27-03-15, 07:52 AM
Well done, it's a piece of piss once you've first done it yourself, and kind of satisfying in the process too.
I was always a fan of using the K&N oil filter with the handy nut on the end for "easy" removal, but last time i tried to remove one i found that the coating on the nut made it an unusual ill fitting socket size and also seemed to be a very soft material, so it was actually quite useless.
So i sat there swearing at it a lot then dug out my trusty chain wrench which sorted it straight away.
Make a note of your oil change date for future reference, and also you'll find it much cheaper to buy oil in 4 litre containers rather than 4 x 1 litre.
You only need to change the oil filter every 2 oil changes, and there's really no need to wrench it up too tightly, just smear oil on the rubber gasket and nip it up as much as you can by hand and that will be enough, if it ever does leak then simply nip it up some more but it shouldn't do. :thumbup
I was always a fan of using the K&N oil filter with the handy nut on the end for "easy" removal, but last time i tried to remove one i found that the coating on the nut made it an unusual ill fitting socket size and also seemed to be a very soft material, so it was actually quite useless.
So i sat there swearing at it a lot then dug out my trusty chain wrench which sorted it straight away.
Make a note of your oil change date for future reference, and also you'll find it much cheaper to buy oil in 4 litre containers rather than 4 x 1 litre.
You only need to change the oil filter every 2 oil changes, and there's really no need to wrench it up too tightly, just smear oil on the rubber gasket and nip it up as much as you can by hand and that will be enough, if it ever does leak then simply nip it up some more but it shouldn't do. :thumbup
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