Ok im changing the oil on my 2003 monte carlo ss and i cant seem to find the oil filter. I found out where to drain the oil but cant find out where the oil filter is. Its a dumb question but can someone help me

 

alright i found it now the hard part is gettin it off

 

Special wrench for it, do you have that?

(don't use the wrench to tighten it)

 

http://www.amazon.com/Worlds-Best-Un.../dp/B000M96RVA

This one is nifty!

 

These are fun.

 

ok, its right behind the mufflerbearrings lol, j/k.

your best bet for a filter wrench is the one mike posted above, they are very affordable & you can get a good quality one at sears. but in a jam ive used dollar store wrench things that are a rubber strap of about the same design as the real oil filter wrench... but they can brake & lead to busted knuckels, lol. you can also punch a hole in it with a screwdriver & untwist, but thats not reccomended caus its very messy & if your in california they send out the smog - cops & have you exicuted for attempted murder of the planet, lol .


hmmmm, maby i should add this for fun, lol

found on: hotrodders.com

Oil Change instructions for Women:
1) Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 miles since the last
oil change.
2) Drink a cup of coffee.
3) 15 minutes later, write a check and leave with a properly maintained
vehicle.

Money spent:
Oil Change $20.00
Coffee $1.00
Total $21.00


Oil Change instructions for Men:

1) Wait until Saturday, drive to auto parts store and buy a case of oil,
filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner and a scented tree, write a check for
$50.00..
2) Stop by 7 - 11 and buy a case of beer, write a check for $20....00, drive
home.
3) Open a beer and drink it.
4) Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands.
5) Find jack stands under kid's pedal car.
6) In frustration, open another beer and drink it.
7) Place drain pan under engine.
8) Look for 9/16 box end wrench.
9) Give up and use crescent wrench.
10) Unscrew drain plug.
11) Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil: splash hot oil on you in process.
Cuss.
12) Crawl out from under car to wipe hot oil off of face and arms.
Throw kitty litter on spilled oil.
13) Have another beer while watching oil drain.
14) Spend 30 minutes looking for oil filter wrench.
15) Give up; crawl under car and hammer a screwdriver through oil filter and
twist off.
16) Crawl out from under car with dripping oil filter splashing oil
everywhere from holes. Cleverly hide old oil filter among trash in trash can
to avoid environmental penalties. Drink a beer.
17) Buddy shows up; finish case of beer with him. Decide to finish oil
change tomorrow so you can go see his new garage door opener.
18) Sunday: Skip church because "I gotta finish the oil change." Drag pan
full of old oil out from underneath car. Cleverly dump oil in hole in back
yard instead of taking it back to Kragen to recycle.
19) Throw kitty litter on oil spilled during step 18.
20) Beer? No, drank it all yesterday.
21) Walk to 7-11; buy beer.
22) Install new oil filter making sure to apply a thin coat of oil to gasket
surface.
23) Dump first quart of fresh oil into engine.
24) Remember drain plug from step 11.
25) Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan.
26) Remember that the used oil is buried in a hole in the back yard, along
with drain plug.
27) Drink beer.
28) Shovel out hole and sift oily mud for drain plug. Re-shovel oily dirt
into hole. Steal sand from kids sandbox to cleverly cover oily patch of
ground and avoid environmental penalties. Wash drain plug in lawnmower gas.
29) Discover that first quart of fresh oil is now on the floor. Throw kitty
litter on oil spill.
30) Drink beer.
31) Crawl under car getting kitty litter into eyes. Wipe eyes with oily rag
used to clean drain plug. Slip with stupid crescent wrench tightening drain
plug and bang knuckles on frame.
32) Bang head on floorboards in reaction to step 31.
33) Begin cussing fit.
34) Throw stupid crescent wrench.
35) Cuss for additional 10 minutes because wrench hit Miss December (1992)
in the left boob.
36) Beer.
37) Clean up hands and forehead and bandage as required to stop blood flow.
38) Beer.
39) Beer.
40) Dump in five fresh quarts of oil.
41) Beer.
42) Lower car from jack stands.
43) Accidentally crush remaining case of new motor oil.
44) Move car back to apply more kitty litter to fresh oil spilled during
steps 23 - 43.
45) Beer.
46) Test drive car.
47) Get pulled over: arrested for driving under the influence.
48) Car gets impounded.
49) Call loving wife, make bail.
50) 12 hours later, get car from impound yard.

Money spent:
Parts $50.00
DUI $2500.00
Impound fee $75.00
Bail $1500.00
Beer $40.00
Total-- $4165.00

-- But you know the job was done right

 

That's funny cuz I see the humor in that but my friend Heather would be one pissed off girl. She hates when people say stuff like that about girls cuz she always works on her car herself. Except if it's something a little too advanced for her to figure out on her own. Like when her and her dad completely rebuilt the motor in her Z24 Cavvy. The last time I cracked a joke about her workin on cars she caught me in the jaw with a right hook and it actually hurt. She can slam gears like a pro though, broke the shifter **** off in her car one time and busted the faceplate on her CD player. Regardless that's a funny post

 

Hahaha Ryan - I change my own oil and I bought one of those nifty wrenches Mike posted above cause my fiance didn't have a wrench small enough to fit the Monte's oil filter.

 

yha, i loved that joke, i just had to copy & save it, lol