Are you using a manual or electric oil extractor? Can you get it all out using this method?
Yep, it got all of it out. I checked the cylinder and it was definitely 3.2L, it did take roughly 35 minutes as I used the small diameter hose, but definitely use the medium hose with the oil extractor to speed it up. I could see how an electric one may suck it faster but I wasn't in a rush and it's definitely cheaper
I used a manual one, put it next to the car and inserted the hose into the dipstick until I could feel it's all the way in, make sure that the tube is straightened.
It looks like this, mine was a generic model from eBay, they should all do the same job to be fair:
Pump a couple of times and this creates some form of vacuum allowing the negative air pressure to be sucked into the cylinder itself.
When there isn't much oil movement and the tube sounds to make the sucking sound, it should be done. On my model, each barrel line is a liter. And 3 and a half was definitely in there.
A stock picture visualizes this:
I tried to jack up the car and do it the old way but couldn't find a sump plug in my parts and I guess I could use the pump to do the oil changes for wife's car and mine in the future.
ELM327 Modifications.
I just modified an Elm327 and just wanted to update this post on the information on how to.
So if you want to modify your Elm327 to support some engine ecu modules of the
MultiEcuScan software, you should use preferably an Elm 1.4 and not 1.5 or 2.1, those chips just have the contents on the Elm software on and won't perform correctly. Some board designs do not have a resistor to modify!
I'll link a
reliable Elm327 module to modify here. Do check reviews on others to see if other customers have tried to modify it. Also, you'll probably need to wait two to three weeks for this as it's shipped overseas.
You'll also need the Yellow adapter, check out ebay,amazon or aliexpress for one.
Then you'll need to remove the Elm sticker (use something flat like a flat screwdriver) and unscrew the four screws. If it is an Elm 1.4 board, then it should look like this:
You should see the resistor 121 (in my case) or 1200 between pins 14 and 6
If you can desolder that then do so, if you do not have the tools, I just used a sharp knife to cut the resistor but be careful to not cut other electrical components.
Cut resistor
If you wish to put some electrical tape, I have loads and can't find a better use but you don't have to, you can put some
Thanks to my Brother printer not consuming loads of ink and loads of UPS blank shipping labels, you can slap on a Fiat sticker on Word and call it a day
You'll also need the yellow adapter if you wish to connect to the service ecu to reset that. Mine one hasn't been very reliable so I won't suggest one but you know there's sites like eBay and Aliexpress.
Now let's see the ebay sellers upselling this go bust
