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Mickey
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13th Feb 03 at 01:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I tried to do an oil change today but couldnt get the fucker off i think it was a 19mm rachet socket, is this right but which way do u turn (clockwise, counter), oh and is the oil filter in front of the radiator?

cheers
Mickey
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13th Feb 03 at 01:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
shit by the way i have a 1.4i 8v Sri
lee mitchell
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13th Feb 03 at 09:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
oil filter by rad and u turn it anticlockwise. get a metal bar on the end of ur ratchet or spanner for extra leverage
Born_corsa02
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PUSSY
d0gz_bollox
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the sump nut shouldnt be only be hand tight. spray it with wd40, if it refuses to come off the thread may be shafted which means once it comes off it'll not go back on with a seal (which is bad for engine health)
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hmmm that should read the sump nut should ONLY be hand tight
Mickey
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cheers lads except that essex twat
Kris TD
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13th Feb 03 at 12:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
and it u cant get the oil filter off, stick a long screw driver through it then it'll come 0off easy. yeah sump bolt should not be tight.

lefty loosy
righty tighty, easy way to remember which way to turn bolts.
Mickey
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cheers kris mate!
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oooh I like the screwdriver approach.
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sump nuts wants to be tight.
You dont want it dropping out !

same with filter.

Ainsley
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quote:
Originally posted by d0gz_bollox
hmmm that should read the sump nut should ONLY be hand tight


u are having a laff right? please tell me ur just joking

 
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