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I got mine done this afternoon at 2000 miles. No skid plate on my CrewMax and everything was conveniently near the front of the truck so there was plenty of room. At first the oil from the pan squirted out and bounced into the right front wheel then it splashed the other way. I had some problems with the plastic drainer because I didn't get it snapped in there for a while. This is definitely not a hot-engine friendly procedure. I also pushed the new big gasket too far down the filter housing so it squished out when I was screwing it in but I got it correct after that. Finally, for some reason, I was checking the level while the engine was running (don't do that) and thought I put a little too much oil in there. Probably 7.5 quarts. I saw some clear fluid running out over the old oil puddle and thought I was overflowing oil but it was condensation water.

I took apart the old filter but didn't see any metal pieces larger than small grains of sand. That was about 30 bucks worth of Mobil 1 5W20 from WalMart. I'm thinking of going 10K before the next change.

Be sure to properly seat the rubber O-ring on the filter otherwise all of your oil will leak out and leave your engine dry like the servcie dept did to the guy in one of these other threads. It doesn't belong way far down on the filter. It actually sits a half inch or so above where you might think. You should fee nice consistent resistance as you do your last few turns of the filter housing. You actually feel the rubber of the gasket sliding along like a screw with a rubber band wrapped around it. If you see the gasket squishing out of the edge of the filter as you tighten then it is in the wrong place.