Oil Change - Honda Civic 2016 2017 2018 + Oil Life Light Reset DIY How to Guide
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- čas přidán 17. 12. 2018
- Things you’ll need:
-Jack
-Jack stands
-Oil drain pan
-Cardboard to put on floor of work area to keep it clean (optional)
-Oil Filter removal tool
-Flat head and Phillips screwdrivers
-17mm socket and ratchet, or a 17mm wrench
-Funnel
-4-5 quarts of 0W-20 or 5W-20 Full Synthetic motor oil (recommended)
-Extended Life oil filter (recommended)
Oil Life Reset is at the end of the video
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Best Honda Civil oil change video on CZcams. Great camera work. The step by step instructions is on point. More Honda Civil tutorial videos please.
Thank you very much! I greatly appreciate the feedback. The channel is still new. But there will be more videos to come. And that means more Honda Civic videos as well. Since you requested it I will make another very soon :)
@@PancakeBreakfast please!!!!
Good and through video!
Just two comments:
1. Avoid being under the car while it is jacked-up with just a hydraulic jack, especially under cars with low ground clearance (vs. SUV, Trucks).
2. The oil pan designed with all the sides tapered so all the oil drains towards the drain, consider using a set of ramps, not only for safety and also less remaining oil in the engine than the car is lifted from only one side.
Thank you for the thorough & concise video!Social Distancing boredom/productivity has me doing an oil change for the first time ever
i really appreciate how you specific every detail and showed and explained it and it wasnt boring either. great job man.
Honestly this video was super helpful! Thanks so much for your clear instructions.
Best video on how to change oil for a 2010+ Honda Civic I’ve seen on CZcams. Very informative and helpful. Thank you for sharing :)
My guy!! Thank you 🙏🏻 Did all of the above and then took some extra precautions as far as jack standing the car. Thank you for your help.
Glad this video helped! I forgot to show the jack stands in the video. I will have to make sure to show them next time. Thank you
@@PancakeBreakfast For sure. Need to use jack stands and NOT rely only on that one jack. Also wheel chocks for rear wheels when front is up...
You did a great job on this video, I was nervous to do it myself but you’ve helped have the nerve do it lmao. Thanks a lot my guy, keep up the good work 👍
No problem i am glad this was helpful :)
Thank you for the attention to detail! I'm not a mechanic so the step by step walkthrough is very helpful :) 1^UP
Thank you for the feedback :) It's greatly appreciated
Looking into changing oil myself. Thanks for your attention to detail and explanations. Really helped a noobie have confidence to do this himself :)
Thank you for the response I greatly appreciate it and hope all goes well
Bless your heart for the oil reset!!! 🙏🏽💕
This was the best oil change vid for a Honda Civic. You came in clutch, good work bro.
Thanks! I greatly appreciate the kind words 😊
This video and your information was highly informative for me. Thank you!! I greatly appreciate it!!!
Thank you for the nice compliment!
I'm glad I was of help to you :)
This is a great video if I had never done a Noyle change in my life I would feel confident enough to do one after this awesome video man it’s my first time owning this Honda so I just wanted to watch how to do it just in case and also to make sure I knew how to reset the oil button on the inside of the car thanks man appreciate it
New year man just watches the video thanks still coming in handy . Just changed my car today lol my 1st oil change did really good
Thank you so much for this tutorial. Changed mine for the first time today and it went smoothly.
No Problem! Glad it was helpful, and congratulations changing the oil for your first time :)
Best Honda video I ever seen step by step and not missing a step if u continue to do more videos keep it up just like this one
nice detail one of the best vids out there prob the best one.
Thanks for your time to make us better and save money.
This is a very helpful video. I really appreciate your attention to detail as well as being patient to explain everything step by step. I just subscribed to your channel, seriously, thank you.
Very detailed description howto - so far the very best for diy Honda Civic oil change. Thank you.
Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad it was helpful ☺️
best step by step I've watched.
Dude this is awesome 👏 nice and explained very good. Now time to change my oil.
