1997 Cadillac Catera oil change

1997 CADILLAC CATERA
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BONESBOWLING
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1997 Cadillac Catera
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so...im not a mechanic, but i know how to change oil. My friend recently picked up a cadillac catera and i went to change to oil for him. i was under the car finding the pan so i could drain it, and it appears that i need a star bit to do this. is that the correct piece to drain from? also, i was unable to locate the oil filter, so i was wondering where that is as well.

thanks.
Sep 16, 2008 at 9:42 AM
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SUSMAN28888
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Hey there

Yes that star head is correct, No idea why GM would do that on just that car but ya you need a star head be careful not to strip it when removing it. The oil filter is all the way in a silver cainster housing with another star head type head and you need that and a really long wrench a 20 mil if I remmeber correctly and its a tight space you unscrew the cap off the housing and the filter is inside of that, quite a pan for a simple oil change but thats just GM for you...
Sep 27, 2008 at 11:41 AM