[s.eckhart]

Okay, call me an idiot. I bought my 968 last year, and after paying more than I wanted to for the last oil change, I decided I can do this myself. So, I bought some oil, and a filter, and a drain pan, etc. This morning, I got under the car and could not find the drain plug.



What do I need to do to change the oil? Do I need to take off the skid plate?



This may seem really basic, but if someone could take me through step-by-step (and maybe show me a picture of the undercarriage indicating the location of the plug), that would be great.



Thank you!

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[rustech]

You have to remove the second pan from the front right behind the "batwing." The oil sump is approx 14" x 10" or so and is ribbed, with a smooth circle in the center....it is on the bottom of the motor just behind the crossmember. The drain is on the side of the sump (passenger ?) and is ~17mm IIRC. Not around my car and can't describe it much better. Good luck.

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[rhudeboye]

[quote name='rustech' post='38271' date='Jul 14 2007, 02:23 PM']You have to remove the second pan from the front right behind the "batwing." The oil sump is approx 14" x 10" or so and is ribbed, with a smooth circle in the center....it is on the bottom of the motor just behind the crossmember. The drain is on the side of the sump (passenger ?) and is ~17mm IIRC. Not around my car and can't describe it much better. Good luck.[/quote]



Wow! w/ such great details who needs a pic.



My first oil change on the 68 was just as confusing. I was so use to the Japanese cars so i would look for a square slanted pan, sitting over to one side of the car, with the obvious 14mm drain plug.



The 68 was so different (and so centered) that I didn't know what I was looking for.

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[s.eckhart]

[quote name='rustech' post='38271' date='Jul 14 2007, 04:23 PM']You have to remove the second pan from the front right behind the "batwing." The oil sump is approx 14" x 10" or so and is ribbed, with a smooth circle in the center....it is on the bottom of the motor just behind the crossmember. The drain is on the side of the sump (passenger ?) and is ~17mm IIRC. Not around my car and can't describe it much better. Good luck.[/quote]



Thanks for the fantastic description! I was on the right track yesterday, but I didn't want to take off a bunch of panels and find out I'd done the wrong thing.



Boy, was it hard to get the oil filter off and on. I disconnected the electrical lead to what I assume was the distributor. Then, there was a hose about 1" thick which made it very hard to get the filter off. It looks like it was leading to the air filter; is it okay to remove this hose?



My oil filter wrench couldn't get a grip until I wrapped the filter in duct tape.



Anyway, I'm having a nice feeling of satisfaction at having done the work myself. I haven't bothered to change my own oil in almost 20 years, but it felt good to get under a car again.

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[rhudeboye]

good for you.



I dont have my 68 in the garage at the moment but I think that 1" hose you mentioned is a coolant line.



If you replace your filter w/ a K&N one you will not have such a difficult task removing it 3K miles down the road. They come with a socket fitting on top of the filter.

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