Unless the SVT was special on my brother in laws 2010 SVT Raptor there was an access panel in the skid plate that had a couple T40 bolts in it you just took off to access the drain plug in the oil pan. It was actually much easier than some of these German cars that have giant plastic covers that have to be completely removed to access the drain plug. I would assume the TRX being purposed for off road that the front skid plate will protect and cover the whole oil pan and there would be a similar access panel for oil changes.
Another Demon guy. What number is yours?
Nice! Mine is #1951
Man what a beautiful car!!!
The thing that might actually be a real concern is if you are wanting to drain the oil out of the oil cooler if the set up is similar to the Trackhawk in order to get to the oil cooler drain on a trackhawk you either have to cut a hole in the plastic (plenty of people on the internet forums actually do this) or take the entire front bumper off every time you do an oil change which dealers charge around $250-$300 in labor on top of the oil change to do... I could see this being a similar problem with the TRX as the engine compartment is similarly sized to the SUV and even more of a pain because of the skid plate being involved as the trackhawk has been around for 3 model years and they still haven't changed the design. Then it comes down to do you really need to drain out the quart or less that remains in the oil cooler every time you do an oil change, if you consult the manual on a trackhawk they say yes every 5k miles but the argument of just changing the oil every 3k miles instead of every 5-7k and leaving the little bit of oil in the oil cooler will be enough dilution to not cause any problems might be easier and cheaper in the long run than removing the entire bumper for every oil change.
Calling BS on the 5k interval, its 6k on hellcat engines. Yes it does suck changing oil out of the oil cooler on challengers, can't speak to the jeep, but taking the bumper off? Really?
The challenger is some plastic guarding but a lot of fasteners and does blow.Do a quick search of "Trackhawk oil cooler drain" you will be inundated with people who either cut their bumper or are talking about how much dealers are charging in labor to remove and replace the front bumper for oil changes....and being nit picky about 5k vs 6k whatever my point is if you do it more frequently the old addage of "dilution is the solution to pollution" comes in to play.....Calling BS on the 5k interval, its 6k on hellcat engines. Yes it does suck changing oil out of the oil cooler on challengers, can't speak to the jeep, but taking the bumper off? Really?
Dude, 1000 miles is a lot, and yes you speak to it as fact, even telling people that's what the manual says. It doesn't! I come here for info as do others. I actually did just look it up as it sounded so rediculous that a procedure would call for removing a bumper, and I was right, it doesn't! Yup, people are cutting some holes in the plastic guarding I was referring to, NOT the bumper!! You cant make this stuff up, well I guess you can as you just did!
Sooo, your highlighting yourself being wrong? Wait a minute, I thought if you consult the manual it says every 5k, but now it doesn't tell you, but up above it does tell you? Thanks for posting the verbiage on the 6k and that in the back is the maintenance schedule, where it says every 6k unless extreme conditions.Jeep Trackhawk - oil change interval
www.hellcat.org
That is just one of many forums with trackhawk owners complaining/talking about with pictures of having to remove the bumper to drain the oil out of the oil cooler.....the manual doesn't say anything about specifics of how often to change or the specific procedures for changing the oil it instead on page 294 says "Refer to the warranty and maintenance handbook" that comes with the specific trim level as the manual covers all the engine options which are vastly different and in that for the trackhawk specific trim it talks about removing the front bumper to drain the oil out of the oil cooler.
You are no doubt being very confrontational bordering on being an "internet troll" which can be fun and if that is your thing more power to you troll away like I said before I've got thick skin and can take it
So then that's fact then right? A you tube video? Oh man, I just figured it out, you don't know what a bumper is!! Very sad.
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