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waspy

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Oil change
« on: 13 January 2008, 16:04:15 »

Hi all.
Changed the oil today in my DTi Mig, what a commotion to get the oil filter canister undone (i thought these went out with the early Cortina's)
I guess they have the enviroment in mind, which i'm for.
Didn't have a 36mm socket, so had to modify a old 32mm Yamaha open ender from my biking days, attacked with a hacksaw & file to make it 36mm & Bob's ya Aunt it came undone.
Gona invest in a new socket though for next time :y
She was def in NEED of a change & the air was too.
Next wkend i'm gona do the fuel filter for which iv'e a question=
With my old Rover Diesel i used to get the engine warm, pour some injector cleaner in the new filter & fire her up so the cleaner went through the injectors neat & this made a nice difference to how well she went. Would i be ok to do the same with the Mig or will i nak it? :'(
Thank you. Pete :y
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Re: Oil change
« Reply #1 on: 13 January 2008, 17:19:48 »

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Hi all.
Changed the oil today in my DTi Mig, what a commotion to get the oil filter canister undone (i thought these went out with the early Cortina's)
I guess they have the enviroment in mind, which i'm for.
Didn't have a 36mm socket, so had to modify a old 32mm Yamaha open ender from my biking days, attacked with a hacksaw & file to make it 36mm & Bob's ya Aunt it came undone.
Gona invest in a new socket though for next time :y
She was def in NEED of a change & the air was too.
Next wkend i'm gona do the fuel filter for which iv'e a question=
With my old Rover Diesel i used to get the engine warm, pour some injector cleaner in the new filter & fire her up so the cleaner went through the injectors neat & this made a nice difference to how well she went. Would i be ok to do the same with the Mig or will i nak it? :'(
Thank you. Pete :y
I do that in my 2.5TD, can't see any prob with doing it on the 2.2, but best wait to see if anyone else done first?
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waspy

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Re: Oil change
« Reply #2 on: 13 January 2008, 20:13:17 »

Cheers pal. I personally can't see it doing any harm, but better safe than :'(
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Re: Oil change
« Reply #3 on: 13 January 2008, 20:16:27 »

Neat Diesel Forte i use all the time and place in the new filter then run up the engine and leave running for a while to give the injectors a good clean.
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