How to Perform Oil Change 2011-17 Honda Odyssey

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Hi, everyone. Sue here at 1A Auto, and today we're going to do an oil change on our 2014 Honda Odyssey. If you need any parts for your car, click on the link below and head on over to 1aauto.com.

First thing we're going to do is open the hood, and on this Honda Odyssey the hood release is on the driver's side, left side of your leg, and down below by that kick panel. So let me see if I can squeeze in there and give you a show. It's right here on the side. Reach in, pull it out, and the cable pops it.

So the safety latch is right in the center above the H, so take your hand and bring it towards the driver's side, lift the hood open. Here's the hood prop, and there's an arrow indicator right in the square cutout, that's where that goes.

First thing I do is I take my oil filler cap off, which is located in the front of the radiator. Just going to take that, spin it counterclockwise, turn that off. And now I can see the indication of what type of oil. It's 0W20. I like to leave my cap here, that's a friendly reminder that there has been no oil put back in after I drain it.

I'm going to raise the auto seat on a two-post lift, and you can raise yours with a floor jack and jack stands. Now I'm going to take the oil filter out, and it is located over here in the passenger fender well. It's nice that Honda leaves the plastic shield, so you can see it right there.

I'm going to take my oil filter wrench, and I'm going to back this off, and it's going to go counterclockwise. Once you break it free, then you can use your hand, back it off slowly, and let the oil drain out. If not, you can make a pretty good mess if you just grab it and pull it right out.

Now that most of it's drained out of the filter, I'm going to back it off the rest of the way. I like to, if you're a first-time oil changer, hold it firmly, pushing up while you unthread it. Because that way you don't drop it, and then when you know that it's free, it's firmly in your hand, then you drop it down in this pan.

So now I'm going to take a 17-millimeter wrench, and I'm going to break the oil drain plug free. Line your pan up. Now I can examine my drain plug. Make sure I don't need a replacement gasket. See what kind of condition it is. Looks good to me. You're looking for this aluminum to be gnarled down and have a sharp edge to it. It's in good enough shape. I'll reuse it.

And now that the dripping is down to a minimal, I'm just going to put my drain plug back in. Basically it's a good 15 minutes. 15 minutes I like to let the oil drain out. That's the point of an oil change, is to get all of it out, not to put it back in with a stream. You want it as drained as possible.

So now I'm going to take my 17-millimeter wrench and tighten that up. Just feel it, it bottoms out, and then I'm going to give it another quarter turn. Perfect. It's an aluminum pan with a steel bolt, so you don't want to over-tighten it. I'll just take some parts cleaner, and I'm going to clean up my area so there's no oil drippage on the ground when we're done.

Before I install my oil filter, I like to prime it, and basically that means you fill it up and let it settle down, and it fills the cartridge up inside with oil so you don't have any dry cranking. While that's going down I'll take some clean oil and I'll just coat the gasket.

Now that my filter gasket's been lubricated, I got oil here for the priming, take a rag and I clean the surface of the oil filter, make sure there's no oil, and also make sure that the old oil filter gasket is not stuck on there. That is pretty common sometimes. The rubber gasket will stay up there, and then when you put the filter on, if you don't pay attention, in the industry we call that a double gasket, that's the term, and the oil will shoot out everywhere. So it's really important that you pay attention to that.

Not that I had any experience with any of that. Of course, that's the beginning. So you're going to turn it clockwise once you feel it catch. Spin it around there. Once it bottoms out, give it a good quarter to half-turn. And now we are all set. Make sure your area's clean, and we'll lower it and add the oil.

On the Odyssey, they put the oil fill in the front here, so it's kinda hard not to do without an oil filter funnel. Make sure you have a funnel available. Make sure it's lined up so you don't make a mess. And then you can hopefully aim correctly and get your oil right in there.

This Honda Odyssey, with a new filter, takes four and a half quarts of oil. So if you have a five-quart pail like I have, you're going to have to stop and measure it, and make sure you don't overfill it.

And now with the oil in there, four and a half quarts, I'm going to reinstall the fill cover. Make sure it's tight, tighten it down, and then we're going to start the engine, let it run for just two minutes, and then let it sit for about five to 10, and check our oil level.

We're going to check our oil now that I've started the car. Let it run for two minutes, shut it off, and it's been sitting for five. So we're going to check our oil level. The stick is a reddish-orange color-coded. Pull that right out, clean it, and we're going to reinstall it and check the oil level.

We're looking on this dipstick, the indicator, you want the oil in the X's, not above the X, right at that line is actually a little too full. The best place for oil to be is closer to the higher end of the X's, right in there.

The oil is right here, right at the higher side of the X's. That's the perfect level where we want to be. So we'll reinstall it. Make sure the dipstick goes all the way down, and you're ready to go.

So now we're going to reset our oil maintenance light on our Odyssey. It's a push button style. Make sure you don't put your food on the brake because we don't want to start it. We want to get it in the ignition mode, which is number two setting. So I'm going to hit it twice, and all the lights on the dash will come on just like that. Then I'm going to hit my cell reset until I see my oil light come up. And then I can use these arrows to find the oil service for the oil light.

Get to service B1 and the mileage flashes, and then you're going to hold the reset button down, and it should say 100%. There we go, reset. Yes. And there you have it, that should work. Take your ignition switch and turn it off, and now we can start the car. Oil life is preset to 100%.

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