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Offline grahamp

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oil capacity
« on: 05 July 2009, 11:14 »
what the correct volume  owner book says 3.2 ltr ,haines says 4.5 the car is a 1.8t agu.
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Offline Rhyso

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Re: oil capacity
« Reply #1 on: 05 July 2009, 11:17 »
approx 4.5 litres

DON'T overfill otherwise the excess oil will burn a lovely hole through your CAT!

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Re: oil capacity
« Reply #2 on: 05 July 2009, 11:20 »
thanks for that rhyso,started to panic .
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Re: oil capacity
« Reply #3 on: 05 July 2009, 11:26 »
thing to do is to see how much you drain out of the car  :smiley:

then when refilling, keep checking on the dipstick from about 3.5 litres onwards  :smiley:


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Re: oil capacity
« Reply #4 on: 06 July 2009, 01:38 »

    after filling about 3.5 litre ,u will need to start the car up and let it run for about a minute and re-check the oil again .

Offline Dalo Harkin

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Re: oil capacity
« Reply #5 on: 06 July 2009, 07:21 »
But if you start it and then wait a minute or two the oil temp would have increased and not give a true reading
for a true oil reading the car needs to be cold
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