Hi,
I did my first oil change on the TDV8 and discovered what a daft design the sump plug layout is. At least my driveway won't squeak or rust now...
Has anyone developed a way to avoid spilling oil everywhere and yet still get the good flow rate and hopefully all the bad stuff out?
Kind regards,
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Hi Ed. I just use a short piece of aluminium ducting into a 12 litre bucket. You can manipulate it into shape, then if your quick and careful when undoing the plug most of it goes straight in. Just make sure the oils not too hot as you have to hold for a while as it drains. As for the rear sump plug, plenty of cardboard on the drive but not much comes out of that one.

Extract from the top, then remove both plugs for the remainder.

it warns you of the oil spillage in the wiki 'how to' but even pre-warned you still suffer.. ... - .- -.




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+1 on the suck it out option. soooo much easier (and cleaner)  405 AB exec seats Baltic and Cirrus
93 RR Classic efi

Remember it's easier to get forgiveness than permission!

Gone in order:
4.4 TDV8 SE - gone to a good home
93 Classic hard dash Plymouth Blue
03 L322 Oslo Blue
2000 Disco TD5 ES Epsom Green
98 P38 Rioja Red
89 Classic Cairngorm Brown

I use a short length of rainwater guttering to direct the flow into a container.

Oil filter box wedged in place to direct the oil flow

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You only make that mistake once

has anyone got a photo to do for the 4.4 diesel? 2011c Vogue SE 4.4 Oil Burner
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2000 TVR Tuscan 4.0
Loads of crap. Gone

wiki  ... - .- -.




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