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Hi. Do you have a good recommendation in SF to do service and maintenance on my 2008 fortwo? That is reasonable? Mercedes dealer in SSF is way too expensive. Thanks!
@@ap682 I performed all of the maintenance myself when I owned the car, so I don't have any recommendations. Sorry. I would check yelp or google for smart repair centers with good reviews.
Honest shops will only charge you $40 to change the oil in the smart 451, since it only uses 3.5 quarts of oil. One shop quoted me $80 then decided to charge me $40 since they knew it didn't take much oil, other shops enjoyed taking me for the full $80. I changed mine myself today for $30 (5 quarts oil, filter), and I have still have about 3 quarts left over from the new 5 QT jug I bought today ( I still had fresh oil leftover in the last jug I bought).
really my sister use to take hers to the dealer they charged her $125.00 then they went to $175.00 So she took it to a local well known shop and they still charged her $97.00 so I started changing her oil for $40.00
Not true, 3.5 qts only fills it dry. Run the car for a few minutes and it will be .5 qts lower. I've changed my Smart's oil for years and it's religiously 4 qts everytime.
honestly you should always prefill the oil filter so you are not dry starting the vehicle -- tip from my grandfather and father god bless their souls in heaven.
@@ColinLeung Almost a year later, but I am ready to try it myself since most shops I’ve called can’t do an oil change on a Smarty. I hope you’re still driving your Smart.
My car did not have one, and it did not leak. You may be able to reuse yours if you have one, and it's in good condition. I did a quick google search and I see replacement drain plugs with washers/gasket, or you can buy it separately. www.autohausaz.com/pn/0189974445
Be careful tightening the oil drain plug. It's steel and the pan is aluminum. The pan threads strip eventually if you continually over tighten. If it happens you can buy a drain bolt made for a dodge Truck ( I forget the specifics, auto parts store can find it by the OEM bolt measurements. The truck bolt is the same thread pattern but goes in further and engages past the stripped threads. The oil pan has more threads than the OEM bolt engages. Don't know why, but a new bolt that has more threads is better than buying a new pan. These cars aren't made any more so parts are hard to find sometimes. Also, getting to the air filter lid release that is right under the intake tube in the center of the box is hard to get to. The two outer ones are easy.
I only hand tighten the drain plug then tighten with the socket or wrench until I can't loosen it by hand, no reason to torque it down, because it will take a lot to break it loose when you go to loosen it again come oil change time.
you should have filled the new filter with oil before you put it back on the car. good explanation im looking for the video that shows how to re set the oil service light on the dash.
That's awesome. How do you like it so far? I have several videos posted if you ever want to tackle those jobs. 1. Oil Change th-cam.com/video/4fhTtHxlgTU/w-d-xo.html 2. Transmission Flush th-cam.com/video/YLRtDSePTEA/w-d-xo.html 3. Spark Plugs th-cam.com/video/COdCrvQCQJU/w-d-xo.html 4. Air Filter th-cam.com/video/3oV5JR5FEy0/w-d-xo.html 5. Valve Cover and Gaskets th-cam.com/video/YKhJHt6haN8/w-d-xo.html 6. Cabin Filter th-cam.com/video/IDarMIspk7w/w-d-xo.html 7. Reset Service Light th-cam.com/video/7SBPWear5Ho/w-d-xo.html
Hey everyone, I was able to upload the remaining videos in this series. Please feel free to check them out!
1. Oil Change th-cam.com/video/4fhTtHxlgTU/w-d-xo.html
2. Transmission Flush th-cam.com/video/YLRtDSePTEA/w-d-xo.html
3. Spark Plugs th-cam.com/video/COdCrvQCQJU/w-d-xo.html
4. Air Filter th-cam.com/video/3oV5JR5FEy0/w-d-xo.html
5. Valve Cover and Gaskets th-cam.com/video/YKhJHt6haN8/w-d-xo.html
6. Cabin Filter th-cam.com/video/IDarMIspk7w/w-d-xo.html
7. Reset Service Light th-cam.com/video/7SBPWear5Ho/w-d-xo.html
Hi. Do you have a good recommendation in SF to do service and maintenance on my 2008 fortwo? That is reasonable? Mercedes dealer in SSF is way too expensive. Thanks!
@@ap682 I performed all of the maintenance myself when I owned the car, so I don't have any recommendations. Sorry. I would check yelp or google for smart repair centers with good reviews.
Honest shops will only charge you $40 to change the oil in the smart 451, since it only uses 3.5 quarts of oil. One shop quoted me $80 then decided to charge me $40 since they knew it didn't take much oil, other shops enjoyed taking me for the full $80. I changed mine myself today for $30 (5 quarts oil, filter), and I have still have about 3 quarts left over from the new 5 QT jug I bought today ( I still had fresh oil leftover in the last jug I bought).
really my sister use to take hers to the dealer they charged her $125.00 then they went to $175.00 So she took it to a local well known shop and they still charged her $97.00 so I started changing her oil for $40.00
Not true, 3.5 qts only fills it dry. Run the car for a few minutes and it will be .5 qts lower. I've changed my Smart's oil for years and it's religiously 4 qts everytime.
