freaking mess

[_Rudy_]

I changed my oil at 1,000 miles, and every 6,000 thereafter.

The tricks to changing the oil:
- Remove the whole skidplate, not just the little door. The difference is just two fasteners.
- After you pull the drain plug and let it drain, use another pan and a sheet of aluminum foil to pull the filter. As you do, watch how much more dirty oil comes out of the drain plug in the pan after you pull the filter. Pulling the filter releases suction in an oil gallery, and you'll get at least a half-cup of dirty oil out of the engine that you wouldn't get out if you'd replaced the drain plug when you pulled the filter. It's an extra step, but you do want to get all of the dirty oil that you can out of the engine.
- Prime the new filter with new oil before you screw it on. This will drastically reduce the amount of time the engine will run with no oil pressure when you first start it up after the oil change.

haha, yep. learned that lesson today actually. Saw the mess and was like, yeah that figures....