the red baron progress

[Foxspeed]

I llike the look of that myself too, easy enough to use?

yeh - just put on a pump and work a few times to cause the vacuum and away it goes - i left it for a while whilst on the phone and it just fills up slowly

 

[smoggy mark]

£30-40 i think depends on the capacity that one does 6-litres

i would say that its a little slow to do the job but if your doing other work on it you can leave it to suck the oil out while you do the other jobs as i did - also worth getting the oil hot - again i didnt so it slowed it down a bit

with it being between main service i didnt change the filter not really worth it at 6k interval

its ideal for those cars that have the element type filter (vuaxhalls/bmw/merc etc) at the top of the engine - as you could change the oil without removing the sump plug all from the open bonnet position :bat:

£30-£40 is not bad at all thought it would be a lot more,so do you still have to pop the sump plug of on the clio?

 

[Foxspeed]

£30-£40 is not bad at all thought it would be a lot more,so do you still have to pop the sump plug of on the clio?

nope stays in place - oil is sucked out via the tube down the dipstick hole - i removed 5ltrs of old oil - you dont have to go underneath (except if you change the filter you still have to do it from below!)

 

[smoggy mark]

nope stays in place - oil is sucked out via the tube down the dipstick hole - i removed 5ltrs of old oil - you dont have to go underneath (except if you change the filter you still have to do it from below!)

sounds good may have to invest in one:thumbup1:

 

[N0ddie]

I do like the look of that Foxy.

 

[Buddyboy]

So where do we get one of those oil change gizmos from?

 

[Chris197F1]

That does look a fantastic bit of kit!

 

[Fernandez]

Awesome gadget Si, where do we get it?

 

[Chris197F1]

Also just another question on it - Does it get the vast mjority of the oil out? So if we wanted to change the filter too would loads come gushing out?

 

[Foxspeed]

got it from a motorist shop near me - i am sure there will be some on ebay for sale

as regards to it removing all the oil - it removed 5ltrs from mine - my only mistake was i didnt let it run enough to get the oil hot and thinner to be sucked out easier so it took awhile longer than planned - but you can leave it to do its business while you do other things

as for the filter - that will still contain oil and spill it out when you change it

i didnt change the filter i just did a 6month oil change only....it was an early xmas pressie to my car :hug1:

 

[Rogue]

What does joe bloggs do with the old oil? Take it down the dump?

 

[Foxspeed]

What does joe bloggs do with the old oil? Take it down the dump?

basically yes - or use it to "underseal" your car :rofl:

i just store it in old 5ltr cans and then when i have say some rubbish to go to the council dump or 15-20ltrs stored take it there

 

[Rogue]

Yeah thought so. I need to do my van, but the dump is so bloody far away.

Nice idea that though.

 

[Robo_#1]

Nice little gadget that Si. Might look at picking one of these up for the 2013 interim service, saves me taking it in to the workshop to get underneath it

 

[Foxspeed]

well money is tight at the moment so ordered some new tyres...did want ad08 but in the end went for bridgestone potenza re50a and saved £200 - so can get the wheels referbished as well roud:

going to be running the 17's for a few weeks.....strange :blink:

 

[Foxspeed]

before!

 

[Foxspeed]

after...

 

[Foxspeed]

wheels off and away to "the wheel specialist" for full referb and new tyres!

 

[Robo_#1]

I kind of prefer it on the 17's, sorry ;/

What colour you going for on the refurb?

 

[Foxspeed]

I kind of prefer it on the 17's, sorry ;/

What colour you going for on the refurb?

i shall ignore that first remark :book:

just having them painted properly in gloss black :driveby: