on the 10th of August I did my first oil change...I have just about 2500 kilometers on my Venue and in the past I've always done early first oil changes...I guess I should have posted this on the do it yourself side but I just wanted to point out a few things...the filter came as normal with everything I needed and I do like the idea of being able to drain the oil from the filter before removing it and when I drained the oil from the pan there was no removable washer on the drain plug...I was going to put the one on to the plug that came with the filter and decided not to and the reason is that by doing so there would be a good chance of leakage because I didn't think the washer belonged on the plug and I know if a washer isn't just right it will leak and I felt that putting it on would be like having too many washers which is a bad thing and as well... many of my vehicles never had removable washers to change and thus I left well enough alone and never had a problem and as well if the washer wasn't meant to be there and tightening the plug too much to make the washer seat properly could maybe cause thread damage in the oil pan...after I did the change all was okay and no leaks.
the other things I did was to rotate the tire/wheels...the biggest reason for doing it now was two fold...because I jacked the car off the ground to do the oil change and to spray the under side of the Venue and the engine compartment with rust inhibitor...as well I sprayed inside the bottom drain holes of the doors and hinges etc. and there are convent spray holes in the hood to spray into...I used 3 different types of the Rust Check products...one was lighter and the other 2 were thicker in weight...I also sprayed where the plastic body pieces are attached to the body with the lighter weight spray because it seeps in that area better...the reason I did it myself was to only spray where I wanted it and especially to make sure there was no over spray on engine component things like computer etc. pieces.
the other reason for removing the wheels was because on my last daily driver I found that aluminum wheels will build up a type of what I call corrosion where the part of the wheel meets the wheel mounting spot where the wheel bolts on to the vehicle and the wheel sticks to this area over time if the wheels have never been removed and after un-bolting them to get the wheels off I had to use a rubber hammer on the wheels to release them...because of this I put a little grease on that area of the wheels to prevent the sticking...this time on my Venue I used a bit of wheel bearing grease on that area and since I was removing the wheels to do this I rotated them and I made sure they were torqued properly because I've found garage torquing sometimes are way off...the Venue calls for 79 to 94 foot pounds and I did mine at about 92 foot pounds.
the other things I did was to rotate the tire/wheels...the biggest reason for doing it now was two fold...because I jacked the car off the ground to do the oil change and to spray the under side of the Venue and the engine compartment with rust inhibitor...as well I sprayed inside the bottom drain holes of the doors and hinges etc. and there are convent spray holes in the hood to spray into...I used 3 different types of the Rust Check products...one was lighter and the other 2 were thicker in weight...I also sprayed where the plastic body pieces are attached to the body with the lighter weight spray because it seeps in that area better...the reason I did it myself was to only spray where I wanted it and especially to make sure there was no over spray on engine component things like computer etc. pieces.
the other reason for removing the wheels was because on my last daily driver I found that aluminum wheels will build up a type of what I call corrosion where the part of the wheel meets the wheel mounting spot where the wheel bolts on to the vehicle and the wheel sticks to this area over time if the wheels have never been removed and after un-bolting them to get the wheels off I had to use a rubber hammer on the wheels to release them...because of this I put a little grease on that area of the wheels to prevent the sticking...this time on my Venue I used a bit of wheel bearing grease on that area and since I was removing the wheels to do this I rotated them and I made sure they were torqued properly because I've found garage torquing sometimes are way off...the Venue calls for 79 to 94 foot pounds and I did mine at about 92 foot pounds.
