Oil change

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I use a trolley jack to lift my guard up. It's a stronger one and weighs about 20kg. Just need to balance it a bit and when it's near the car it tips and rests against it one side, while I start putting the bolts in. Always refit when it's on me hipporamps.
 
Ian jones said:
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Hi Sing , geting the frame off (05 facelift ) easy , due to gravity , the pig was lifting it back up , i had to get my son to help me lift it back up and aline to fix the bolts , hence my mod , it take 5 mins now to remove the plastic cover , why make an oil change more difficult or any task for that matter :)
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OK Ian, I hope you appreciate that a load of this is very tongue in cheek. eh!

Loads of taking the **** on here, but we all try to come up with serious good advice, based on experience,when you need it.

'Helped by gravity' eh? - whatever next?

There is a curious slanting curved 'lip' at the far end of the tray, which I hook onto the cross-member which means I can lift up the front on my own.

Yes - the job is pain in the ass :(, not because it's difficult or tricky, just cause it means loads of little screws and 2 sizes of bolts to take off, and takes up time that could be better spent with a bottle of beer.:beer2:

I have to admit that I have made a hole in the bottom of mine at just the right place, and size to get a ring-spanner onto the drain-plug. :D

I use aircraft-quality duck repair tape to cover the hole and I've streamlined the tray a bit at the front too, where the tie-down strap ring is, in an effort to squeeze the last bit of mpg out of it.

Yes, we all need mods and yours is as clever as any. :)

I take the tray completely off every springtime though to give it a good clean and get rid of the bits of gravel and road-salty mud stuck in the corners. Greasing all the bolts helps too.

Cheers, Singvogel, :cool:
 
Singvogel said:
I have to admit that I have made a hole in the bottom of mine at just the right place, and size to get a ring-spanner onto the drain-plug. :D

I use aircraft-quality duck repair tape to cover the hole

Exactly my method before I bought my suction pump !
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I'm sure your right. I have two left hands and no thumbs when it comes to vehicles. And bugger all tools. Prob would take me twice as long as kwikfit and maybe a new Tarmac drive due to oil spills.
Pretty sure my MB garage charges be 5 times kwikfit price and they are prob not a lot worse than the kwikfit fitter..

After researching on this forum (after buying a FL) I realise that there are loads of bits on mine to be done. I need to swap some beer tokens for somebody with tools.
 
Freelander vanman said:
I'm sure your right. I have two left hands and no thumbs when it comes to vehicles. And bugger all tools. Prob would take me twice as long as kwikfit and maybe a new Tarmac drive due to oil spills.
Pretty sure my MB garage charges be 5 times kwikfit price and they are prob not a lot worse than the kwikfit fitter..

After researching on this forum (after buying a FL) I realise that there are loads of bits on mine to be done. I need to swap some beer tokens for somebody with tools.
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sorry bud, not aimed at you, but a timely reminder that not everyone on these forums has a halfords pro tool kit, rave and haynes manual along with the confidence/aptitude to start ripping their freebie apart.....
 
markyzs180 said:
sorry bud, not aimed at you, but a timely reminder that not everyone on these forums has a halfords pro tool kit, rave and haynes manual along with the confidence/aptitude to start ripping their freebie apart.....
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A very valid point which we would all do well to remember. :)

We all had to start with no experience and little tools, so we must be patient and explain things to those who are maybe just starting out on their mechanical adventures.

Full marks to those new folk who are willing to have a go, either through enthusiasm to find out about the workings of a LR, or who haven't got bottomless pockets full of cash to donate to the dealers.

Singvogel. :cool:
 
I have picked up a lot on this forum in a few weeks. More than I would ever learn by trial and error. I'll be having a go at some stuff myself as I cannot help myself from trying. But if there is a wrong way / unleaky break - I'm your man :)
 
Just gave mine an oil and filter change yesterday. Bought the oil (millers XFS fully synth) and filter (Mahle), cost £40.32 with vat. Luckily I had not fitted the under tray back since my last episode of doing the hp pump seals so the job was easy. Well it would have been quick too, if only I'd checked the size of the filter nut before I'd dropped the oil. DOH!! :eek: It's a bloody great bigun and I didn't have a socket that fit. I then thought, no problem, I'll have a quick walk into town and buy one from Motor world, guess what? they only go up to 32mm and it's a 36mm. Nowhere in town had one, none of my mates were in so couldn't even borrow one.
Luckily I had a big adjuster that went to 35mm, so with a bit of brute force I managed to force it on straight down from the top, and with a bit of bar through the handle hole I managed to do the job.
Morel of this story is, always check you have everything BEFORE you start. :rolleyes:
 
just phoned kwik fit ... £39.95 for an oil and filter change!! result! that saves me crawling underneath, fighting with the sump guard.. .. perfect!
 
wheeze said:
just phoned kwik fit ... £39.95 for an oil and filter change!! result! that saves me crawling underneath, fighting with the sump guard.. .. perfect!
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You're still gonna have to crawl under it to check they've put everything back on!!;)
 
no1birdman said:
is it only me then who sucks it up from the dipstick, much easier
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I alternate between drain plug and suction method. To be honest the suction method gets out just as much oil as the drain plug method as long as the car is facing slightly downhill towards the diptube. As long as the oil is hot (which it needs to be or the suction method takes too long) any crap in the sump will be suspended in the oil and sucked out at the same time.
 
I always use Kwik Fit for this - just make sure they know how to take the sump pan off! Always been a good job for me.
 
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