First Oil Change

[Dzm13]

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D6KRWLL?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

These are what I used @Will2

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[JCFoster]

I’ll be the first to admit it, I left the panel on. I put a couple absorbent towels in there to catch oil from the filter. I’m not fighting with all that. I did mine at 5k and according to the oil life monitor it was at 50%.

 

[BYBO]

S
I’d like to find the engineer that fastened this and stick a 7mm screw up his ass!

 

[Will2]

Just did my first oil change on my Ecoboost.

WOW, what a pain. I can't believe professional products can be designed this poorly. My 6th gen Camaro was much easier to work on. The location of the Mustang's panel and oil filter and how those limit your jackstand placement, etc. was super annoying.

The 7mm bolts were at least were easy to remove, but the plastic fasteners were the real problem. Mine was missing one of the original plastic fasteners (the 2-piece push-pin style fastener in the front middle) because the panel and underbody didn't line up perfectly from the factory, so I guess they just didn't put that one in. The 7mm bolts didn't line up perfectly with the holes either, some were screwed in slightly off-center, but I saw similar on my Camaro, so I take it this is just Proud American build quality.

One of the single-piece plastic fasteners wouldn't come out. Eventually the head of the fastener broke off, leaving the stem inside.

One improvement to reduce this hassle in the future is just not use the plastic fasteners. They are not necessary, the panel is very secure with just the 7mm bolts.

 

[highvoltage]

S
I’d like to find the engineer that fastened this and stick a 7mm screw up his ass!

use a battery powered tool. Takes 2 min of that.

 

[highvoltage]

Just did my first oil change on my Ecoboost.

WOW, what a pain. I can't believe professional products can be designed this poorly. My 6th gen Camaro was much easier to work on. The location of the Mustang's panel and oil filter and how those limit your jackstand placement, etc. was super annoying.

The 7mm bolts were at least were easy to remove, but the plastic fasteners were the real problem. Mine was missing one of the original plastic fasteners (the 2-piece push-pin style fastener in the front middle) because the panel and underbody didn't line up perfectly from the factory, so I guess they just didn't put that one in. The 7mm bolts didn't line up perfectly with the holes either, some were screwed in slightly off-center, but I saw similar on my Camaro, so I take it this is just Proud American build quality.

One of the single-piece plastic fasteners wouldn't come out. Eventually the head of the fastener broke off, leaving the stem inside.

One improvement to reduce this hassle in the future is just not use the plastic fasteners. They are not necessary, the panel is very secure with just the 7mm bolts.

interesting you had issues putting it online Jack stands. I didn’t have a problem but i do have jacking rails now. But yea the plastic fasteners aren’t needed. I’ve got over 22k miles without them and no issues

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