How to Change Oil in Your 2003 Hyundia Santa Fe 2.4 L

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2003 Hyundia Santa Fe 2.4 L and you shouldn’t need to put the car on ramps or jack it up to get underneath to change the oil unless you weigh more than 250 lbs and the reason I put the weight is because I weigh about that much and I can fit underneath to change the oil in my Hyundia Santa Fe 2.4 L.

Steps

1. 1
   Lay down on your back and slide your body underneath your vehicle and look up and locate the bottom part of the engine and you should see a square or rectangle flat metal plate that is a oil pan that holds the oil. The oil plug should look like a small bolt with the head size of a 9/16 or ½ or some other small size head.

   
   
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   Have your helper hand you two different sizes of wrenches that may fit the drain plug and then have your helper hand you the oil filter wrench and the oil drain pan and a old towel.
3. 3
   Next take the oil drain pan and place it directly underneath the drain plug and get the wrench that fits the drain the plug and loosen the bolt enough so you can take it off with your finger tips.
4. 4
   Unscrew the bolt quickly and move your hand quickly to prevent a lot of oil from getting on your hand and arm.
5. 5
   Make sure the old oil is draining into the oil drain pan.
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   Now wipe the oil off your hands.
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   Next while the oil is draining get the oil filter wrench and locate the oil filter, it is located by the top of the oil pan on the passengers side of the vehicle.
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   Now you have found the oil filter grab the oil filter wrench and attach it to the filter and loosen it enough so you can take it off with your hand.
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   When the filter is loose enough try holding the filter so the oil will not come out of the small hole and place filter into drain pan.
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    By now the oil should be drained out of the engine oil pan so wipe the oil off your hands from removing the filter and get the oil plug and screw it in hand tight and then tighten down snug with a wrench.
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    Now have your helper had you the new oil filter. Now take the filter and put a light coat of oil on the rubber seal and then screw the filter into its place and tighten as tight as you can with your hand if you need to use a dry towel to tighten with. You should not need the filter wrench.
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    Now you should be finished with the hard part now side out from under your vehicle and remove drain pan as you slide out. Now you’re ready to put the new oil in.
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    Now raise your hood on your vehicle and find the oil cap, it should be located on top of the engine and looks like a jar cap.
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    Unscrew the oil cap and put it somewhere in a safe place.
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    Next open oil bottles one at a time pouring them into the engine one by one.
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    Check oil level before pouring all five quarts of oil into engine to prevent overfilling.
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    After checking the oil stick and it shows the engine oil level full. Replace stick into engine.
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    Pick up oil cap and screw into engine fill hole.
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    Close hood clean up your mess and your finished.

    
    

Tips

• Have someone help you with this oil change.
• Take your time.
• Wear old clothes.
• Put on elastic rubber gloves to keep oil off hands.

Warnings

• Make sure car is in park.
• Let engine motor cool before changing oil
• Be careful not to get oil in you eyes or mouth.
• If you have two vehicles let others know what you are doing to prevent being run over by another car or truck.

Things You'll Need

• Oil
• Oil Drain pan
• Oil wrench
• Socket set for drain plug
• Old clothes
• Rubber gloves
• Helper
• Old towel to wipe any oil spilled on you skin.
• Oil dry to put on any oil spilled on pavement.

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