Engine Oil Change 97-11 Ford Ranger (4.0L) 

It happens! Better to find out that way than after having lost oil pressure!

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Thank you very much!

Awesome!

Thanks! I'm working on it!

Yeah lucas is good stuff!

Yeah, I could. Thank you!

Thank you!

Well there are multiple things to address here. First of all, yes. Regular oil & oil filter changes are required if you want your car to survive. Oil is like the blood of the engine. You need to keep it fresh and clean so it can lubricate. If it gets old and dirty it will not lubricate properly and you will cause engine damage. Never doing an oil change will eventually completely ruin the engine and it won't last very long. Doing very few oil changes won't ruin it as fast but will make it very dirty inside with a lot of buildup which can cause other issues and in the end also ruin the engine. Depending on what oil you are using, your driving style, how much you drive, and also what car you have, that will determine how often you need to change it. If you answer those questions I can try to help you determine that. One last thing is you always want to make sure that it stays full between oil changes. Which it sounds like you're doing so that's good. Hope this helps!

@Stef A i found this youtube helpful from the car care nut channel ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-v4JS7PybV2k.html

Yeah I've done that before but I often find it not to be worth the trouble and time spent doing that.

I found that Castrol has better additives for higher performance but also for older and more tired engines. But I have also used Valvoline a lot and there's nothing wrong with it. Price is also a big factor. Castrol and Valvoline are still well priced. Castrol also offers conventional and synthetic blends, which I prefer because i change my oil very often, so I don't need full synthetic. I run it sometimes, but usually I go for a synthetic blend.

Up to you, convetional won't hurt but you have to change it every 3k miles. A blend every 5k and full synthetic every 7k.

@@AutoFixYT well damn I woulde went with full synthetic but they didn’t have any in stock for my truck lol 😂 oh well I’ll just have to wait 3,000 miles before I change it again

@ELI.K55069 honestly on my cars I wouldn't ever go over 5k no matter what oil i put lol

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Yes overall they do. Not sure why. I have 212k miles on this one. All original.

@@AutoFixYT i think its because Toyota steel sourced for Tacoma T100 T4R Tundra and the rest is very 'Exotic metal' as one guy at one time labeled it

Thank you!

Yes I re-used the drain plug washer/gasket. I always re-use them until they start to leak. I know you're supposed to replace it with every oil change though.

@@AutoFixYT I believe this is why my truck is leaking oil, seems jiffy lube wasn't changing the washers out. So recommendation - if its your car, do what you want. If its someone elses, friends or family, change the washer, you don't know how many changes it has been through, and you don't want to take a chance on having them call and say they now have an oil leak.

Completely agree. This being my truck I know how many times I reuse it and eventually I replace it.

Yeah I've changed the oil on those before, I know what you're talking about.

@@AutoFixYT It's just really inconvenient that it's on the side like that. It would be nice to change your oil without having to use brake cleaner 😂