By steve on Wednesday, February 28, 2001 - 04:46 pm: Edit

I keep hearing that it is a little tricky to make sure you keep the oil pump primed and have to be careful when changing the filter. Can someone please clarify all the steps for me. Thanks.

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1. Drain
2. Pull filter
3. Fill new filter with fresh oil and replace
4. Refill oil in crankshaft

By steve on Wednesday, February 28, 2001 - 04:47 pm: Edit

This is for a 2000 DiscoII

By disco2guy on Thursday, March 01, 2001 - 01:50 am: Edit

You're dead on, Steve. Just don't leave the filter off & oil drained for more than a few minutes & you'll have no problem whatsoever.

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By Tippy on Thursday, March 01, 2001 - 07:33 am: Edit

I've been changing the oil forever on my Disco and just do it like every other vehicle. Don't need to fill the filter....it spills when you tip it to install it. My prob. is that the drain plug is on the SIDE of the pan (DUH, LR)and the oil shoots to the side. Difficult to catch it with a pail. Any solutions to this problem?

By Axel Haakonsen (Axel) on Thursday, March 01, 2001 - 08:22 am: Edit

Yeah, just open the plug slowly. When you get a small stream of oil, hold the plug in place for a little while, then remove it completely once the pressure starts dropping.

By William Vince Albrecht (Walbrecht) on Thursday, March 01, 2001 - 09:43 am: Edit

is this the same procedure for the 97 Disco?

By Axel Haakonsen (Axel) on Thursday, March 01, 2001 - 03:20 pm: Edit

Well yeah, a drain plug is a drain plug, there is no magic to it.

By Axel Haakonsen (Axel) on Thursday, March 01, 2001 - 03:25 pm: Edit

William:

If you meant the oil change procedure described in the top message, it applies to your 97 also.

By ERIK on Friday, March 02, 2001 - 08:36 pm: Edit

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