How To Change Engine Oil For Chrysler Vehicles
Quality engine oil ensures proper lubrication, and should never be overlooked as it regulates a vehicle’s internal temperature as well as its fuel efficiency. That being said below is a guide to servicing and changing the engine oil in your new or certified used Chrysler.
Required Tools
- Oiled filter wrench
- Rags and drain pan
- Six to seven quarts of 3.6L or 5.7 liter 5W-20 engine oil
- V8 or V6 filter
- Jack stands or car ramp
- Torque wrench
- Ratchet set
- Eye protection and gloves
- Pick set
Step One: Warm up Your Engine
Start up the engine and let it run for around 5 minutes. This will lower the engine oil’s viscosity, which will make it easier to remove. Please note that if you run the engine for longer than five minutes you’ll have to allow it to cool otherwise you could burn yourself.
Step Two: Secure Your Vehicle
Place a car ramp beneath the vehicle’s front tires then slowly drive it onto them. Once this is done, set its parking brake, and then put blocks behind its back tires which will stop it from rolling. A jack can be used as an alternative.
Step Three: Drain the Aging Oil
Deactivate the engine then open its hood. Unclip its engine cover and then get beneath the vehicle to extract the bolts which hold its back belly pan. Once you’ve removed its belly pan, set it aside and put the drain pan right beneath its drain plug.
Gently extract its oiled drain plug then allow the aging oil to drain out inside the pan. Once this is complete, replace its oil plug through screwing it on firstly by hand, then afterwards with a torque wrench so it’s nice and tight.
Step Four: Extract the Filter
If you’re working with the 5.7 L based engine, you’ll have to extract the oiled filter from beneath the vehicle, which is located just behind its steering rack. Once a drain pan has been positioned below, apply an oiled filter wrench so you can counterclockwise unscrew it. Be sure that the O-ring or gasket is extracted along with its oil filter.
If you’re working with the 3.6 L based engine, its oil filter must be removed from its top. Place towels or rags around its filter then remove the cap by turning it clockwise, which will probably require a ratchet which is ½ inches in size. Extract its filter cap and the aging filter.
Step Five: Install the New Filter
For the 5.7 L based engine, fill up your new filter using the correct oil then apply an oil coating for its gasket ring using your finger. Screw on the newer filter by hand initially then switch to your filter wrench to tighten it further.
For the 3.6 L based engine, you’ll need to extract its O-ring from its cap using the pick, then replace with the newer one. Snap the new filter onto the cap then apply a fresh oil coating on its O-ring. Put on the newer filter by hand then tighten using your torque wrench.
Step Six: Put in the New Oil
Remove the oiled filler cap then place your oil funnel inside the opening. Add the amount of oil as instructed in the manual then put the cap back on.
Step Seven: Review Your Oil Levels
Start up the engine then allow it to run for around 5 minutes then shut it off again. Wait sixty seconds then apply an oil dipstick to review your oil levels to ensure they are proper.