Checking / topping up your oil - Some simple steps....

[Huw Pugh]

Well I realised the other day I hadn't checked my oil for a little while. The Astra doesn't use much and I haven't clocked that many miles, but with a trip back to my parents for the weekend, I though I'd better check it. So i followed these easy steps...


1. Remove dipstick and wipe clean - Check
2. Replace dipstick - Check
3. Remove again and check level (noted it was a little low)- Check
4. Locate oil in garage, remove oil cap and fill the desired amount - Check
5. Replace oil cap before setting off -

Edited by Huw Pugh on Monday 6th August 21:43

[David Godfrey]

oh dear, hopefully it did not dry out the engine enough to damage it, but guess it's somewhere else for you to polish up

[Jon GT2]

Its easily done,i wouldnt think you lost a vast amount but a little oil spreads a long way.

[beacon]

Does that mean you will haver to change your air filter.Sounds like you were really lucky Huw.

[sorrento205]

doesnt it make a nice smell once its on the exhaust manifold

[jmorgan]

Not the first and not the last. I have got the T shirt, Checked the oil in a van. Someone else drove it to London. Seeing as the oil was never really checked in the vans, my defence was at least there was some in to start with.

[LuS1fer]

Did that in a Corolla once and had to pay something like £11 for a sodding plastic filler cap.

[Family Guy]

Me too. Did it once with a Vauxhall nova. The oil pumped straight off the cam shaft, through the hole where the oil cap should have been and onto the exhaust manifold. The oil got baked on so the smell never went away. The really annoying thing is that after i sold that car i had another nova and did the exact same thing.

[Huw Pugh]

It's such a school boy error. I even managed to get from Cardiff to Pont Abraham (J49) lol. It emptied every bit of oil, but luckily I had a bit in the boot to top it up to get me home.

I managed to give it a little tidy up the other night though as it was pretty messy, but i need to take the filter off and clean it. I even managed to find the time to polish my battery cover too. Go me!

[f1fx]

Nice job, Well done. but the wires on the front o/s headlamp, need sorting !

[Huw Pugh]

Ah yeah, that old chesnut lol. They were a temporary job to cure a problem, but I haven't actually got around to curing it yet.

[si_j]

Not one that I've ever done, but I did one forget to reconnect the electrics to an injector once. Ran a bit lumpy

[RB5_180]

f1fx said:

Nice job, Well done. but the wires on the front o/s headlamp, need sorting !

You leave those headlamps below....look what you did to Pete's on sat!

[shaleshifter]

RB5_180 said:

f1fx said:

Nice job, Well done. but the wires on the front o/s headlamp, need sorting !

You leave those headlamps below....look what you did to Pete's on sat!

Found the problem. Front wheel hitting the inside of the arch, which has worn away the arch liner exposing the wiring loom underneath. My fault for lowering the front too much.