How to: Oil Change

[Cally]

how many litres does the engine hold?

[RAW]

i think it\'s about 4.  i always buy a 5 litre castrol jobbie then use the litre that is left for topping up later.  once you\'ve done a change it\'s easy, although i have an oil temp plate under my filter so i have to remove the intake elbow and throttle body to get the filter off :2Mad .

[Cally]

cool, will do mine at the weekend then when I paint my calipers black and clean my exhaust up on the ramps at work.

[Ricco_04]

When i did mine, I filled the filter with oil and that allowed it to absorbe (sp?) most of the oil - I did it as a just in case though.

[cona2k]

When i did mine, I filled the filter with oil and that allowed it to absorbe (sp?) most of the oil - I did it as a just in case though.

just incase what. i did my oil and filter today everything was easy drained it changed filter after rubbing bit of oil on seal, put filter  on topped up oil. did i go wrong somewhere lol
liam

[RedRummy]

you didn\'t drain it *then* put the oil on the seal did you??

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only joking

[RAW]

changed my oil the other week and installed a small tap instead of a sump plug-saw it advertised on here somewhere. makes life so much easier!:Thumbs-up
 
no more fishing around for the sump plug, buying washers, or getting angry with my wheel brace.

[Ricco_04]

I thought of a much easier way.

Just wait untill the car has used all of the oil.  All you need to do then is fill it up and use a new filter!  Dont even need to dispose of any oil! Winner!!!!!!!! :Thumbsup!

And if you don\'t already know then im joking! :Tongue1

[D1 WTF]

changed my oil the other week and installed a small tap instead of a sump plug-saw it advertised on here somewhere. makes life so much easier!:Thumbs-up
 
no more fishing around for the sump plug, buying washers, or getting angry with my wheel brace.

intresting where did you get tap thing

[framey]

I got this from the states.
Havent actually used it yet - what you think?

http://www.griotsgarage.com/catalog.jsp?&SKU=10122

[RAW]

http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16125&highlight=oil+tap+sump
 
10% discount too.:wiggle

[andysmee]

For £32 delivered you could get this and use it for any siphoning job including sucking every last bit of crud out of the sump...
 
http://www.nauticalia.com/uk-info/tools_and_gadgets/on_board_boatyard_garage/vacuum-powered_oil_extractor/90305.html

[RAW]

i guess that would do gear box and diff oil too?

[andysmee]

I\'m hoping so, I just ordered it - should save messing with jacks, axle stands, spanners, drain plug washers and all that malarky. Should be able to drain the coolant system easily too. The same thing is £40-£50 on Screwfix and other sites so I reckon this is a little bargain.
 
Oh, and the pump bit on top unscrews so that you can put a normal cap on to take the bottle where you want it (recycling etc.)

[RAW]

quality. let us know how you get on. it would be great not to have to jack the car up at all.