'09 SF Oil Change

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Jun 13, 2010 | 10:48 AM
  #1  
Since the owner's manual for the '09 Santa Fe (large V6) I am in custody of chooses to say NOTHING and show NOTHING about oil changes (other than to say it should be performed by a dealer), does anyone know a site for this, i.e. drain plug and filter locations, and any special filter instructions?
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Jun 13, 2010 | 03:39 PM
  #2  
3.3 ??

Drain plug is on bottom of oil pan, oil filter is under that silly plastic engine top cover (4 or 6 bolts to remove), and then the oil filter is inside that aluminum canister thing with large black plastic cap.

You will need 6 quart of motor oil to work with..
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Jun 14, 2010 | 05:22 AM
  #3  
Thanks- I ran into this great post on the DIY forum for changing oil in an '09:

http://www.hyundai-forums.com/t49600...-procedure.htm

....with pictures and everything. Another post somewhere enabled me to infer that the engine was a 3.3 from the configuration of the engine cover.
It's just a bit disconcerting to have a car from a manufacturer that believes that the most complicated DIY the customer should do is clean the windshield.
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