![]() ![]() My last Astra, from new, M reg 1.4 Swing had this done to it once a year. The oil/diesel mix gets painted on to the wooden fencing I have and beats Creosote hands down! I then re fill the engine oil with good quality stuff (currently Unipart 10w40 semi synth) run the engine to operating temp & check and if required top the level off. Whilst the oil is draining I remove & change the filter and after a good 10 mins (usually a cuppa & a biscuit or two later) the sump plug goes back it with a new washer. ![]() I very briefly (10 seconds on tickover) run the engine with the sump plug out to get anything caught up in the system flushed out and to the sump so it too may drain. I then top up the diesel level to the oil fill level with cheap engine oil to help carry & flush the diesel & debris, again running up the engine on tickover for a few mins and then drop the lot. When I have dropped the oil I place 2 litres of diesel oil in the engine and run the engine over (on tickover) for 1 min using the diesel as a flushing medium. ![]() I have done this for as long as I have been home servicing and it is a method taught to me by another -> As good an idea as the pumps are - I still much so prefere the old method of dropping it through the sump drain plug, Yes I know and I fully empathise that this is difficult as said by others but to me, this way, also 'cleans the engine debris' from the area it is designed to be collected and cleaned from - the sump. ![]()
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