Very helpful my friend now i know exactly how to change my own
thank you for sharing these information i have 2017 honda civic and wanted to know how i do it by myself. good video
I'm going to change my oil now. Thank you so much
So weird to see this compared to the modern content
This helps so much, I have the exact car even to the color. I've had it for a year now and decided to start doing the oil change my self.
I’m scared the car will fall on me
@@Jonathan-du8fs I’ve been changing my own oil for twenty years now. Get you a sturdy set of ramps and wheel chocks...I’ve never had a problem with it.
@@carlovanrijk4039 my car fell on me once invested in some clamps immediately
@@Jared1C how badly were you hurt? I forgot to mention that I also use jack stands when putting my car up on ramps. Just more safety measures.
@@carlovanrijk4039 Remember you can always use your wheels as another failsafe. Unbolt them, and place them under your car just incase the stands fail by some chance.
Bro this was actually so helpful thanks man
Excellent video. Great job!👏👏
This video just showed every single thing you can ask specially how much oil you’re supposed to put and when to stop
👌 incredible bro - many thanks 👍
This got recommended to my feed but 10/10 tutorial.
LOL. First video I ever made for this channel
Very informative dude thanks
Great video! Very helpful!
Heyyyyyyyyy....I'm glad you weren't a "Potsie" and you did a very good job explaining how to do this. Thanks Fonzi!
Man, you really should have floor jacks on the car if you are going under it. Also I would not deviate off Honda's recommended oil type. Other than that good video.
Exactly ! Use what you're supposed to use.
Lol somebody reccomend what he did though something abt going over 100 get thicker oil. Lol shit idk man
Your choice of oil weight is fine as you decreased the spread (range) that the molecules have to do their job protecting the engine. I would have gone with a Honda filter bought thru the dealership. Beware of "genuine" parts sold elsewhere.
On the oil weight, he said to use what you feel is best and do your research.
@@tombaugh4666 you are supposed to use what the factory calls for
Good job there! Those six large clips on the belly pan can be removed more easily with a stubby screw driver as there isn't a lot of room under there for a regular length driver handle.
I'm impressed with the size of the 17mm pan bolt, the number of threads, the reinforced boss it threads into and the fact that the pan is metal, not glass fiber (plastic) like the VW's.
Remember: if you're running a late model 2.0 the manual specifies 4.4 quarts of oil with a filter.
I tuck shop towels around the funnel and valve cover just in case you fill too quickly or something slips out of place.
Better to prevent than drip oil over and down accessories that weren't meant to be oiled externally.
Always replace the crush washer for the pan bolt and make sure the oil filter gasket came off with the old filter.
Great engines, great video!
hey thanks for the pointers i may have missed and thank you for the appreciation :)
I’m gunna do my oil change on a 2018 accord mobile one 0W-20 advanced fuel economy and mobile one oil filter, 35$ total... it’s gunna be my first time doing it with the help of my brother :)
Well Explained video thank you!
very nicely explained best video on honda civic oil change
Good video !! thanks man !!
Thanks bro this really helped me today no lie
No problem! I'm glad it helped 😊
so helpful thank you!
This video has almost 100k vies but we can't follow his channel ?!??!!
We have only fan accounts that take our money and have hella subscribers, this guy is saving us money and teaching us how simple it is to do our own oil change.
Thanks for the vid, you got new followers!
Thank you very much! I appreciate the love and support
what an aamzing video!
Would it help if I open the cap where you put the new oil in when draining it?
Very well done 👏
5W-20 and 0W-20 have the same viscosity at operating temperature, but 0W-20 flows better at cold start. Just to let you know.
I was wondering when I saw the oil type... thanks for the info
In climates that go below freezing temp yes, but southern cali heat its actually ideal that you use 5w-20 just because it could get very hot and I have my car on for a long period of time for work.
A really bid Thank You!
No problem!
Thanks 👌🙏🏾
Its recommended to change the oil filter every oil change? And change also the drain plug washer?
Thanks
I am driving 120-140 miles per day (Civic 2016 LX with 66K miles). I will start changing my own oil obviously and I using synthetic already.
Any of you have any advice on how to optimize my oil life or lower the cost of the oil change?
