Fitting a sandwich plate?

[zymark]

Hi,

When fitting a sandwich plate under the oil filter do I have to drain all the oil out? or as the filter is a lot higher than the sump will only the oil that is held in the filter drain out?

Cheers
Gareth

[framey]

When I did mine, a little residual oil was all that came out- a few sheets of kitchen towel got it all ok.
Be careful when fitting it that you oil up both o-rings as there have been reports of leaks developing from these "sandwich plates".

Obviously keep an eye on it after fitting.
Cheers

[zymark]

Cheers thanks for your prompt reply, it was as i expected, just making sure as you never know.

Thanks again
Gareth

[grinder]

sorry to thead hijack

have you ever been to one of the north west meets

[RobbieRX-7]

whilst you have the oil filter off, you may as well replace the oil&filter and also get a magnetic oil drain plug.you can buy the filter for a fiver,oil for 15quid and a magnetic drain plug for £8 off ebay. I was shocked to find mine didn`t have a magnetic oil drain plug. A good oil is valvoline turbo v 10w 40 £11.99 at my carshop.

[zymark]

sorry to thead hijack

have you ever been to one of the north west meets

Hi,

I popped up to \'the manor\' this month with a few friends, but got chatting to some 200sx friends i had not seen in a while and when i had finished couldn\'t see any fellow rotor owners near their cars. Will probably pop up in oct work permitting.

Cheers
Gareth

whilst you have the oil filter off, you may as well replace the oil&filter and also get a magnetic oil drain plug.you can buy the filter for a fiver,oil for 15quid and a magnetic drain plug for £8 off ebay. I was shocked to find mine didn`t have a magnetic oil drain plug. A good oil is valvoline turbo v 10w 40 £11.99 at my carshop.

Hi,

i changed the oil and filter only a month ago, I also fitted a magnetic drain plug at the same time. I was prompted by my oil temp gauge not working it turned out the sender (sump mounted) had given up and i could not easily find a replacement, which lead me to put 2 and 2 together and decide that i now needed no better excuse to get permission from the girlfriend to buy some shiney new gauges to replace my shabby antiquated ones. Thanks for the advice though.

Gareth

[RobbieRX-7]

did you buy it off ebay by any chance? if so then was the seller nick5hock?  im just about to buy 1 of these and just wondered if it fits ok.

[zymark]

no got it off a friend who owns a garage in warrington, i think it is made by swoosh, i can tell you how it fits tomorrow

[grinder]

or if you dont want the magentic plug - you can get a drain plug for nice and simple oil changes ! - have a look in the members section for the discount codes i got for MRC members