Well did the deed myself on Saturday... was fairly straight forward even managed my first mod!!! (drilled the wheel arch liner behind the intercooler) but I was just wondering how long long life oil actually lasts, my car has done approx 10K since its last dealer service and after looking at the oil that came out I wont be waiting for the service indicator to remind me to change it agin!!! now I do very little motorway mileage is this a factor?

Have to say she is running smoother with 4.5 litres of Castrol SLX longlie II running through her galleries:D

I also got some isopropyl alcohol to clean the MAF but the selection of Torx screws I have were either slightly too big or too small, anyone have the exact size so I can purchase? I managed to spray some in a left it to evaporate for approx 2 hours, the slight hesitation around 3K seems less harsh, but I also replaced the airfilter...

and finally is there a knack to removing the oil filter with out spilling some, fook me i could'nt spin the fecker fast enough with oil running down my arm :eek:

Cheers

ps: oh yeah, all in price, including purchase of new oil filter removal tool ( 3 pronged jobbie, best Ive ever used, beats a feckin chain!!1) 120 Euros and half a saturday (including bumper removal to get car on me oul ramps ) alot cheaper than any stealers had quoted...

Well did the deed myself on Saturday... was fairly straight forward even managed my first mod!!! (drilled the wheel arch liner behind the intercooler) but I was just wondering how long long life oil actually lasts' date=' my car has done approx 10K since its last dealer service and after looking at the oil that came out I wont be waiting for the service indicator to remind me to change it agin!!! now I do very little motorway mileage is this a factor?

Have to say she is running smoother with 4.5 litres of Castrol SLX longlie II running through her galleries:D

I also got some isopropyl alcohol to clean the MAF but the selection of Torx screws I have were either slightly too big or too small, anyone have the exact size so I can purchase? I managed to spray some in a left it to evaporate for approx 2 hours, the slight hesitation around 3K seems less harsh, but I also replaced the airfilter...

and finally is there a knack to removing the oil filter with out spilling some, fook me i could'nt spin the fecker fast enough with oil running down my arm :eek:

Cheers

ps: oh yeah, all in price, including purchase of new oil filter removal tool ( 3 pronged jobbie, best Ive ever used, beats a feckin chain!!1) 120 Euros and half a saturday (including bumper removal to get car on me oul ramps ) alot cheaper than any stealers had quoted...[/quote']

Glad to see you'd a busy Saturday , fair play to ya

Its not a torx screw that holds the MAF in, its a tamperproof 'ribe' fixing.

cheers Gaff

Lummox any idea where Id get one so I can remove the MAF, thanks

cheers Gaff

Lummox any idea where Id get one so I can remove the MAF' date=' thanks[/quote']

Not seen the actual screw, but Screwfix sell a set of tamper-proof bits, and one of them is bound to fit. Bought them as the number plate on the Scooby was fitted with them :confused: and when I asked at our local B&Q they told me I'd have to drill them out as they didn't sell them!!! :eek:

Chris

I bought a set of those tamperproof bits before, the MAF screw seems to be between 2 sizes :confused:

yup thats what I thought too... bugger, whats the consensus on spraying it with carb cleaner through the air box?

Well did the deed myself on Saturday... was fairly straight forward even managed my first mod!!! (drilled the wheel arch liner behind the intercooler) but I was just wondering how long long life oil actually lasts' date=' my car has done approx 10K since its last dealer service and after looking at the oil that came out I wont be waiting for the service indicator to remind me to change it agin!!! now I do very little motorway mileage is this a factor?

Have to say she is running smoother with 4.5 litres of Castrol SLX longlie II running through her galleries:D

I also got some isopropyl alcohol to clean the MAF but the selection of Torx screws I have were either slightly too big or too small, anyone have the exact size so I can purchase? I managed to spray some in a left it to evaporate for approx 2 hours, the slight hesitation around 3K seems less harsh, but I also replaced the airfilter...

and finally is there a knack to removing the oil filter with out spilling some, fook me i could'nt spin the fecker fast enough with oil running down my arm :eek:

Cheers

ps: oh yeah, all in price, including purchase of new oil filter removal tool ( 3 pronged jobbie, best Ive ever used, beats a feckin chain!!1) 120 Euros and half a saturday (including bumper removal to get car on me oul ramps ) alot cheaper than any stealers had quoted...[/quote']

Excellent....We now have a worthy mechanic amoung us (apart from Smithy of course)...

Did you manage to rest the ecu then? - or is the service light still on?

well the battery was disconnected for the service which should have reset the ECU memory, as for the service indicator the reset instructions are in the handbook, if I remember right turn ignition on and hold trip meter reset then while holding turn off ignition, and turn clock set switch left or right to reset, I also used some carb cleaner on the throttle body and did the realign, ignition on bonnet up wait for buzzing, might be palcebo but she feels a little smoother now still wann give the M

Another thing i missed form not servicing is learning where everything is on your own car, nice to know