Floyd554
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Gotta say I don”t know what all the “mess” is about. After reading all the posts about the Gen 2s I was very worried about changing the oil for the first time in my Gen 3 myself. I was considering buying an oil valve before I tried an oil change, but I decided to hold off on that purchase. When I went to do my first oil change I did it outside and parked it on a level gravel driveway expecting the worst. Took off the access panels with no problem. Accessed the drain easy enough. The filter was a little difficult. All oil poured out of the drain plug directly into my catch pan. No mess at all. Oil from the filter poured right into the “trough” and into my oil pan. Not sure if they changed things on the Gen3, but I was surprised of how “not messy” the process was. I personally didn’t see how an oil valve would make this process that much better.