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Mickey

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13th Feb 03 at 01:12

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

shit by the way i have a 1.4i 8v Sri

lee mitchell

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13th Feb 03 at 09:57

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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13th Feb 03 at 10:12

PUSSY

d0gz_bollox

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13th Feb 03 at 10:25

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)

d0gz_bollox

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13th Feb 03 at 10:26

hmmm that should read the sump nut should ONLY be hand tight

Mickey

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13th Feb 03 at 12:32

cheers lads except that essex twat

Kris TD

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13th Feb 03 at 12:44

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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14th Feb 03 at 11:29

cheers kris mate!

d0gz_bollox

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14th Feb 03 at 12:25

oooh I like the screwdriver approach.

ainsley_brader

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14th Feb 03 at 22:51

sump nuts wants to be tight.
You dont want it dropping out !

same with filter.

Ainsley