Engine Oil: Service and Repair
OIL AND FILTERCAUTION:
^ Prolonged and repeated contact with mineral oil will result in the removal of natural fats from the skin, leading to dryness, irritation and dermatitis. In addition, used engine oil contains potentially harmful contaminants which may cause skin cancer.
^ Exercise caution in order to minimize the length and frequency of contact of your skin to used oil. Wear protective clothing and gloves. Wash your skin thoroughly with soap and water, or use waterless hand cleaner, to remove any used engine oil. Do not use gasoline, thinners, or solvents.
^ In order to preserve the environment, used oil and used oil filter must be disposed of only at designated disposal sites.
1. Park the car on level ground. Start the engine and let it warm up.
2. Turn the engine off and open the hood. Remove the engine cover.
3. Wait for 5 minutes after loosening the oil filter cap by turning it counterclockwise with SST (092633C100) to drain well the oil in the oil filter.
4. Drain the engine oil.
^ Remove the oil filler cap.
^ After lifting the car, remove the oil drain plug and drain the oil into a container.
5. Replace oil filter.
^ Disconnect the oil filter cap from oil filter body.
^ Remove the oil filter element.
^ Check and clean the oil filter installation surface.
^ Check the part number of the new oil filter is same as old one.
^ Install new oil filter element (A) and two new O-rings (B).
^ Apply clean engine oil to the new O-rings. Lightly screw the oil filter cap into place, and tighten it until the O-ring contacts the seat.
^ Finally tighten it again by specified tightening torque.
Tightening torque 24.50 Nm (2.5 kgf.m, 18.08 ft. lbs.)
6. Refill with engine oil.
^ Install the oil drain plug with a new gasket.
Tightening torque 34.3 - 44.1 Nm (3.5 - 4.5 kgf.m, 25.3 - 32.5 ft. lbs.)
^ Fill with fresh engine oil, after removing the engine oil level gauge.
Capacity
Total: 6.4L (6.76 U.S.qts, 5.63 Imp.qts) Oil pan: 5.5L (5.81 U.S.qts, 4.84 Imp.qts) Oil filter: 0.4L (0.42 U.S.qts, 0.35 Imp.qts) Drain and refill: 5.2L (5.49 U.S.qts, 4.58 Imp.qts)
^ Install the oil filler cap and oil level gauge.
7. Start the engine and check to be sure no oil is leaking from the drain plug or oil filter.
8. Recheck engine oil level.
INSPECTION
1. Check engine oil quality. Check the oil for deterioration, entry of water, discoloring or thinning. If the quality is visibly poor, replace the oil.
2. Check engine oil level. After warming up the engine and then 5 minutes after the engine stops, oil level should be between the "L" and "F" marks on the dipstick. If low, check for leakage and add oil up to the "F" mark.
NOTE: Do not fill with engine oil above the "F" mark.
SELECTION OF ENGINE OIL
Recommended API classification: Above SJ or SL Recommended SAE viscosity grades: 5W-20. If 5W-20 engine oil is not available, 5W-30 or secondary recommended engine oil for corresponding temperature range can be used.
NOTE: For best performance and maximum protection of all types of operation, select only those lubricants which:
^ Satisfy the requirement of the API classification.
^ Have proper SAE grade number for expected ambient temperature range.
Lubricants that do not have both an SAE grade number and API service classification on the container should not be used.