tcrichton
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Well on behalf of my bro (shantybeater) here's the oil + filter change we did on his Cupra.
You'll need:
19mm spanner, jack, axel stands, new oil filter, new oil (around 4.5Litres 5W/40 fully synthetic is good, suggest buying one large bottle and a small one) container for oil, lots of cloths/kitchen roll and possibly an oil filter removal tool
The Cupra's sump plug washer wasn't compressible so doesn't necessarily need replacing, in our case the old one wouldn't come off the bolt so we now have a spare.
1. Firstly get the car up on a jack and preferably some axel stands.
You'll need to take off the side skirt cover to get to the mount point, this comes off by using a flat blade screwdriver (blunt one) or two in the two holes.
Pull the cover down until you can see the vertical clips then pull the cover out horizontally towards you.
This car was so low to the ground we had to jack each side up and put logs under the front wheels in order to get the jack under the car and positioned below the subframe.
Here's it done (I use wood to project the car should it move):
2. Now run the car until it's up to temp then turn her off, this'll make the oil less viscous and therefore run out easier, it'll also help to get any gunk out.
3. Get under the car and locate the sump plug, it faces the rear of the car and is located at the bottom of the oil sump.
Find yourself a 19mm spanner, a socket set will end up full of oil and leak slowly wherever you leave it, also the oil's going to be hot so make sure you have a tool you can get out of the way quickly and use so your hand isn't in the line of the oil.
Dam cats!
4. Take off the oil cap (this isn't necessary but will speed up the draining process)
5. Place a suitable container beneath the oil sump and remove the sump plug trying to keep your hand away from where the oil will pour/run down as you get close to the end of the plug.
6. Let all the oil drain from the car, when it slows you can get onto changing the filter.
7. Take a look at your new filter, most likely your old one will look the same, it is located at the front of the engine towards the bottom of the car and unfortunately is awkwardly behind an engine mount point.
Here's a photo from beneath:
As we couldn't get in from above (many mods in the way) we attacked from the bottom. In our case the oil filter was a real pain (probably not lubed up before fitting or tightened more than by hand)
It turns anti-clockwise (when looking at the bottom) as you'd expect and should yours be a pain you have two choices.
a) Get a oil filter removal tool from halfords/nearby
b) Force a screwdriver through the side of the filter and use it to get some leverage
We chose option a as b would've meant more mess and if we still couldn't get it off would've meant buying the tool anyway (and getting it covered in oil)
Once you've begun to loosen the filter you can do the rest by hand, from the top if possible, if not get under and make sure your head is not going to get covered in oil as it will leak:
8. Clean up the filter mounting point
9. Before putting the new filter on, lube the seal, I do this by rubbing the new filter on the old, but you could put your finger in the oil and run it around the seal
10. Do the new filter up with your hand as tight as you can, this is more than enough.
11. The oil should've finished draining by now so clean around the sump plug and refit
12. I put 3 Litres of new oil in first, left it to settle then kept topping up until it showed on the dipstick (took 4 litres).
13. I then ran the car for a few mins and checked there were no leaks.
14. Checked the oil level again and then dropped the car to the ground.
Finally I ran the car once more and checked the oil.
Hope this helps, its a pretty easy job and just takes some time, we did the sparks also so feel free to msg shantybeater or myself if you have any questions (Shantybeater is on hear more as he actually owns a cupra).
Tristan.
You'll need:
19mm spanner, jack, axel stands, new oil filter, new oil (around 4.5Litres 5W/40 fully synthetic is good, suggest buying one large bottle and a small one) container for oil, lots of cloths/kitchen roll and possibly an oil filter removal tool
The Cupra's sump plug washer wasn't compressible so doesn't necessarily need replacing, in our case the old one wouldn't come off the bolt so we now have a spare.
1. Firstly get the car up on a jack and preferably some axel stands.
You'll need to take off the side skirt cover to get to the mount point, this comes off by using a flat blade screwdriver (blunt one) or two in the two holes.
Pull the cover down until you can see the vertical clips then pull the cover out horizontally towards you.
This car was so low to the ground we had to jack each side up and put logs under the front wheels in order to get the jack under the car and positioned below the subframe.
Here's it done (I use wood to project the car should it move):
2. Now run the car until it's up to temp then turn her off, this'll make the oil less viscous and therefore run out easier, it'll also help to get any gunk out.
3. Get under the car and locate the sump plug, it faces the rear of the car and is located at the bottom of the oil sump.
Find yourself a 19mm spanner, a socket set will end up full of oil and leak slowly wherever you leave it, also the oil's going to be hot so make sure you have a tool you can get out of the way quickly and use so your hand isn't in the line of the oil.
Dam cats!
4. Take off the oil cap (this isn't necessary but will speed up the draining process)
5. Place a suitable container beneath the oil sump and remove the sump plug trying to keep your hand away from where the oil will pour/run down as you get close to the end of the plug.
6. Let all the oil drain from the car, when it slows you can get onto changing the filter.
7. Take a look at your new filter, most likely your old one will look the same, it is located at the front of the engine towards the bottom of the car and unfortunately is awkwardly behind an engine mount point.
Here's a photo from beneath:
As we couldn't get in from above (many mods in the way) we attacked from the bottom. In our case the oil filter was a real pain (probably not lubed up before fitting or tightened more than by hand)
It turns anti-clockwise (when looking at the bottom) as you'd expect and should yours be a pain you have two choices.
a) Get a oil filter removal tool from halfords/nearby
b) Force a screwdriver through the side of the filter and use it to get some leverage
We chose option a as b would've meant more mess and if we still couldn't get it off would've meant buying the tool anyway (and getting it covered in oil)
Once you've begun to loosen the filter you can do the rest by hand, from the top if possible, if not get under and make sure your head is not going to get covered in oil as it will leak:
8. Clean up the filter mounting point
9. Before putting the new filter on, lube the seal, I do this by rubbing the new filter on the old, but you could put your finger in the oil and run it around the seal
10. Do the new filter up with your hand as tight as you can, this is more than enough.
11. The oil should've finished draining by now so clean around the sump plug and refit
12. I put 3 Litres of new oil in first, left it to settle then kept topping up until it showed on the dipstick (took 4 litres).
13. I then ran the car for a few mins and checked there were no leaks.
14. Checked the oil level again and then dropped the car to the ground.
Finally I ran the car once more and checked the oil.
Hope this helps, its a pretty easy job and just takes some time, we did the sparks also so feel free to msg shantybeater or myself if you have any questions (Shantybeater is on hear more as he actually owns a cupra).
Tristan.
