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[tunnie]

You should change the filter everytime you change the oil.

I change the oil every 3000, but only change the filter on every 2nd oil change.

With genuine filters costing just £1, i change it anyway!

[portomega]

the thing with the filter change i guess is i dont know what type/brand of oil the garage used when they did the change, so maybe its best to change mine when i change the oil :question

[portomega]

just a quick note on this dip stick thing, just checked the invoice from the service i had done 2 months ago and its says "4.5 litres of oil" so maybe they didnt overfill? it or maybe im being too trusting of what they've written? lol

[Pitchfork]

dumb question but....if i droppped the oil would i need to change the filter too? and how much oil does it take to get it to about the right level?

depends on your service schedule, oof recomends more frequent oil canges by the way. when was oil last thanged?

Thanged?

[johnboy27]

i think chrisgixer is right. a small amount of oil goes a long way. its one litre from min - max on the dipstick & if you split just a quarter of a litre oil used oil on your drive or road it would make a hell of a mess.
Your car may have only leaked 50-100ml which would hardly show on the stick.

[TheBoy]

Any recomendations for what oil to use? on my other cars i always asked the garages to use the Castrol Magnatec oil, would that be the best to use in an Omega?

Wouldn't even put that in the lawnmower