Great video . thanks
Good job
Gracias Fonzi , tengo un Honda Civic del 2016 y me queda el último cambio de aceite de parte del dealer
I tried to change the oil in my 2020 Honda Civic hatchback today, but I couldn't get the metal plate off. The two screws at the front were ridiculously tight and I was afraid of stripping the heads on them. This is the first time the car has ever had an oil change, so maybe they over-tighten the screws from the factory. I guess I'll take it to the Honda dealership and hope they will be able to get them off. I stripped one a bit, but hopefully it will still come off. Not sure why they would tighten them so much from the factory!
When you said it’s a lot harder to get the oil hard what do you mean by that ? .
great tutorial... buying my tools to get done myself
Glad it helped. Hope all has gone well with the project
What is considered high mileage? I have a 2018 Honda Civic with 80k miles and the engine vibrates a lot with 0-20 full synthetic oil
Thanks bro
I was suprised when I sorted this your channel out by most popular xD (I’m one of your honokai viewers
same
Can you pls make a video on how to clean and wash car engine means open the hood and clean fron inside?
whats the piece in the front that you have chrome on called? I like it
What mileage did you get to when you decided to switch up oil?
How many miles do you consider high mileage vehicles🤔🤔🤔?? I have 036000 on my 2017 civic lx..
can you do coolant also?
I even poor some of the clean oil through before putting the drain bolt back on. It pushes out more dirty oil that might be stuck in crevices.
Good work but just one thing. I’d start the car and run it so the oil can run through all the tiny passages in the engine and completely fill up the oil filter. Then turn engine off and wait 3 minutes and check the level again. It usually goes down a bit. And just for safe measure, I’d fill the oil to the top mark because the engine may burn a little oil between changes. Just MHO.
So it’s better to raise it on the drivers side? Isn’t the drain plug on the left side ?should it be better to raise the passenger side?
Great video but I just use ramps instead of jacks.. one ramp has to be lower than the other one so that the engine is tilted for more oil to drain out good point!
You never put the jack stands under the car? What’s the point in having them if you don’t use them, I wouldn’t trust the jack. I saw some of the other comments and you said you used them but at 18:12 in the video the jack stands are still laying in front of the car.
My Civic lost the two phillips screw on the middle, Im trying to see if I can find something that fix there
Lost one of those too! Lol
Hi thanks for bringing up the detailed video. yesterday i was checking the air filter on my honda civic ex 2017. By mistake i disconnect the wire on the hose very next to filter cover. I forgot to put back in. Today in the morning. When i started my car.The display showing me so many errors like cruise control problem,lane departure problem,Brake hold problem and more. Then i realize and open the hood found that wire disconnected. I reconnect it properly. But the display still showing me the issues. Please help me out if you met this problem before or any advice. Thanks
gursharan singh Unplug your battery and it will reset those lights. OR you can just drive the car and after a few times of turning the car on and off, the computer in the car will relearn and turn off the lights. If it’s still not going off, check engine air filter housing and make sure it’s seated properly and also make sure the plug you originally unplugged that caused your issue is fully back in. You have to hear it click back in. Good luck.
Try disconnecting the battery for a few minutes. Then reconnecting it. And running the car to see if it cleared the codes.
Tom Dolgin Thanks,it was fixed automatically by turning on and off car.
Thanks a lot for this video man! So just to be sure, you used the EXACT same oil for the bottom of the car and the car ‘s hood right?
Yes.
Don't keep the car up with the jack on use jack stands.
What it says on the engine oil cap 0w-20 is the oil you have to use.
Oil pan drain plug torque for a 2016 civic EXL 1.5L 4CYL & 2.0L 4CYL is 40 Nm / 30 ft lbs.
If you don't have a torque wrench just go slow when it's starting to tighten once it's tight that should be enough.
3.7 US quarts for the 1.5L 4CYL engine and 4.4 US quarts for the 2.0L 4CYL engine.
I have the exact same model. Mine takes up a little more than 5 quarts...
Thanks for explaining everything so well and great camera work! I'm about to change it for the first time watching your video. Would you recommend a 1/2 inch drive or 3/8 ratchet for the drain bolt? If I'm not that strong should I go with the 1/2 inch with a longer handle?
