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simple oil change turns south

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will_95gt

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Ok... so i head to orreily's auto parts... i buy five qz of mobile 1 synthetic and an oil filter.

I go home and drive the car onto some ramps, then i pop the hood and open the oil cap so that when i drain the oil it will drain freely. Then i get under the car and take off the bolt from the oil pan and hardly ANY oil came out at all. So then I take the oil filter off and about a half a quart comes out with it.

I then realize a lot of the oil is probably just at the back of the tank since i have it on the ramps tiled backwards (DUH!! ) So i went ahead and put the new oil filter on and put the bolt back in the oil pan. Then i put her in neutral and back it off the ramps; i go ahead and remove the bolt and still barely any oil comes out... i'm talking a couple table spoons. Now, given, i'm sure some old oil gets caught up in the new oil filter but not FIVE QUARTZ for god sakes...

When i pull out the dipstick it says oils almost full, so why isn't any coming out my oil pan???

I tried poking the dipstick inside the hole of the oil pan to maybe unclock something but it doesn't really help.

Wheres all my oil?? And why isn't it coming out??


Please help stangnet, i'm confused as hell
 

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We have two drain plugs.
 
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Danman765432

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There are two bolts...one in the front of the pan and one towards the back
 
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95mustang_gt

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there is two drain plugs
 

Bosko5.0

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did undo the plug on the very bottom of the pan.
 
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haha I like how many people responded with the same thing in a 2 minute span
 

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Danman765432 said:
haha I like how many people responded with the same thing in a 2 minute span
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I wish that happened for all my threads. lol
 

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man it seems like this is a really common problem as of late lol i have seen this exact question like 4 times in a month haha
 
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hey...when i first did my change I had the same thing happen and was like wtf...then i saw the other bolt/drain
 

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i guess it helped that as soon as i got my 93 i had a **** ton on work done and the first part i had to get was a pan so i saw 2 drain plugs lol i still find it funny that recently everyone is making these posts lol theres soooo many of them
 

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Hahaha, thanks guys. Nice job with the quick responses.
 

will_95gt

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man i feel dumb btw...
 

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at least you didn't ask what kind of replacement power band you should buy
 
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haha i freaked out the first time also
 

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will_95gt said:
man i feel dumb btw...
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i wouldn't be to worried about it lol....how many other vehicles do you know with 2 drain plugs lol it can goof you up....i know that if my car didn't need a pan i would be doing the same things
 

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Yup. Been there... done that....
 
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