1999 Ford Contour - Oil drain plug

[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?

Thank You

[SilverBulletCSVT]

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?

Thank You

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

[mark v]

Metric, all new cars are going Metric!

[Starrman14]

Mark, my son purchased a metric set, wrench's do not fit. What is the actual wrench size is needed to remove the oil drain plug. Thank You,

[mark v]

If he cant get a metric to fit have him get the standard wrenches then. It should be metric.

[phantom_smack]

cresent wrench maybe ?