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#9 of 12 Just changed oil on 07 elantra SE by acura03g May 11, 2007 (7:00 pm)
First oil change on this car. milage 4686. Age 6mos. Here is the procedure I used.   1. Warm up engine, drive onto ramp, shift to P, apply parking brake firmly, shut off engine, put wheel chokes (or bricks) under rear wheels to prevent car from moving. 2. Open hood and remove oil filler cap. 3. Get under car, remove the plastic cover piece under the oil pan and oil filter. This done by removing 3 bolts (using 10mm socket). 4. Place container under oil drain plug, remove drain plug using 17mm socket or wrench, wait until used oil is completely drained to the container. 5. Move container under the oil filter, remove oil filter with an oil filter wrench. This took me a while as the oil filter was very tight. 6. Use finger to apply new oil to the rubber band on new oil filter, install new oil filter with hand. Then use oil filter wrench to tighten 1/2 to 3/4 turn. 7. Put a new aluminum gasket/washer on oil drain plug, then screw it on with hand. Tighten it with wrench 1/4 turn. Do not overtighten. Or if you have torque wrench, use 30 lbft torque. Reinstall the plastic cover piece under the oil pan. 8. Using a funnel pour 4.23 qt new oil to oil filler hole (I used Quaker State 5W20 synthetic oil), put oil filler cap back on. 9. Turn on engine, oil pressure light should go off within 5 seconds. Drive to level ground. shut off and wait for 5 minutes then check oil level. It should be at Full.
#10 of 12 2006 elantra oil color by spupecki Mar 16, 2008 (1:57 am)
hi. i wonder anyone can answer a question? i've been looking at 2006 elantras for my daughter's first car. i've noticed that pretty much all have coffee colored oil on the bottom of the oil cap when i check it. is this normal? i heard that this may mean water has gotten into the oil. should i be concerned? thanks.
#11 of 12 Check Engine light codes by rguedel Aug 19, 2009 (6:08 pm)
I have a 2004 Hyunda Elantra and was wondering if there was a website that listed the check engine light codes? My light just came on tonight at 67,000 miles.   Thanks for the help.   Robyn Replies to this message: autonomous (Aug 28, 2009 1:48 pm)
#12 of 12 Re: Check Engine light codes [rguedel] by autonomous Aug 28, 2009 (1:48 pm)
Replying to: rguedel (Aug 19, 2009 6:08 pm) a website that listed the check engine light codes Just google "obd codes" and it will show you listings for the OBD II codes that appear on a diagnostic tool (also known as an OBD reader).

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