2007 Cadillac Escalade ESV Oil Filter

You need to remove the oil fill cap, place an oil drain pan under the oil pan drain plug, remove the oil pan drain plug, allow the oil to drain completely, clean and inspect the oil pan drain plug, replace it if necessary and and inspect the oil pan sealing surface, replace the oil pan if necessary. Then you can wipe any remaining oil from the drain plug hole and reinstall the oil pan drain plug until snug, position the drain pan under the oil filter, remove the oil filter and ensure that the oil filter gasket is still on the old filter if not, remove the oil filter gasket from the oil pan.

The recommended torque is 30 N.m (22 Ib ft).

You need to apply clean engine oil to the new oil filter seal, install the new oil filter, tighten the oil pan drain plug, remove the oil drain pan from under the vehicle, fill the engine with new engine oil, start the engine and inspect for oil leaks after the engine starts up. Next, you can turn off the engine and allow the oil a few minutes to drain back into the oil pan, remove the oil level indicator from the indicator tube, clean off the indicator end of the oil level indicator with a clean paper towel or cloth, install the oil level indicator into the oil level indicator tube until the oil level indicator handle contacts the top of the oil level indicator tube and again remove the oil level indicator from the oil level indicator tube keeping the tip of the oil level indicator down. Then you can check the level of the engine oil on the oil level indicator. If necessary, adjust the oil level by adding or draining oil, check for oil leaks and close the hood.

You need to align the splined surfaces of the crankshaft sprocket and the oil pump drive gear, install the oil pump, install the oil pump onto the crankshaft sprocket, install the oil pump bolts, position the crankshaft oil deflector, install the nuts and lubricate a new oil pump screen O-ring seal with clean engine oil. Then you can install the new O-ring seal onto the oil pump screen, align the oil pump screen mounting brackets with the correct crankshaft bearing cap studs, and install the oil pump screen, the oil pump screen bolt and nuts, the engine front cover, and the oil pan.

You need to remove the oil pan, the engine front cover, the oil pump screen bolt and nuts, and the oil pump screen with the O-ring seal and O-ring seal from the pump screen. Then you can discard the O-ring seal and remove the remaining crankshaft oil deflector nuts, the crankshaft oil deflector, the oil pump bolts, and the oil pump.