Hi Trailmaster,
The cover came on the skid plate. It's nice because it just unclips and you slide it off.
The cover came on the skid plate. It's nice because it just unclips and you slide it off.
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Wow! Two different drives and probably different threads too, probably intentional....but dumb!Updated with photos of skid plates that need removal for an oil change - posted by @thunaman (link to post)
Ok Gents, I have taken delivery of my FX4 Maverick today, I can confirm you will need to remove a panel that runs the full width of the truck, and about 6-8” “deep” from the bumper to the main skid plate. The rest of the skid plate is a single piece that covers the rest of the engine bay -- see photos below.As you can see there is a large panel on the front you need to remove to get to the filter. and a small plastic air scoop (transmission cooling?) in the middle you need to remove to get to the drain plugAll in it took me about 10 min to remove, take pix and replace.
Original post:
I like to do my own oil changes when I can. Now that I see the FX4 skid plate under the front/engine, how much of a PITA is it going to be to get at the drain plug and filter? Surely FORD would think to add an access panel, but I don't see one in the pics I've viewed. I even cut a hole in the plastic skid plate on my Mazda for quick oil filter access. I only see one skid-plate with the FX4.
Thoughts?
I put one of those our Outback, so far so good.Here's the ValvoMax for my FX4. I cut the skid plate a little which you can see outlined with white paint.
Looks great, also looks like you didnt need to cut anything. The plastic air scoop on yours does it just snap in from underneath? The one on my 4K snaps in on both sides of the fiberboard.I put one of those our Outback, so far so good.