No definitely don't use 1/2 inch. Taking it off is one thing. But when you put it back on you don't want to over tighten it. If you over tighten the drain bolt you'll end up having to replace the entire drain pan that it plugs into. Because it could end up getting cross-threaded on the way out ruining the oil pan. The drain plug does not need to be put on with an excessive amount of force. It needs to be able to come off eventually too. Of course I don't recommend literally leaving it loose. But most drain plugs only need to be tightened to about 15 foot pounds or so.
In short I would never recommend using a 1/2 inch ratchet to change oil.
3/8 is fine
How long should I have the car started for for the oil to come out easier? Like a few minutes?
Nick M I usually drive it around the neighborhood for about 5 minutes, then let it sit for 10 minutes. That helps the old oil to flow out easy without burning yourself. FYI.
Corona Virus brought me here >.> (Sad and happy at the same time)
13:25 mine has around 100,000 KM should I keep 0w20 or is it better to start putting 5w20?
0w20 is probably still fine As long as you've taken care of it
he crawls underneath the car lifted up by only a floor jack, I've never seen any man with such massive balls.
Hey bro you mention around 16:40 that there’s a way to make the Honda aware that you’re using extended oil life like using synthetic but I couldn’t find out where you show how to do that. All you show is how to reset the oil. I’m using Mobil 1 synthetic on my wife’s car and her oil life goes to 0% a lot quicker than usual. Thanks In advance.
I think you may have misunderstood what I was saying. There isn't a way for the car to know that you have started using synthetic oil. What will happen is whenever you reset the oil life light. The oil life light is going to go off at the same amount of mileage no matter what kind of oil you're using.
So it's up to you to be aware of how many miles you have gone on the oil that you have. If you're using full synthetic and an extended life oil filter. You should be able to go potentially 2 oil life cycles using the cars oil life system. And you reset the oil life system using the procedure I show at the end of the video. The car does not monitor the oil in any way It is not that sophisticated.
Believe it or not your oil life light only monitors how many miles you have gone. That is literally it. It's very very primitive. But it does work and that's why we still use it today.
@@PancakeBreakfast appreciate the clarification Mr. Fonzi! I used mobil 1 synthetic and just the Honda OEM filter...is that sufficient to run it on 2 cycles of the oil light ?
@@carsonnguyen4423 You should be using a extended life oil filter along with the full synthetic if you really want to go 2 full cycles. Because if it's a normal filter it's only going to be filtering for the normal amount of oil life. Not basically made to be used with synthetic for extended periods of time
Yo Fonzi do you how to reset brake system light i just replaced my rear brakes and rotors and brake system light came on and also red brake light flashes when car is in motion would really appreciate if you or anyone can help me with this issue
I have 2018 Honda Civic
I think the problem here was you needed to use a EPB (Electronic Parking Brake) scan tool to put the car into BMM (Brake Maintenance Mode). This way when you set it to BMM through the scanner, the honda will make that handbrake releasing sound. You could potentially damage your calipers by changing Honda's rear brakes without doing this I've heard > now your brake system light comes on.. Best to get it to a garage who does have that scanner and see if they can do what I mentioned in the first sentence
Do you need to have a new washer for the drain plug? Is there already one there that you are replacing? If I do need a new one, can I get it at an autozone or do I need to poke through the fasteners section at Lowe's?
You should replace the drain plug to be safe. Some new oil filters come with new drain plug washers. But autozone should have plenty of washers
Civics are the best ever first car
With the 2.0 L Engine, is it 3.7 or 4.4 quarts of oil?
4.4 for a 2016/2017. I would download the owners manual free online. Good luck.
10:22 why do we need a new drain plug gasket? can we just keep using the old one?
It sometimes okay to reuse the old one. But eventually you should change it. Even metal drain plug gaskets compress over time. I found plenty of situations where people that don't change their old drain plug gasket end up squishing their old one. And it could even get stuck to the drain pan
I have an 2016 LX model, I wanna be able to get more miles per gallon. The lower the oil life the less miles I get when I do a full gas tank. Any tips are helpful since this is my first car and I wanna be able to do all of it by myself
It's possible you are burning off some of the oil by the time the oil life light comes on. Try checking the dipstick to make sure the oil level isn't dropping.
