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Old 2nd March 2016, 08:52 PM
snapdragon snapdragon is offline
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Yes, as others said, this car is so easy, hardly have to bend over, let alone lie down. I use this one http://www.a1plantsales.com/pumps-c5...phon-p343/s343
and it comes with 3 semi-rigid pipes of declining diameter that join together. The largest two are needed for this job and stick it down the dipstick tube until you feel it stop (hits bottom) and then pull out 15mm or so to stop it being restricted on the bottom of the sump. Pump a vacuum with the handle and it fills up with and cuts off when full, you then have to drain into an old 5 litre container and do the other 3-4 litres. When it starts gurgling, push the tube down to the bottom to remove the ullage.

There is usually some left in the bottom of the filter housing that I suck out too, maybe an egg-cup full.

I also evacuate the power steering fluid reservoir and refill with the green CHF11S at every oil change - that is about £7-12 a litre depending on supplier and offers (GSF is good when the have the 40% off code at weekends)

Sometimes the oil is £18.99 a pack on ebay, but not today.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Quantum-Lo...-/182020506393

Take the old oil to the tip in old oil or washer fluid containers.
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