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nbuuifx · Jul 14th, 2012, 13:22

I've just changed my oil so decided to buy one of the pumps to test.

I went for the electric one, but from Amazon instead of Ebay as it was half the price!

All went very well, took a little longer than expected to pump the oil out, but it did it with no problems.

On refilling I put in 5.1Litres which has put it about 9/10 of the way up the normal range on the dipstick.

So Going on the fact that it holds 5.5 Litres Max, I'd reckon there is about 300-400ml of oil in - so about a coke can of oil.

I've never done a sump plug drain on this car, but on all other cars I've done I've never managed to get the full amount of new oil in after and would hazard a guess at it being similar.

Jul 14th, 2012, 13:22	#17
nbuuifx Senior Member Last Online: May 1st, 2015 23:01 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Staffs	I've just changed my oil so decided to buy one of the pumps to test. I went for the electric one, but from Amazon instead of Ebay as it was half the price! All went very well, took a little longer than expected to pump the oil out, but it did it with no problems. On refilling I put in 5.1Litres which has put it about 9/10 of the way up the normal range on the dipstick. So Going on the fact that it holds 5.5 Litres Max, I'd reckon there is about 300-400ml of oil in - so about a coke can of oil. I've never done a sump plug drain on this car, but on all other cars I've done I've never managed to get the full amount of new oil in after and would hazard a guess at it being similar.