Low oil light a month after having oil changed....

[47p2]

Sump plug washer part# for 3.0TDI should be N0138504

It's a massive crush washer with outside diameter of 32.15mm inside diameter of 24.10mm

Originally Posted by Johnmed

...and are fitting a new sump plug and washer when it gets here. So no real harm done.

So how are they going to do that without draining the oil, or will they drain it and put the same oil back into the engine

[Johnmed]

Originally Posted by 47p2

Sump plug washer part# for 3.0TDI should be N0138504

It's a massive crush washer with outside diameter of 32.15mm inside diameter of 24.10mm






So how are they going to do that without draining the oil, or will they drain it and put the same oil back into the engine

I'm not following... Old plug and washer removed, new plug and washer fitted. Not much oil came out to be fair. Oil checked/topped up.

Just been under the car again now at home in the howling wind and dark. The sump plug is bone dry after a drive.

[snapdragon]

Originally Posted by Johnmed

I'm not following... Old plug and washer removed, new plug and washer fitted. Not much oil came out to be fair. Oil checked/topped up.

Surely all of the oil came out? That's how one drains it.

[Johnmed]

The little fella just quickly swapped them over. If I'd tried it I'd have lost 8 litres!

[Dezzy]

That's how i did it when i found out for myself you can't reuse the washer (lesson learned) however i did drop the plug in to the oil catcher (i'd made) and ended up with warm oil running down my arm and dripping off my elbow, good times

[Burnzybubbles]

Or just get yourself a peeler oil extractor and don't worry about a sump plug or getting mucky :P

That's how my 3.0tdi gets done and iirc how it's also done in Audi, I also suck all the oil from the filter housing so probably collect more oil than you would from emptying from the plug, people say you don't get all the crud from the bottom but unless you have lumps of crap bigger than 2mm in diameter then I'd say it's codswallop it sucks all the oil from the ferry bottom of the sump first, plus other less looked after cars i'v done i'v seen the crap in the bottom of the tank.