2001 Chevy Cavalier 2.2 OHV oil change
 

Just what to get everybody's option on how I did it::

OK So I pulled the plug and drained the oil, blah blah blah.

The oil filter is actually on the left side of the engine (closest to the firewall in a transverse car) and almost in the middle of the bay, and right over the transaxle housing and flex pipe :rolleyes2:

So I reached down from the top and popped off the filterand I put a large piece of cardboard over the flex pipe. When I got the filter off, I turned it "bottom's up" and spilled very little oil.

Then I put in the 4 quarts it said in the manual.

It said 4 quarts in engine crankcase, just thinking of it now as I type, did I need a 5th quart with the filter change? :drunk:

4 quarts total... there's no way the LN2 would call for 5 quarts.

^^ Yeah that's what I figured.

The LA1 calls for 4.5 quarts and I just put in 5, I'm thinking of using the rest of the PF47 filters for mom's car and going to a PF52 on mine

nope they are just 4 quarts. kinda a bitch to get to the filer though huh?

It's actually not as bad as I thought it would be. Yeah it's tight, but I'm used to working on the Alero :D :lol: