325 oil change

[swansea v6]

planning to change the engine, gearbox and diff oil on my 1994 325i coupe this weekend, but my one problem is finding an oil drain can big enough to hold 6.5 litres!!!!! the one i have only holds 5 litres and i cant find a bigger one anywhere? any ideas??

[eliot]

I used a vacuum oil extractor - holds 6 pints, stick it in the dipstick pump it up and come back after a cuppa.

Inset picture shows how to reset service lights. (google)

[raceboy]

Whenever I've done an oil change (BMW or not) I always catch the oil in a washing up bowl, no idea what the capacity of the average washing up bowl is but I'd guess at more than 6.5l and they are about £1 from your local Wilko's, or you can just put it back in the kitchen sink and hope the wife doesn't notice

[Pickled Piper]

eliot said:

I used a vacuum oil extractor - holds 6 pints, stick it in the dipstick pump it up and come back after a cuppa.

Inset picture shows how to reset service lights. (google)

I bought one of these on Elliots advice. I can confirm that they are super dooper.

pp

[swansea v6]

did al the oil changes, picked up a washing up bowl from tesco for................ 74p!!!! held all the oil, what a bargain!!!!!

[Hereward]

swansea v6 said:

did al the oil changes, picked up a washing up bowl from tesco for................ 74p!!!! held all the oil, what a bargain!!!!!

Now for the difficult bit; pouring the old oil into the oil container (without spilling it)and taking it to the recycling centre for safe disposal.

[swansea v6]

got that part sussed to, bought a plastic bin (again at tesco) for a massive 99p.....poured the oil into it and got my (not amused) gf to hold the bin on her lap while i slowly drove to the oil recyling depot!!!!!!!!

[Hereward]

swansea v6 said:

got that part sussed to, bought a plastic bin (again at tesco) for a massive 99p.....poured the oil into it and got my (not amused) gf to hold the bin on her lap while i slowly drove to the oil recyling depot!!!!!!!!

Ah, good work. They don't have this crucial step in the Haynes manual!

[swansea v6]

have noticed two changes since changing the oil from magnatec to mobil 1.....first off, i used to have a quite annoying slight metallic tapping sound before the oil change which has totally gone.........and the second is that the engine now revs "much" more freely.......didnt think an oil change would alter things so much? guess im sticking to mobil 1 from now on