Also make sure to use full synthetic oil to maintain proper oil quality
Currently, I'm at 40% oil life and when I gave my car a full tank of gas it was reading 399mpg. When I have it to 100% it gives me 446mpg which is what I wanna be getting.
@@rhyssky8308 You aren't going to be able to get perfect miles per gallon all of the time. Eventually the oil quality goes down, the engine get's older, etc. And some of the oil burns off. You can continuously do oil changes. But then you spend a lot on the oil and filters. And you have to decide if doing oil changes very regularly is worth it to you.
Did you check the dipstick to see if the oil level has changed at all since the oil change? Are you using Full Synthetic motor oil from a quality brand?
How often do you recommend an oil change on this car?
This vehicle has an oil life light. So a light should turn on letting you know when to change the oil. I put an oil light reset procedure at the end of this video, if needed. But if you are using full synthetic oil. And an extended life filter. It doesn't hurt the vehicle to go a little longer after the light turns on. Giving you some time to change the oil after the light turns on. Every 5,000 miles is a safe amount.
10:23 why do you need a new Gasket ring.. when I do oil change I use the same ring
It's best to change the ring because when you tighten the drain plug up it crushes the ring more and more every time you do it. Reusing the same ring maybe one time is probably fine. But I didn't want to recommend that to people in case they felt like they never needed to change it ever. It's just good practice.
Had I told people to reuse the same ring people would be blowing up the comments with negativity towards that statement sadly
what’ was the mileage on this car when you did this oil change?
It was over 2 years ago now. I honestly don't remember
No jack stands? Nice
How much quarts of oil does it take.to fill the engine?
@You Wish when I check.tye dipstick and the engine oil is above the highest point on the dipstick does that mean there's too much oil? I have the 2litre engine by the by
@You Wish next question? When the engine becomes warm, and I check the dipstick again. ..the oil.level drops below the highest point. .does that mean that the oil level is low? Or is it because the oil.is circulating properly in the engine why it seems so low on the dipstick
I made an error..it drops below the lowest point in the dipstick
@You Wish thank.you so much bro, I realize that the fill specifications are NOT REALLY CORRECT. Because when the engine is at its coolest I check and the oil level is above the highest point on the dipstick...it concerned me. Thanks for your advice bro, I'll definitely ask my Mechanic to let's some of the oil out. And recheck again in the morning to see if its the right level
@You Wish Thanks bro I really appreciate it. Is there any recommendations regarding servicing any other parts of the car you have for me besides engine and transmission or once it is that these two are serviced regularly my car last a lifetime?
Why my car is leaking oil man ?
Did anyone see jack stands if none were used that's crazy having car held up by just a jack very unsafe
How much is high mileage?
Elvis Valle about 80k +
NEVER...get under a car without jack stands. The floor jack shouldnt be used to keep car suspended while you are under the car. Use Jack Stands ...safety first!!
He put the jack stands underneath as well, but he forgot to include it in the video 😂. Hopefully nobody tries without that step
Does filter unscrew clockwise?
It unscrews counter-clockwise.
To tighten, screw clockwise
@@PancakeBreakfast Thank you for quick reply! I think I turn other way around and now my filter is stuck. I hope I have not damaged any threads.
There are tools you can use to take it off if it doesn't work by hand.
I also hope you didn't mess up the threads. Fingers crossed
@@PancakeBreakfast Finally, it came out. I had to try one of those screwdriver method. Thank you! I wonder if you have any video on brake service or brake fluid replacement. I think my Honda is also showing me maintenance #7 & 9 for those services.
To be honest I hurt my back in 2019. So I haven't been making that many mechanics videos.
I'll be doing an oil change for a Toyota Camry soon.
That same Camry might need some brake pads and maybe rotors in the next few months.
But as of right now I don't have a brake system video.
I believe engineers who designed this car knows the best about the oil. People should use whats recommended in owners manual. Most important thing is to change it regularly.