Changing Oil in 2005 Escape

msterspy · 2005-02-02T16:29:52+00:00

I recently posted here about using synthetic on my 05 Escape. Thankseveryone for your comments. My next question is, How diificult is it for me to change the oilmyself? I haven't really looked underneath yet, but I would like theconvenience of changing it when I want to and not bring it to a shopand sit around for hours. I change the oil in my Crown Vic and it ismoderately difficult to get under there to get at the filter and theplug, but I manage. I realize that the Escape is high off the ground and it will besomewhat easy to get under the vehicle to undo the plug, but I'mwondering if I am in store for any difficulty do to the design of thevehicle. M

Feb 02, 2005 21 Replies

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C. E. White 21 years ago

I think you should review the shop manual.

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C. E. White 21 years ago

Using AFT in a manual is very common these days. I had a

1983 Mazda that was sold with ATF in the manual transmission. It recommended replacing the ATF with gear oil at 30,000 miles. I did this. The next day I replaced the gear oil with ATF - the thing was a bear to shift with gear oil for a lubricant.

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