Merlin1972
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Morning all,
Took my 1999 Brava 1.6 HSX round to a friends to perform a few simple maintenance jobs on it- air filter, spark plugs, oil change etc. After two trips to Halfords to get the right sockets/hex bolts we settled down to drain the oil - fat chance. even with the right tool size we couldnt even shift the sump nut and the sump itself was shifting with each attempt so we gave up and went to the pub instead.
Does anyone have any suggestions of an alternative method to drain the oil out? We tried taking off the oil filter but it's set too high to get more than a dribble out. I've heard Kwik Fit "hoover" the oil out but that sounds inefficient and I doubt they'd do it for free (I already have the oil and a replacement filter).
Any suggestions gratefully entertained!
Took my 1999 Brava 1.6 HSX round to a friends to perform a few simple maintenance jobs on it- air filter, spark plugs, oil change etc. After two trips to Halfords to get the right sockets/hex bolts we settled down to drain the oil - fat chance. even with the right tool size we couldnt even shift the sump nut and the sump itself was shifting with each attempt so we gave up and went to the pub instead.
Does anyone have any suggestions of an alternative method to drain the oil out? We tried taking off the oil filter but it's set too high to get more than a dribble out. I've heard Kwik Fit "hoover" the oil out but that sounds inefficient and I doubt they'd do it for free (I already have the oil and a replacement filter).
Any suggestions gratefully entertained!