Change oil on Toyota Prius

1. To change the oil in our Prius, we needed a new oil filter, 5 quarts of 5W-30 oil, an old rag, a wrench, a filter wrench, a gasket for the oil filter, something to catch the oil in and a funnel.

2. We jacked up the car.

3. Then we unscrewed the oil cap under the hood to prevent creating a vacuum as the oil comes out.

4. Then using a 14mm socket wrench, we unscrewed the bolt on the oil tank under the car, and let the oil flow out into a container. We lowered the car to get all of the oil out.

5. We poured a little bit of new oil from the hood to clean out the system.

6. Once clean oil comes out at the bottom, the system is cleaned.

7. We screwed the bolt back on and wiped the opening with a rag.

8. Unscrewed the oil filter with the filter wrench.

9. Let the oil drain from where the filter was.

10. Coated the new oil filter with new oil and placed the gasket on the threads where the oil filter goes.

11. Screwed on the new filter.

12. Poured in 5 quarts of oil per the manual.

13. Checked that there was enough oil.

14. Screwed the oil cap back in place.

15. Poured the used oil into the oil container and brought to Autozone/PEP Boys/Kragen for recycling. They have a bin in the back and we just went to the back and emptied our container.