Hello again. After all the help you guys have given me my relentless requests are still coming!!

So i checked the oil and its well over max...engine been sat overnight so cold.

I tried draining some but the sump bolt is so tight i cant budge it.

Is anyone in cardiff area who could help me out.

Or have some good advice as i dont have a socket set...only spanners.

Thanks all...again!

Soak it with wd40 to give it a helping hand. A socket set is a good investment as youll get more force through a 1/2" rachet than a spanner

 

 

Dead certain it is too high? Left to stand on flat surface for at least 10 minutes, not with 2 wheels on pavement,  and wiped dipstick?

If too high it may have been damaging Cat and would possibly trigger a fault code.

 

Engine oil best is drained warm. Get some latex gloves. Old oil is bad for you.

I'd get a socket set on a rail and a 1/2 inch reversible ratchet drive.

You need to be able to push against the sump bolt so it does not fall out into whatever container you are using, and to stop the flow, before turning tight.

Harder than it sounds. Easy draining the lot and changing oil filter - though they can be a pain to unscrew if some gorilla mechanic fit it..

And some newspaper. Don't do it in windy conditions. 

 

Or do like the Americans and suck out oil from above?

Dipstick tube needs to wide enough though.

This works on a 1.9TDI which has an annoying under engine shield.

https://www.conrad-electronic.co.uk/ce/en/product/854215/Mannesmann-Oil-Suction-Scavenge-Pump-3lmin12V 

It won't work on my mk2, needs a thinner walled pickup tube.

 

 

 

Edited 23 September, 20187 yr by dvderlm

Thanks guys ill get a socket set and ive also had my mate say to get a new plug and crush washer incase.

Also i think im gunna agree with you dvderlm i may just get more oil and change it all.

May be easier  as im a noob 🙂

As you have only just got the car, an oil & filter change would be the best option, that way you can start your own service record and you'll know it's got good fresh oil in it 

Thats an idea nige.

I remember my old mate changing his filter on his old scimitar. Is there a knack for it or just big molegrips!

I used a chain wrench for a long time, then got stuck helping out a mate.

So got one of these... like big molegrips

 

https://www.screwfix.com/p/hilka-pro-craft-long-handled-oil-filter-pliers-12-300mm/34733

There's also a 14-sided filter cup that you turn with a 3/8" square drive ratchet wrench (or adapter from 1/2" to 3/8"), but clearance might not be enough to be able to fit the tool to loosen.

On 23/09/2018 at 17:26, feeblington said:

........... the sump bolt is so tight i cant budge it.

Thanks

Are you sure you are turning it the right way?

If it does not scare you, the sump plug can be heated to unfreeze it.

20 hours ago, dvderlm said:

 

https://www.screwfix.com/p/hilka-pro-craft-long-handled-oil-filter-pliers-12-300mm/34733

 

Used them for a few odd jobs 

When you say the right way....is it reverse thread? Ive been going normal way. 

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