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?

 

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..

 

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.