C8 Corvette DIY Oil Change | Mid-engine Nightmare or Easiest Oil Change Ever?

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How hard is changing your own oil in a C8 corvette? I set out to DIY changing the oil in my 2023 Stingray. It's normal to feel apprehensive when it comes to working on mid-engine and other complicated cars. You never know what gotchas may be in store for you. The factory service manual made the job sound straight forward and I'm pretty handy. In this video I'll show you the easiest way I found to change the oil in a C8 vette.
Some dealers want as much as $200-300 to do this vs. as cheap as $82 to DIY! You will need to buy at least 8 quarts of oil, I recommend buying at least two six packs. The jacking pads may seem like a pricey investment, but keep in mind not all service, oil, or tire centers work on C8 Corvettes routinely. Buying your own set of jacking pads and keeping them in the frunk is a good idea.
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00:00 Introduction
00:54 Lifting or Jacking a C8 Safely
01:30 Draining The Engine Oil
02:20 C8 Oil Filter Replacement
03:14 Filling The Engine Oil
04:08 Checking C8 Oil Level
04:44 Resetting C8 Oil Life Indicator
05:27 Final Thoughts
08:01 Quick Blooper
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@Steveleanr 10 ай бұрын

One of the easiest oil changes out of all my vehicles... thanks for the video!

@DmitrysGarage 10 ай бұрын

You bet!

@carlosb1 11 ай бұрын

Man I have not visited car videos in a long time. Starting to go through some of your videos again. Chevrolet Corvette is my favorite sports car since always. Great video and glad you still around!

@DmitrysGarage 11 ай бұрын

Glad you’re enjoying the videos :). Welcome back!

@joaquinlombardi1454 11 ай бұрын

Hi my dear Dmitry!! I REALLY like the extremely easy work to change oil in this (Amazing/Fabulous/Beautiful) Corvette… as easy as it was in the past (60-70’s cars), and not the very-time-and-labor of most today’s cars. And for the oil change intervals: I can’t remember if I told you that I was an Drag Racing engine builder (mostly Chrysler Big Blocks), and FOR ME an oil change interval is between 5000-7500 mile or one year interval, and ALWAYS with top of the line oils and filters (your Mobil is an excellent oil). Kind regards my dear friend, your Corvette is a jewel. 👍👍👍👍👍

@DmitrysGarage 11 ай бұрын

Joaquín so good to talk to you my friend! Im also very happy with their straight forward approach to maintenances. When I was buying this mid engine car I was a bit concerned since you have to take the engine out for so many tasks. However looking at the service manual its really not that bad. I think if I worked hard I could remove the engine in about an hour. This is better than so many other cars where you need to remove a ton of body panels to do some of the same basic things. Like on my audi you need to remove the whole front of the car to do things like the water pump, it honestly looks like it will take longer than removing the engine on the c8 to do the same job. Compared to some of the Italian and other european mid engine cars this c8 is a breeze to work on. Wow I did not know you were an engine builder. That is so cool! I think partially an issue for intervals on the c8 is that it has a dry sump racing style oil system and about 2 liters of oil never drain during a change (without removing the engine) so you just dilute that oil with new oil every change. New cars have some extreme oil change intervals. My audi factory does 10,000 miles but with big turbo i do about 5,000.

@joaquinlombardi1454 11 ай бұрын

@@DmitrysGarage Perhaps I’m getting too old (almost 62), but I don’t believe in sooooo looooong oil changes, because possibly the oil could still have it’s characteristics, but there is a lot of dirt “dancing” inside the engine. As I told you I’m living in Spain, and I’m working in an auto-shop not as mechanic but in administration, and the cost for labor-hours even in common vehicles is very high, because (as in your beautiful Audi), it’s so difficult to change almost everything… We have to remember that your Corvette IS a Super-Car, and obviously it has differences, but it still have american soul!!! Kind regards my dear, and sorry for my english👍👍👍

@DmitrysGarage 11 ай бұрын

Joaquín your english is great! I think what is amazing with modern oils (ie. high end ester/pao blends) is their resiliency to sheering. As long as your filter doesn’t fill up it should remove all the larger particles from the oil. Plus you can also have a lab test your oil (like $20) and see if its still good and get an idea of oil health. Ive paid for lab analysis before and ive been very surprised in how well a modern synthetic oil holds up in even a 1000hp application after thousands of miles. Modern technology is incredible. An average 300hp car could do 10k miles. I do understand more frequent changes for peace of mind though! Hope we talk soon again my friend :)

@kevinw.morris6998 2 ай бұрын

Great video buddy! Thanks!

@RAMONSANTAANA 10 ай бұрын

Excellent video... thank you.

@jimmyk6336 10 ай бұрын

A buddy of mine (Corvette owner) was telling me that the C8 oil change is pretty much a dealer service item only. I know there's car's out there that fit that narrative but didn't know if the C8 was one of them. Thanks for posting the video and removing all doubt regarding the C8 oil change, however a lift does make the job much easier...

@DmitrysGarage 10 ай бұрын

I think people assume being mid-engine everything is dealer only. I think GM mostly managed to avoid some of the challenges that plagued others trying to make a budget supercar. I do plan to use the warranty for anything that breaks, but maintenance wise having the lift and tools does make it simple enough to DIY. The oil change itself is real straight forward though.

@ShelbyBikeBoy 4 ай бұрын

It is a piece of cake!!? Just did my first break in change. Simple!!

@AndrewTa530 9 ай бұрын

Did you capture a sample to send to Blackstone for analysis?

@DmitrysGarage 9 ай бұрын

Andrew, not for this first one, but the next change I will :).

@Idaho_Spud 10 ай бұрын

Would backing onto a pair of ramps affect how much oil arains?

@DmitrysGarage 10 ай бұрын

Possibly, I haven't tried it, but I hear people do it this way. As long as ~7.5qts come out I think you're fine.

@mluckynikko77 10 ай бұрын

I can’t find any confirmation if you can change your own spark plugs on the C8 mid engine? Does anybody have information?

@DmitrysGarage 10 ай бұрын

I mean you can do anything yourself, the question is should you, heh ;-). I haven’t looked into plugs yet. Feel like its gotta be doable but likely annoying because its not an overhead cam engine. So they’re gonna be hard to access most likely. Theyre going to be on the sides and “low” like where the header mains are. So basically get ready for fishing them out.

@AllAboutBathroomsIncAurora 6 ай бұрын

Great video But, You did not share what specific oil to use. That is very important. Just FYI

@DmitrysGarage 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! The oil type and filter type can be found in the video description. *ACDelco PF64 Engine Oil Filter* - amzn.to/3YudKWI *Mobil1 ESP OW-40 / Supercar Oil* (2x) - amzn.to/3sdwCgo

@Inpreesme 3 ай бұрын

The physical/manual part really isn’t that difficult where the rubber meets the road is if you haven’t met the requirements GM will require as proof the work was done properly if they can find any reason at all, they will deny warranty work. It’s just not worth what I might save now than having to pay what they will charge me in the future after denying the warranty. Don’t worry that could never happen to you right?

@DmitrysGarage 3 ай бұрын

What are these GM requirements that you believe are needed as proof? In the US you do not have to service vehicles at a manufacturer’s dealer to maintain warranty. This is no different than any other oil change on any other car. Just save your receipts. No need to normalize the paranoia of always doing dealer services like the European supercar owners do.