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Great vid, I was a bit apprehensive about doing this but you made it look super easy!
It was. I'm sure you can do it too!
Colin Leung lol I was putting on my gloves, just about to get started on it when I got your reply
Thanks dude. Good video quality and commentary.
Great video, very useful and easy to do!
honestly you should always prefill the oil filter so you are not dry starting the vehicle -- tip from my grandfather and father god bless their souls in heaven.
Thanks for the tip!
Great video, very informative and helpful. Now I can do it myself.
I'm glad you found it helpful
@@ColinLeung Almost a year later, but I am ready to try it myself since most shops I’ve called can’t do an oil change on a Smarty. I hope you’re still driving your Smart.
@@FernandoRN That's great! I sold my smart car a few years ago
@@FernandoRN"can't do a change on a smarty" that's like a line of smartphones that don't have a headphone jack
Thanks again for this! 😎💯
You're welcome :)
I was going to make a video about it but yours is perfect
thanks for the comment!
This car is oddly convenient to work on. The previous owner of mine even left a "tnt detonator style" bike pump that I use to air up my tires.
Haha. I'm glad you feel that way
Proper job. Well done
Thanks!
Good idea to use anti seize on all threaded parts except filter
Thanks you so much
You're welcome
Do you need a washer for the drain plug? Thx
My car did not have one, and it did not leak. You may be able to reuse yours if you have one, and it's in good condition. I did a quick google search and I see replacement drain plugs with washers/gasket, or you can buy it separately. www.autohausaz.com/pn/0189974445
Thanks Colin.
Be careful tightening the oil drain plug. It's steel and the pan is aluminum. The pan threads strip eventually if you continually over tighten. If it happens you can buy a drain bolt made for a dodge Truck ( I forget the specifics, auto parts store can find it by the OEM bolt measurements. The truck bolt is the same thread pattern but goes in further and engages past the stripped threads. The oil pan has more threads than the OEM bolt engages. Don't know why, but a new bolt that has more threads is better than buying a new pan. These cars aren't made any more so parts are hard to find sometimes.
Also, getting to the air filter lid release that is right under the intake tube in the center of the box is hard to get to. The two outer ones are easy.
Thanks for the advice!
You're welcome ! It's easy to strip out the aluminum pan with a steel bolt.
I only hand tighten the drain plug then tighten with the socket or wrench until I can't loosen it by hand, no reason to torque it down, because it will take a lot to break it loose when you go to loosen it again come oil change time.
Great tutorial! We recently got a 2011 Smart Fortwo. Have you ever tried a topside manual oil change? I'm trying to decide which way to do it.
I've never heard of that method. How does that work? Do you use a pump? I've always done the gravity one from the bottom.
Smart ForTwo what? Diesel? Gasoline? What year?
2008 - 2014 Smart Car ForTwo. Gasoline
do you recall what size wrench head you used for oil drain plug?
24mm. Thanks for the question!
Nice video.. It's better fill the filter with oil and then fit in car.!
Carefull not to put too much oil !! Te car really dont like it
thank for these vids. do you still own the car ?
You're welcome. I sold the car a few years ago.
you should have filled the new filter with oil before you put it back on the car. good explanation im looking for the video that shows how to re set the oil service light on the dash.
Thanks. I posted a video on how to reset the service light.
th-cam.com/video/7SBPWear5Ho/w-d-xo.html
Oh shit you’re from the Bay Area! I just purchase the same car and I want to learn how to do things around this car on my own
That's awesome. How do you like it so far? I have several videos posted if you ever want to tackle those jobs.
1. Oil Change th-cam.com/video/4fhTtHxlgTU/w-d-xo.html
2. Transmission Flush th-cam.com/video/YLRtDSePTEA/w-d-xo.html
3. Spark Plugs th-cam.com/video/COdCrvQCQJU/w-d-xo.html
4. Air Filter th-cam.com/video/3oV5JR5FEy0/w-d-xo.html
5. Valve Cover and Gaskets th-cam.com/video/YKhJHt6haN8/w-d-xo.html
6. Cabin Filter th-cam.com/video/IDarMIspk7w/w-d-xo.html
7. Reset Service Light th-cam.com/video/7SBPWear5Ho/w-d-xo.html
I noticed you had the Redline MT90 gear oil. Did you change that as well? I'm thinking about changing mine. How many quarts did it take? Thanks
Yes, I thought I had a video for that, but I must have not posted it yet. I believe it takes 1.4qts.
I noticed the same thing. What kind of gear oil, and wrench ? Will you be uploading that video soon ?
15/16 wrench fits oil plug.
$2,000!! is that American USD?
Yes, I think I bought it used for $2200 or 2400 USD. It was in decent condition, and required a lot of standard maintenance.
You don’t need to use European oil it’s a Mitsubishi engine
There isn't a sealing gasket on the drain plug?
My smart car did not have one. Thanks for the question
Uhhhh it’s burning oil like crazy you need to be topping it off. Barely any oil came out
Holy Mack that nut was tight if you had to use a cheater and that much force!