05 silverado, when to change oil?

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Jul 30, 2010 | 9:36 AM

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in2pro

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Originally Posted by therewolf

While I have to agree that the oil filter is well placed compared to many, I have to also wonder why the drain bolt is positioned so the oil splashes the exhaust pipes when you drain it.

That'd be because the engineer that designed the oil pan plug layout is in cubical 4, level 3 building A, the engineer that did the exhaust routing is in cubical 23, level 2 building C......

Building C is located in different State by the way....

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Aug 2, 2010 | 10:14 AM

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therewolf

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Yeah,see, here's where I turn into a molten-hot-oil-splashed conspiracy nut.

Because if the designer of the oil pan had faced the drain plug in a shallow well facing down, instead of back and laterally, the oil would not only drain more efficiently, it wouldn't splash anything on the way out.