Flex Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 (edited) So today, these arrived from Alex: Air filter is the old one in the picture, that was a quick and easy job so no issues there. Having never jacked the car up myself and unsure about the location of the oil filter I thought I'd prepare by having a decent breakfast: So then I thought I'd have a look through the guides on here, couldn't find anything specific so gave up and used google, this came up and a video is always nice: So I don't have a torque wrench as I didn't get one for Christmas so had to put off for changing oil & filter today and ordered one for £26 off amazon, shame as I was all geared up to do it, never mind will have to be next week now. Edited February 8, 2013 by flexib Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbitstew Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Disappointed with that breakfast. I normally have about 4 eggs, 6 slices of bacon & 4 sausages at least before attempting any work on my car! Oil change is pretty easy I found on the zed, once you get over how small the oil filter is. On mine it was on the drivers side of the engine. The most time consuming bit was getting the undertray off, there was about 18 small rusty screws holding it on. Once thats off, you can get to the drain plug easy. Id recommend running the engine for a bit to make the oil warm & thin, then it will run out easier once you get the drain plug undone. Filter is nice & easy to get to compared to most cars I work on. Put a bit of new fresh oil around the rubber seal on the oil filter before you hand tighten it onto the engine. Also, you may need a new drain plug seal if you havent got one. I never bother with a torque wrench, you just hand tighten the filter, and just do the drain plug up firmly - not force it else you`ll mess the threads up! All in all a nice easy DIY job, saving you a few quid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 Got the copper nut plug with the filter from zedman too. I always hand tightened my Gti sump nut but I'd rather torque this one correctly just to be safe as it's a pretty major fail if anything goes wrong! Filter is the same size as the Gti but that was crammed down the side of the engine and was a mare to unscrew, at least the Zed's seems more accessible once you take the undertray off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 Oh and I'm on a diet so only 2 eggs, normally poach but thought I'd treat myself 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbitstew Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Got the copper nut plug with the filter from zedman too. I always hand tightened my Gti sump nut Err... id not hand tighten a sump nut... surely it would just vibrate out! I always give it a good tighten up with a wrench, but not over doing it. Since your`ve ordered a torque wrench, id wait and use it. Like you say, better safe than sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 (edited) Got the copper nut plug with the filter from zedman too. I always hand tightened my Gti sump nut Err... id not hand tighten a sump nut... surely it would just vibrate out! I always give it a good tighten up with a wrench, but not over doing it. Since your`ve ordered a torque wrench, id wait and use it. Like you say, better safe than sorry! Miss type there/lack of thought, aways hand tightened/guided in first but then wrench (not torqued though) - I miss that GTi! Edited February 8, 2013 by flexib 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizurd Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 paranoia for me means always torquing rather than hand tightening. used to hand tighten the sump nut on my bike and very nearly stripped the thread the one day when I felt it wasn't right enough. cant get it wrong with a torque wrench now. Well hopefully not lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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