use a suction pump down the dipstick and vacume the oil out,,start to finish about 4 1/2 mins
I ruined my Dyson trying this!Matt
1st Dec 2006 2:45 pm
bkehoe
Member Since: 25 Feb 2006
Location: Wexford
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Used to use a suction thingy when servicing my TD5 too, makes a potentially messy job a quick clean and simple job. IE - 05 D3 TDV6 HSE - Zambezi Silver
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Location: Sudan
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Removing oil filter without special tool
On getting the oil filter out I found pulling the lug on the filter with a pair of pliers gently was quick and easy. Useful as in dusty Uganda we are changing oil every 5000km.
25th Feb 2007 11:14 am
Homer
Member Since: 24 Nov 2006
Location: East Midlands
Posts: 23
Just a quick tip, you can actually slip the filter element into the plastic housing and just screw it back in normally, the plastic lug will find its way home on it's own, honest!
29th Oct 2007 11:57 pm
bazzam111
Member Since: 01 Dec 2005
Location: NE Scotland
Posts: 83
Looks like LR have made a mod, but on my MY08 you will need a 15mm ring key/open ended spanner as well.
They seem to have replaced the captive nuts on a pair of the bolts on the sump guard.
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3rd Feb 2008 6:44 pm
denisb
Member Since: 27 Apr 2008
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Posts: 7
Oil change
Thanks Matt and to the others who contributed to these instructions.
I managed to change the oil last week without dramas following a long trip through the Kimberley district of Western Australia. When I first decided to try an oil change I was a bit disillusioned when I stuck my head underneath to see if I could see the oil filter!! Now I know why I couldn't find it down there!!
The instructions were really clear and my successful foray into a bit of home maintenance has given me the courage to actually take a look under the plastic covers that seem to dominate the engine bay. I've even managed to put in a new air filter!!
Best wishes "I feel like I'm running out of time!"
15th Jun 2008 5:43 am
dufftowndisco3
Member Since: 29 Sep 2008
Location: dufftown
Posts: 144
thanks for the tip, did an intrim change the other day...... i didn't realise the sump pan weighed that much tho
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Did an interim oilchange at 7500 miles today. Big thanks to Nick at Yeovil for putting the filter and sump plug on the parts van as it did its rounds of the local LR indies.
And a big to the chicken that joined me under the car as I was loosening the sump plug. Lots of ash from the log burner seems to have soaked up most of the resulting spill I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
20th Nov 2008 5:35 pm
northern boy
Member Since: 25 Apr 2009
Location: holmfirth
Posts: 10
This is great, thanks.
I have an oil leak, not disasterous but more than the odd drop too.
In trying to find the source I found oil around the oil filter housing (it had its service a little while since)
Anyway, with the aid of these pictures I thought I would take the filter housing off to make sure it is sealed ok.
I have noticed that there is no seal around the threaded part of the plastic housing! did you say that it should have one?
What does it look like?
I have the filter out of the housing and off the vehicle I guess I will have to put a new one in rather than put the old one back?
Any thoughts welcomed
22nd May 2009 9:18 pm
GraemeS
Member Since: 17 Mar 2008
Location: NSW
Posts: 706
bkehoe wrote:
Used to use a suction thingy when servicing my TD5 too, makes a potentially messy job a quick clean and simple job.
Saab had this as standard procedure for a few years until they discovered the reason why the engines in low-use vehicles were being destroyed. Sludge built-up in the bottom of the sump and eventually couldn't be sucked-up by the pump.
Best practice is to not remove the filter with the sump empty so as not to drain the pump thus running with no oil pressure for less time on startup.
22nd May 2009 9:48 pm
character
Member Since: 01 Jan 2008
Location: wiltshire
Posts: 5779
given the number of times I want to change the oil, worth while buying the filter extraction tool, can anyone get hold of one for me, MY 05?
TLO are yer out there?
Great thread, just what I wanted, cheers chaps
23rd May 2009 10:01 am
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