aerofabrique
Active Member
Does anyone of any reason why the filter cannot be changed on a 97 DSE without draining the rest of the oil?
Reason for asking, before anyone says just change the oil, is that I did the dickhead thing and didnt have my socket set for the top cap after I'd drained the oil. And of course I only had the car on the drive, without any oil in it, to go collect said socket set. THerefore I topped and changed the oil up without changing the filter in the hope i can do it at a later date...
Checking the workshop manual it does state I should drain the oil first but was wondering what the reason is behind this. Otherwise that was a waste of 9 litres of oil!
Thanks
Reason for asking, before anyone says just change the oil, is that I did the dickhead thing and didnt have my socket set for the top cap after I'd drained the oil. And of course I only had the car on the drive, without any oil in it, to go collect said socket set. THerefore I topped and changed the oil up without changing the filter in the hope i can do it at a later date...
Checking the workshop manual it does state I should drain the oil first but was wondering what the reason is behind this. Otherwise that was a waste of 9 litres of oil!
Thanks
