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Re: Strange OR what !
« Reply #15 on: 29 October 2006, 18:06:25 »
But as Auto Addict says, if the car was completely on the flat, maybe not all the oil came out !!!!!

But i'm just gald someone else has filled his 2.2 up with 5L .

Anyone else !!!


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Re: Strange OR what !
« Reply #16 on: 29 October 2006, 19:25:40 »
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OK , serviced the Omega this morning. drained oil, new filter etc, and 4.5 L ONLY comes half way up dipstick !


Hmmm... maybe you have V6 there and you didn't notice?   ;D


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Re: Strange OR what !
« Reply #17 on: 29 October 2006, 19:36:21 »
I dont have any Faries living at the bottom of my garden --- unortuneatly !  :-/
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Re: Strange OR what !
« Reply #18 on: 29 October 2006, 19:38:33 »
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I dont have any Faries living at the bottom of my garden --- unortuneatly !  :-/

Sure you do, there next to the money tree ::)
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Re: Strange OR what !
« Reply #19 on: 29 October 2006, 19:50:31 »
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No, you obviously didn't drain all of the old oil out.
Oh, believe me, we went to a lot of effort to get all oil out, as it really was in a state...

We did put a little oil in the filter before attaching it, but it was not as much as 1/2 litre
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Re: Strange OR what !
« Reply #20 on: 29 October 2006, 20:15:38 »
Not a 2.2 but I had to go and buy another litre of oil so I  could get from half to full on the dip stick.

5 litres for me too.
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Re: Strange OR what !
« Reply #21 on: 29 October 2006, 20:29:44 »
Hey Miked, i'm feeling better everytime someone says they used 5L in there 4 pot !!   :P

Did you have a 4.5L bottle of oil then !!!   :o
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Re: Strange OR what !
« Reply #22 on: 30 October 2006, 05:27:48 »
yep, bought 4.5 litres.  Emptied as much as I could get out, changed the filter, then re-filled.  When I checked the dip stick, only half way up  :-?
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Re: Strange OR what !
« Reply #23 on: 30 October 2006, 06:54:48 »
That makes sense. My 2.0 always needed 5 litres to get bang on the max mark. Same with any other 2.0 omega I've known.

Don't worry about it, you'll be fine with 5 litres

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Re: Strange OR what !
« Reply #24 on: 30 October 2006, 06:59:50 »
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If you jack up the front offside slightly with the drain plug out you get another 1/2 to 3/4 of a litre drained out of the sump.

The garage does mine when its up on ramps, so level.
The dont use all the 5l i give them, not sure if its .5l left but always have some left.
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Re: Strange OR what !
« Reply #25 on: 30 October 2006, 10:40:27 »
Cheers for all the replies.

Above all i just wanted to get any / some reaction to having to use 5L to get it to register Max on the dipstick.

Looks like it depends on how you drain the oil off from your car !

Either way i have also mentioned this other car owners ( not Vauxhall) and some ( most) have reported that they use different amounts of oil compared with another owner having the same veichle !
Its all usually around the 1/2 litre + or - , urmmmmmmmmmm strange !!!!!

Never mind, i think we can put this to bed now, and i can stop worrying about weather i have over filled etc

Cheers to all

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Re: Strange OR what !
« Reply #26 on: 31 October 2006, 12:15:45 »
Changed my oil and filter this morning, took 5L.
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Re: Strange OR what !
« Reply #27 on: 31 October 2006, 15:50:52 »
Cheers AA , thats good to know.

I was really scratching my head over this one, but as it took all 5l, to register on the dipstick, i couldnt see what i had done wrong !!!


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Re: Strange OR what !
« Reply #28 on: 31 October 2006, 18:32:29 »
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Changed my oil and filter this morning, took 5L.

Your engine is greedy then AA....mine doesnt  ;D.....but then i guess you jacked yours up a bit to get out all the oil  ;)
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Re: Strange OR what !
« Reply #29 on: 31 October 2006, 18:47:18 »
Engine hot, jack up front offside wheel (supported by axle stand), removes most of the oil.
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