I changed the oil on the F-Type a month ago, and for the first time ever I used the "pump it out from the top" method.
I pumped out 7.25 litres, and put 7.25 litres back in (7.25 litres is the correct amount for both the V6 and V8 petrol SC), all good or so I thought.
I check the level a bit later and it said "over full", WTF?
I pumped out about 250 ml and it still said "over full".
I pumped another 250 ml out and now it said "OK" and right on the max mark.
Hmmm, how can that be if I put the exact same amount back in as I took out, and before the change the oil level reading had always been "OK max"?
So I decided to check the accuracy of the cheapish Chinese extraction pump I had used. I filled it up with water to the 7.25 litre mark, and lo and behold it only took 6.75 carefully measured litres!
Obviously I had pumped out only 6.75 litres of oil and left 1/2 a litre of old oil in the sump!
I won't be using that cheap pump again!
So I decided to check the accuracy of the cheapish Chinese extraction pump I had used. I filled it up with water to the 7.25 litre mark, and lo and behold it only took 6.75 carefully measured litres!
Obviously I had pumped out only 6.75 litres of oil and left 1/2 a litre of old oil in the sump!
I won't be using that cheap pump again!
Ah! I did put 2 litres of fresh oil into the clean, unused pump and it agreed with the 2 litre volume marking on the side, however I didn't fully check that the 6 or 7 litre markings were accurate. It's all oily now but I'll measure 6 and 7 litres of water into it and check. I bet I have the same cheap chinese pump, it was 30 quid! The vacuum part worked a treat though, even with cold oil.
I use the Pella pump which is manual pump, I keep pumping till the sump is empty then fill up old empty oil bottles which have the gauges on the side so I know exactly how much to put back in. Used it on several cars as it has a thin bit that goes down the dipstick pipe or pull the thin bit out of the rubber tube and that fits perfectly over the Jags extraction pipe.
Thanks for the awesome write up! a friend has suggested to em that I should/can use 10w40 semi - is he talking nonsense? reason I ask is I had a load...
Complete nonsense. Assuming your car is a diesel, you need a low SAPS oil to avoid filling your DPF with ash. Just take one of the oils meeting the manufacturer's spec.
found a jaguar specialist that will do a B service for £250 - tempted to do it myself! can get the oil, air filter and oil filter for less than £90 and then £30 for an oil extractor which can obviously be used again. The car is 8 years old so I am not convinced that a "service stamp" really adds that much to it at this point?
found a jaguar specialist that will do a B service for £250 - tempted to do it myself! can get the oil, air filter and oil filter for less than £90 and then £30 for an oil extractor which can obviously be used again. The car is 8 years old so I am not convinced that a "service stamp" really adds that much to it at this point?
To do as you suggest would take about an hour of your time and you can do all of that whilst standing in front of the car, though you might have have to bend over a bit depending on how tall you are! Phil
I'll survive! ill have a think, only just got the car so may use the specialist on this occasion, then service myself from thew on. I changed the battery myself yesterday, so that saved some pennies
My car is due a service and Jaguar have up their prices from £325 to £385 for a B service. How hard is it to do the B service? I have changed the oil, filter and brakes on my previous cars but not the Jag.
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