Oil changers

[enuff_zed]

Would these work on an N52 via the oil filler cap?

No way you could get it past the baffle, let alone find a drain hole down to the sump.
This is why the M54 cars have a dipstick in the engine bay and all other models have one behind the wheel

Touche

Thank you for laughing. Always touch and go with my sense of humour.

[MikeyH]

Thank you Rockhopper and Chris_D, they all look a bit pricey, needs to do 6L. Cheaper ones only do 1.5L. Get what you pay for I guess.

[spammy]

Are frendly aliexpress has got a 7 litre one for £18 31

[spammy]

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[Rockhopper]

Mine wasn't expensive although the price has certainly shot up from what I recall paying! It pumps into an old oil can.

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke- ... esel-pump/

[MikeyH]

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That’s more like a good price

[MikeyH]

Mine wasn't expensive although the price has certainly shot up from what I recall paying! It pumps into an old oil can.

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke- ... esel-pump/

Does it work from the engine connectors?

[Chris_D]

It doesn't need to do 7L. Pela in photo does 6+L
Just fill it ro 3L then empty., then resume for the rest. Simplz

Get a Pela you tightwad!

[DMike]

I have one that’s only 5 litre, can’t remember the brand. It’s a bit annoying when you have interrupt a good flow and do the potentially messy part, pouring, twice. Plus it’s harder to evaluate the exact amount drawn from the engine. Small annoyances, but if I were to buy again, I’d order at least a seven litre one. Otherwise no complaints, does the job fine and also tends to be faster than taking the lifts out and trying to find the note with the tightening torque for the oil plug.

[Rockhopper]

Yes Mikeyh.

[MikeyH]

Thank you all, I won’t need it for a few moths so I will look around, Chris_D, yes I am a tightwad

[Mr Tidy]

JamesClements wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 3:24 pm
Would these work on an N52 via the oil filler cap?
No way you could get it past the baffle, let alone find a drain hole down to the sump.
This is why the M54 cars have a dipstick in the engine bay and all other models have one behind the wheel

Not quite all the others - my MC has a dip-stick in the engine bay.

Even if some may say it has another in the driver's seat!

[enuff_zed]

JamesClements wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 3:24 pm
Would these work on an N52 via the oil filler cap?
No way you could get it past the baffle, let alone find a drain hole down to the sump.
This is why the M54 cars have a dipstick in the engine bay and all other models have one behind the wheel

Not quite all the others - my MC has a dip-stick in the engine bay.

Even if some may say it has another in the driver's seat!

Yes I remembered that too late.

[Mr Tidy]

Yes I remembered that too late.

[smorris_12]

If anyone fancies a powered one, Lidl have got these in at the moment:

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