The New "What did you do with your Z today" (with off topic replies) XVV

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BoneZ

Mernin' all.

Doing my first oil change on the Z today. :-( Hard to believe I've already logged that many miles on her.

madwi

Looks like it might actually be sunny here today, might have to work in an early evening cruise

Leingod

Just finished the first oil change on the Z.

My jack wasn't long enough for the front jack point. Ended up jacking each side individually just off center from the knotched points so I could put the stands on the notches.

That undershroud took longer to get off then the oil change itself. Def need to invest in the Z1 varient. Oil was pitch black so the previous owner sucked at maintenance.

Left those 3 stupid clips for the shroud off. Just couldn't get them back in. If 16 bolts don't keep the shroud on, then screw it.

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madwi

I def. like the zspeed undertray with the quick access built in. two screws and ready to go.

JARblue

Couple of tips for ya:

1. If your floor jack was remotely close to reaching the front jack point, trying driving up on a short piece of 2x6. This allows me to reach my front jack point just barely scraping the front spoiler. The first few pumps of the handle are very short but it'll get there eventually. I imagine one of those rapid pump jacks would make quicker work of it.

2. There is a flap at the back of the undershroud. Remove the rearmost four screws in the undershroud, and flip it under towards the front of the car. My flap is trained and just hangs vertically now. Use a bungee cord or other means of holding the flap back to keep it out of the way of draining oil; this will also help train it to stay out of your way for future oil changes.



My limited experience with the ZSpeed undershroud is not the greatest. Otherwise, I would have one already. First, that hatch is tiny; I can barely reach through it and unscrew the oil filter. I am concerned that it would be even worse with a thermostatic sandwich plate for an oil cooler. Also, I have found that the Z must be level when you do an oil change through that opening; if you just have the front jacked up, some of the oil will not drain out of the opening and instead run down the oil pan slightly to where it drips onto topside of the shroud to leak out various openings further back due to the tilt of the car.

IMO the flap on the OEM undershroud is only slightly more cumbersome due to having to restrain it from getting in the way of the draining oil flow, there are only 4 screws, and there is much more room for unscrewing those oil filters that the idiot dealer mechanic decided needed to be torqued to 180 ft-lbs

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madwi

Wonder if changes cause my ham hands can fit through with no issues. But I agree it needs to be level to not make a big mess.

JARblue

This was on a fellow local Z owner's car. And to be fair, my hands fit fine. It was just extremely difficult to get any leverage through the opening on the oil filter that was superman torqued by the idiot dealer. I actually have an oil filter socket that fits right on the end of the filter and would have taken it off with almost no effort (it has been amazing for several impossibly tight oil filters I have changed). Unfortunately, I wasn't able to use it with the ZSpeed shroud installed because the opening does not extend past the end of the filter meaning there is not enough room. After that experience, I was worried that the bigger filter I like to use and a thermostatic sandwich plate might be even more troublesome. Although I'll admit that the oil filter problem should only be a problem once - you don't need to torque it down much.

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