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Did my second oil change on the truck last night and first one I did myself. 11,760 miles and 10% OLM after having it changed at 5,000 miles at the dealer for the 1st free oil change and service. Underneath the truck it was nice and wide open and the oil plug points down better than my last Silverado. 15 mm socket for the oil drain plug. Oil filter was also easy to change with my 3 prong oil filter wrench. Reaching into the engine bay was a stretch to hold my funnel and pour in the oil. I need a different funnel and it will be easier. 8 quarts of Mobil1 full synthetic Dexos 5W-30 and AC Delco PF63E oil filter.

 

Tire rotation this weekend.

 

This will be the first of many oil changes at home for this truck. In 3 days will be a year from when I took it for my first test drive and bought it a week later.

 

 

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no need to wipe it down.  Take it to a car wash, spray it down with the power sprayer, allow some time for the engine to drip dry if you can in the wash bay while you dry off the vehicle, start up, drive away slowly and let the engine heat dry the engine.  Does well.  Been doing this for years and NEVER any issues on multiple vehicles.  It's one thing if you are spraying directly into the covered fuse box, that would be stupid.  But surface cleaning the top of the engine, does just fine. 

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I bought a cheap funnel already to cut and mold an angled neck on it, but will get that special one if I can't make mine work.

 

Haha the outside of the truck is washed and power washed quite often. Engine bay... like never as I don't worry about that. The truck definitely gets dirty often too. This was after one trip to our hunting property in the rain.

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I just saw the new Weathertech mud flaps on Facebook and will be ordering them soon.

 

I had to power wash that wheel liner "carpet" material over and over to get all of the mud out of it.

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1 hour ago, SkidooSteve12 said:

I just saw the new Weathertech mud flaps on Facebook and will be ordering them soon.

 

 

I had to power wash that wheel liner "carpet" material over and over to get all of the mud out of it.

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I have the weathertech mud flaps front and rear. They make a big difference on keeping the spray down on the sides of the truck, and super easy to install. Well worth the money 

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Question...Is that a metal skid plate you got on there?

On 9/4/2020 at 7:48 AM, SkidooSteve12 said:

Did my second oil change on the truck last night and first one I did myself. 11,760 miles and 10% OLM after having it changed at 5,000 miles at the dealer for the 1st free oil change and service. Underneath the truck it was nice and wide open and the oil plug points down better than my last Silverado. 15 mm socket for the oil drain plug. Oil filter was also easy to change with my 3 prong oil filter wrench. Reaching into the engine bay was a stretch to hold my funnel and pour in the oil. I need a different funnel and it will be easier. 8 quarts of Mobil1 full synthetic Dexos 5W-30 and AC Delco PF63E oil filter.

 

Tire rotation this weekend.

 

This will be the first of many oil changes at home for this truck. In 3 days will be a year from when I took it for my first test drive and bought it a week later.

 

 

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IMG_20200903_210053s.jpg

 

 

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6 hours ago, BlancoSilverado said:

Where could i buy that oil filter wrench?

https://www.autozone.com/shop-and-garage-tools/oil-filter-wrench/performance-tool-3-leg-adjustable-oil-filter-wrench/114009_0_0?spps.s=6891&cmpid=LIA:US:EN:AD:NL:1000000:OIL:71700000060668398&gclsrc=aw.ds&&gclid=Cj0KCQjwtZH7BRDzARIsAGjbK2ZcNZ39uFmiwh7WPHxP3lVV4WMA7_kEGSzTbcnVewaDfKhUV1OVq5caAtcpEALw_wcB

 

 

If you search 3 prong oil filter wrench you can find them on Amazon too. I've had that since my 2005 1500HD and needed one to fit where that oil filter was tucked up in.

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3 hours ago, chevy2tuff2006 said:

Question...Is that a metal skid plate you got on there?

 

I wasn't sure so I crawled under the truck to check. Front is plastic and middle is metal skid plate. I think that came with the Z71 package.

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