Oil Change on the D2

schuy1 · 19th September 2012, 08:33 PM

Well , Did my first oil change since I bought the TD5. After reading all the horror stories about the rotor filter housing bolts I was a little nervous

Put the socket on and turned......nothing, harder,nothing, OH Crap! here we go

but luckily the gods smiled and no damage !! But they were tight, like gorilla toothache tight!!

same with the spin on. so on to the sump plug.......... 17ft/lbs? Hmm cant remember the last time that figure required the 1/2in sidchrome breaker bar!Thought well, here it comes with all the thread attached!!! But again beginners luck! that alloy is better than we give it credit for

so after that it all proceeded to plan and bolts all torqued properly this time!!although the rotor housings I only did with the 1/4 drive hand driver tight. Soo a bit stressful but good for next time now.

Be a good thing if MR Automotive calibrated their torque wrenches too, or at least took the gorilla to a dentist !!!

**Fluids** · 19th September 2012, 09:36 PM

Congratulations!

Like my first oil change ... it leaves you with a VERY satisying feeling

**Nova** · 20th September 2012, 11:55 AM

Yup, my first oil change was a good feeling too, although the spin on oil filter was nearly impossible to undo. What an awful position to put it in, especially if it is done up tight.

Save a few $$ over paying someone to do it.

Cheers,
Nova

schuy1 · 20th September 2012, 02:51 PM

yes I do agree totally with that spin on positioning , have seen and worked on some doozies over the years minis , mokes , slant6 valiants!

but this is the best yet. Why do people think they have to be 2.4 turns past tight?

As an aside I saw this recall notice on Landrover Australia site , any1 in need of a new coupling?

Mine falls just outside the date, dammit! Recall Bulletin | Land Rover Australia

**Roverlord off road spares** · 20th September 2012, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by schuy1

yes I do agree totally with that spin on positioning , have seen and worked on some doozies over the years minis , mokes , slant6 valiants!

but this is the best yet. Why do people think they have to be 2.4 turns past tight?

As an aside I saw this recall notice on Landrover Australia site , any1 in need of a new coupling?

Mine falls just outside the date, dammit! Recall Bulletin | Land Rover Australia

I wish Land Rover would have a recall on oil leaks, it would go WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Back

**d2dave** · 20th September 2012, 10:45 PM

After reading this thread it amazes me how often tension wrenches are used on every day bolts. In 47 years, the only times I have ever used one is for head bolts, big ends, mains and bands on autos.

schuy1 · 21st September 2012, 05:22 AM

Originally Posted by Mr Whippy

After reading this thread it amazes me how often tension wrenches are used on every day bolts. In 47 years, the only times I have ever used one is for head bolts, big ends, mains and bands on autos.

Yes I know of lots that do not use them at all even for HEAD bolts and such

Its just that when I left school and went to work the place was a stickler for them, if it had a torque figure in the book you used it and it has sort of stuck in my tiny brain

But I have found that sump drain plugs respond well to being torqued, easy to undo next time and less chance of the embarrassing oops thats too tight!

And I very much doubt that the service agent used 1 on its previous service, just 2.4 turns past TIGHT!!!

Recall on oil leaks huh? sadly we do not live in a perfect world~and then our rovers would rust away!

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