Right, car is due it's 87,500 mile P1 service in a couple of weeks but I can't afford to pay Nissan at the moment. Instead, I booked the day off and bought 5 litres of Mobil 1 as it was reduced to £39.99 at Halfrauds. This is the stuff:
Jacked the car up and supported it on axle stands. This is the rather rusty drain plug - will pick a new one up next time I pass a Nissan garage.
Got the plug out and a jet of pure black oiliness half filled my new Aldi washing up bowl.
Here's the old filter, bound to be too tight. My Nissan garage never knows when to stop when tightening them up...
...so it's a good job I was armed with my new Halfrauds filter remover - an awesome bit of kit. In the past I've had to resort to hammering screwdrivers through filters and all sorts of other tricks to get them off.
Ready for the new filter
Removed the oil filler cap and found enough soil around it to grow tomatoes! Got to get a Nismo one soon...
Plugged it with a clean rag and attacked it with some bog roll - much better.
Refitted the sump plug with a new copper crush washer (25 ft/lbs), screwed on the new filter, lowered the car to the ground, poured 3 litres of Mobil 1 into the engine, replaced the cap and ready to roll again (Y)!
Jacked the car up and supported it on axle stands. This is the rather rusty drain plug - will pick a new one up next time I pass a Nissan garage.
Got the plug out and a jet of pure black oiliness half filled my new Aldi washing up bowl.
Here's the old filter, bound to be too tight. My Nissan garage never knows when to stop when tightening them up...
...so it's a good job I was armed with my new Halfrauds filter remover - an awesome bit of kit. In the past I've had to resort to hammering screwdrivers through filters and all sorts of other tricks to get them off.
Ready for the new filter
Removed the oil filler cap and found enough soil around it to grow tomatoes! Got to get a Nismo one soon...
Plugged it with a clean rag and attacked it with some bog roll - much better
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Refitted the sump plug with a new copper crush washer (25 ft/lbs), screwed on the new filter, lowered the car to the ground, poured 3 litres of Mobil 1 into the engine, replaced the cap and ready to roll again (Y)!
