Good job done Steve, I've been looking at our good friend Mr Google about doing the same on my SLK one good thing is that the oil filter is at the top of the engine under a plastic panel but it's a cartridge type and of course you need a tool to remove the top of the cartridge which aren't to expensive (this is my first ever car to have a cartridge filter which looks like a paper air filter🤔) looking at the oil spec for my car it says to use a 0W-40 full synthetic which to my old fashion brain looks like it could be thin like tap water 🤷♂I just hope it will be ok🤔 I'm not sure if I will be able to do the auto box oil as I'm sure there is a filter to change and from experience they are normally in the box so you have to remove the sump which wont be easy in my carport with only a jack😬🙄 One thing I have heard mentioned before and you said it in your video Steve, what is a "Ricer" 🤔I have no idea what that means so I must be getting old🤣cheers mate looking forward to the next one and sorry again for my stupid long comment👍
Hi John, I always enjoy reading long comments, trouble is I forget most of what I need to reply. Most modern cars have gone back to being a cartridge style oil filter, they was like this on much older cars before. Again most modern cars to take a thin oil they say it’s that they are much more advanced and have the ability to stay in between the gaps where oil is supposed to be. Again it’s for less drag on the engine so these will be more efficient as well, not to mention the oil ways can be so small now that a thicker oil can actually cause more problems, I always say go with the manufacturer’s recommendations, some manufacturers specify a thicker grade oil for hotter/colder climates, I’m not sure if this is still a thing or not though nowadays. Hmm I’m not sure what a ricer is myself other than it was boy racers that was in a Honda civic I presume much lower power than what’s perceives (if that make sense) for example making a standard SE model look like a type R but having the original 1400cc engine. I’m lucky and this Honda and my MK3 cavalier doesn’t have a filter just the magnet on the drain plug, but yes your right most gearboxes you have to take off the sump to get to the filter, they are the easy ones as some can be buried in the gearbox 😬 Anyway I hope I have remembered everything, so enjoy my silly long reply 🤣 Cheers John good to hear from you. Steve.
Hi Alan, if I can get underneath without jacking the car up then I will do, it’s being lazy and also it’s nice and level to get all the oil out and put the right amount in as well. Plus ramps catches the bumper on this and most cars so I rarely use them. Cheers.
Авто/Мото
Good job done Steve, I've been looking at our good friend Mr Google about doing the same on my SLK one good thing is that the oil filter is at the top of the engine under a plastic panel but it's a cartridge type and of course you need a tool to remove the top of the cartridge which aren't to expensive (this is my first ever car to have a cartridge filter which looks like a paper air filter🤔) looking at the oil spec for my car it says to use a 0W-40 full synthetic which to my old fashion brain looks like it could be thin like tap water 🤷♂I just hope it will be ok🤔
I'm not sure if I will be able to do the auto box oil as I'm sure there is a filter to change and from experience they are normally in the box so you have to remove the sump which wont be easy in my carport with only a jack😬🙄
One thing I have heard mentioned before and you said it in your video Steve, what is a "Ricer" 🤔I have no idea what that means so I must be getting old🤣cheers mate looking forward to the next one and sorry again for my stupid long comment👍
Hi John, I always enjoy reading long comments, trouble is I forget most of what I need to reply.
Most modern cars have gone back to being a cartridge style oil filter, they was like this on much older cars before.
Again most modern cars to take a thin oil they say it’s that they are much more advanced and have the ability to stay in between the gaps where oil is supposed to be. Again it’s for less drag on the engine so these will be more efficient as well, not to mention the oil ways can be so small now that a thicker oil can actually cause more problems, I always say go with the manufacturer’s recommendations, some manufacturers specify a thicker grade oil for hotter/colder climates, I’m not sure if this is still a thing or not though nowadays.
Hmm I’m not sure what a ricer is myself other than it was boy racers that was in a Honda civic I presume much lower power than what’s perceives (if that make sense) for example making a standard SE model look like a type R but having the original 1400cc engine.
I’m lucky and this Honda and my MK3 cavalier doesn’t have a filter just the magnet on the drain plug, but yes your right most gearboxes you have to take off the sump to get to the filter, they are the easy ones as some can be buried in the gearbox 😬
Anyway I hope I have remembered everything, so enjoy my silly long reply 🤣
Cheers John good to hear from you. Steve.
Good video steve thanks - i noticed you dont get the car on ramps for an oil change any reason?
Hi Alan, if I can get underneath without jacking the car up then I will do, it’s being lazy and also it’s nice and level to get all the oil out and put the right amount in as well. Plus ramps catches the bumper on this and most cars so I rarely use them. Cheers.