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Originally Posted by Starrman14  Hi, my son recently purchased a 99 Ford Contour SVT - we do not have any mannual's or books for this car yet. He wanted to change the oil himself and bought a oil filter and 5 quarts of oil. None of my tools fit the drain plug. Is metric or standard tools required. Does anyone know what size the drain plug is? Also, we are assuming the car takes 5 quarts of oil, is this correct?
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Metric tools needed.
oil drain plug is 15mm from Ford but some aftermarket plugs are only 13mm.
spec'd oil capacity with filter change is 5.8 quarts but most put in a full 6 qts. Use 5W30
