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Old 12-08-2024, 03:09 PM
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But, wait, there's more! Change the oil now. It takes exactly 7 quarts of the 0w40 Pennzoil Platinum Ultra (the only oil they recommend and will give you $%^& if there is ever a warranty claim and you used different oil) I bring this up because the factory overfilled the engines by close to a quart and the drain plug on the oil cooler is always loose. There was a TSB on replacing that drain plug because the rubber O-ring seals were too soft.

And yes there are 2 oil drain plugs on these cars. One on the pan and one on the oil cooler near the bottom of the passenger front fender. You have to remove most of the underbody shields to get to it. The dealers either don't bother or don't know it's there and leave half a quart of dirty oil in the cooler and lines when they ignore it...and then they dump too much oil in thinking it was drained. But it is critical to check the tightness of that cooler plug. Mine was finger tight and about to fall out when I changed the oil at 500 miles.

Here's how much is in that cooler after an hour of draining. Second photo is of the actual cooler drain plug
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