Oil filter change

  1. Established Member Joined: Dec 2011 Derby Posts: 1021 Posi saxo, flatty, Peugeot bipper, Vauxhall vectra
    #1
    Mk2 saxo I know where the oil filter is but can't work out how to open the black container to get to the paper filter. It's probably so simple. I searched all over but can't find pics or video on removing it anywhere. Can any one tell me ?
  2. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Nov 2010 Kent Posts: 8439 Gen 7 Celica 190.
    #2
    24mm socket or man power
  3. Regular Poster Joined: Feb 2011 Houghton-Le-Spring Posts: 366 C2 vts
    #3
    24mm socket and go for it, best to have some paper or rag around it as it does tend to lose a bit of oil at first
  4. L-plater Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 76 2002 VTR
    #4
    Be careful too... definitely use the right tools. I snapped a little bit of it without realising and it ended up messy to say the least.
  5. Established Member Joined: Dec 2011 Derby Posts: 1021 Posi saxo, flatty, Peugeot bipper, Vauxhall vectra
    #5
    And you just undo it from the top of the black thing? The hexagon thing is the screw?
  6. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.
    #6
    Undo from the top,there are kits you can buy they are basically different size cups which fit over the oil filter housing.Make sure you don`t overtighten as well.
  7. Saxperience Addict Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 11714 A6 Le Mans tuned/A3 TFSI tuned
    #7
    piece of piss, you can actually do it by hand. Wrap a bit of fabric at the bottom of it before opening so you won't send the few drops of oil left everywhere.
  8. L-plater Joined: Jun 2012 Chesterfield Posts: 84 mk2 VTR silver
    #8
    take sump out first, wont be as messy then
  9. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.
    #9
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Goodallthedog View Post
    take sump out first, wont be as messy then
    Surely you mean the sump plug & not the whole sump off lol?
  10. Established Member Joined: Dec 2011 Derby Posts: 1021 Posi saxo, flatty, Peugeot bipper, Vauxhall vectra
    #10
    Haha forget it if it was a matter of taking the hole sump off kkk thanks 1 more thing when you put the new filter in do u have to oil it ? And where do u put the oil on it?
  11. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.
    #11
    If there is a rubber seal then smear some oil around the seal with your finger(side going to the engine)
  12. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Aug 2009 Dorking,Surrey,M25 J9 Posts: 2616 Static -80mm Peugeot 405
    #12
    24mm? I thought it was 27mm... Could be wrong though! I'm not with a car, nor my tools.
  13. Established Member Joined: Dec 2011 Derby Posts: 1021 Posi saxo, flatty, Peugeot bipper, Vauxhall vectra
    #13
    Thanks for all the help. Time to service the car but it started raining -.-
  14. Established Member Joined: Sep 2010 loughborough Posts: 2229 1988 ford fiesta mk2 1.4- 2001 black saxo furio (d
    #14
    Yeh kris is right 27mm socket. I use a long socket and an extension bar on the end of the ratchet. The whole black container will spin. Undo it. Pop filter out. Use a small flat head screwdriver it get the rubber seal off. Replace new seal. Put new filter in making sure it clicks screw housing back in tighten but only nip it up should be torque to 25 nm
  15. Regular Poster Joined: Feb 2011 Houghton-Le-Spring Posts: 366 C2 vts
    #15
    if the socket just spins at 27mm get an oil filter ratchet (the ones where the more you twist the tighter they get) few of my mates have done it that way. if all else fails drill a hole through the housing so you can get a screwdriver in and twist it off, buy and fit a new housing < last resort....cave man style