while that depends u can take out the pan and filter and be on ur way and fill er back up with about 4-5 qts or u can actually take out all of the fluid forgot how to do this but its alot harder
woops forgot to answer ur questions ya u get messy cuz u gota take the pan of with the fulid in it but its a good thing to learn, its not hard thought u just remove bolts and a filter
