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Old Sep 17, 2003 | 06:54 PM
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Couple of tips- Hondas/Acuras use a washer on the oil pan drain plug. Make sure you get a new washer- it WILL leak if you use the old one. It will. Trust me.

Another thing, an excellent tip is to pre-lube the filter before you install it. What you want to do, before you get underneath the car- anything- is take your brand-new filter. With is sitting in the box so you can see in to the holes in the bottom of it, what you want to do is pour some oil into the larger, center oil. Go ahead and fill up to just inside the lip. Wait about 15 seconds, it will drop a bit, pour in some more. Go ahead and hop underneath and pull your old filter and/or pull the drain plug. When you get done with that go ahead and pour some more in. I can 'fill' mine usually 5 times before I have to stop- DO NOT KEEP POURING IN OIL OR IT WILL RUN OUT WHEN YOU GO TO PUT THE FILTER ON THE ENGINE.

What this will do is load the 'output' side of the filter with fresh, clean oil and get it going that much quicker when you start the motor when you're done.
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