream car has become our dream car!
Love this site!
I was somewhat unhappy that none of my sockets worked on the oil filter lid but someone here suggested a Lisle socket which I found at my local CarQuest. Worked lke a dream. We traded a 2000 Toyota C#@$%& for it when the computer went into total failure at 90K miles. My mechanic did want to deal with it due to EPA restrictions and referred us back to the dealer who after a week obviously did not know what to do. My wife said "HHR time" and we did! We've had the HHR almost a year now with NO problems, the Toyota had to go to the dealer 4 times in the first year. My wife's dream car has become our dream car!
Love this site!
