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billybovine
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What year??? 2010 to 2013 or is it a 2014, it makes a big difference.
Bob Denman
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Contact Blueknight911... I think that he just posted about the needed tools, and amount of oil that you'd need. :thumbup:
PW2013STL
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It is very easy to do. One tip is that the drain plug on the left side will start draining long before you can remove the plug. Remove that one first before you open the cover to the oil filter and leave in the cap that has the oil level stick on it. This is to slow the flow of hot oil out of that drain hole. That oil will cover your hand as you unscrew that plug. For me the next time I do this I will use my 3/8" air wrench and let that bathe in that hot oil.
When I did mine to took me about 5 tries to fully remove it as I had to keep stopping to let my hand cool down :banghead:
bluestratos
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If you buy the oil change kit from you dealer it comes with instructions. Short answer, very easy on 2014's, I did my first on in less than 1/2 hour.
SPYD3R
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pay the $30
IMHO.... I'D JUST ASSUME PAY THE $30 LABOR COST....
I DID THE LAST OIL/FILTERS CHANGE MYSELF JUST TO SAY I DID ONE.... $85 FOR THE 'KIT'... NOT VERY DIFFICULT, BUT UP n DOWN OFF THE FLOOR, RAGS, DISPOSAL OF OLD OIL/FILTERS, ETC ETC ETC..... NEVER AGAIN.... :gaah: GET'n TOO OLD FOR THAT...
IT'S JUST MORE CONVENIENT TO GO TO MY DEALERS AND HAVE IT DONE FOR $115 - $120.... THAT WAY I CAN ALSO FLIRT WITH THE LADIES WHILE I'M THERE.... :roflblack:
DAN P
EASLEY, SC
SPYD3R
IMHO.... I'D JUST ASSUME PAY THE $30 LABOR COST....
I DID THE LAST OIL/FILTERS CHANGE MYSELF JUST TO SAY I DID ONE.... $85 FOR THE 'KIT'... NOT VERY DIFFICULT, BUT UP n DOWN OFF THE FLOOR, RAGS, DISPOSAL OF OLD OIL/FILTERS, ETC ETC ETC..... NEVER AGAIN.... :gaah: GET'n TOO OLD FOR THAT...
IT'S JUST MORE CONVENIENT TO GO TO MY DEALERS AND HAVE IT DONE FOR $115 - $120.... THAT WAY I CAN ALSO FLIRT WITH THE LADIES WHILE I'M THERE.... :roflblack:
DAN P
EASLEY, SC
SPYD3R
bmccaffrey
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SPYD3R;853it that24 said:
Never thought of It that way. Good idea!!!!
You dirty old man, oopps
BLUEKNIGHT911
Sadly Passed Oct 2024 - RIP
STOPPING OR SLOWING DOWN
....:gaah:...:lecturef_smilie:...Here's the thing about that Dan,.......( the not doing thing ) ...( the girl thing is way cool ).......once you start "NOT DOING THINGS " it becomes harder and harder to do anything...........Trust me on this BRO.....I went thru a period where I stopped doing and it DAMN NEAR KILLED ME .....I do everything I can now no matter how much it might be hurting ....Mike :thumbup:
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Bob Denman
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Hey... What's wrong with flirting with the Ladies?? :2thumbs: 
bluestratos
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I am 59 so no spring chicken, I had back surgery last year for a blown disc and remain in constant pain, have serious pain in my knees, shoulders and hips, diabetic nerve pain, arthritis etc. I still get it done in 1/2 hour. I prethink every thing through, have all the right tools on a cart next to me and go at it. When I am do the change I inspect everything while the oil is draining. My dealer chargers considerably more (min shop rate is1 hour @ $95 if I recall) then I have to drive 90 miles (return) sit and wait for the oil change and blow 4-5 hours. I don't flirt, and while I do have interesting conversations while there I don't need to pay to have them, lol.
Each to their own but doing my own work is a pleasure not a chore
Each to their own but doing my own work is a pleasure not a chore
ulflyer
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I am 59 so no spring chicken, I had back surgery last year for a blown disc and remain in constant pain, have serious pain in my knees, shoulders and hips, diabetic nerve pain, arthritis etc. I still get it done in 1/2 hour. I prethink every thing through, have all the right tools on a cart next to me and go at it. When I am do the change I inspect everything while the oil is draining. My dealer chargers considerably more (min shop rate is1 hour @ $95 if I recall) then I have to drive 90 miles (return) sit and wait for the oil change and blow 4-5 hours. I don't flirt, and while I do have interesting conversations while there I don't need to pay to have them, lol.
Each to their own but doing my own work is a pleasure not a chore[/QUOTe
+1.......80 next month and it gives me a lot of satisfaction knowing it was done right. I would trust my current dealer completely if I needed them to do it, but a previous one screwed up a bolt head on the filter cover and also refused to put in anything what wasn't Brp. That was the end of that one. Current shop is set up so that you can perch on a stool nearby and watch, and make good contact with the two techs. They don't hide behind closed doors.
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