2. Before a considerable day of the procedure, select all the necessary tools and materials. Prepare also clean rags or old newspapers to wipe up smudges. It is desirable that the oil be warm, this improves its fluidity and helps to remove wear products from the engine. Be careful not to touch the exhaust system or other hot parts of the engine. To prevent scratches, as well as damage to the skin by wear products contained in the oil. gloves must be used. Apply the handbrake and jack up the front of the car. Put a support under it. Acting differently. raise the car with a lift or roll it onto a viewing hole or overpass. Whichever way you choose, try to park the car horizontally to drain all the oil without residue. Unscrew the retaining screws and remove the protective tray from the bottom of the engine compartment.
3. Remove the oil filler cap from the valve cover, place an oil drain pan under the engine sump. Clean the drain plug, loosen it half a turn with a socket wrench or a spanner wrench, unscrew it completely. Remove the sealing washer from the plug (pic. 3.3).
4. Let the oil drain. Be careful: you may have to move the container when the oil flows in a thin stream.
5. After draining the oil, wipe the plug and sealing washer with a clean rag. Inspect the washer for damage (they can cause seal failure). Replace it if necessary. Wipe the area around the drain hole and install the plug with the washer back, tightening it securely.
6. Slide the waste container under the oil filter. The filter is located at the left rear of the cylinder block.
7. Using an oil filter remover, loosen the filter, spread a rag around it, unscrew it by hand and immediately place it upside down so as not to spill oil. Remove the filter from the car and drain the oil from it into an oil drain container (pic. 3.7).
8. Wipe off all oil and dirt from the sealing surface under the filter on the cylinder block with a clean rag. Make sure that the rubber sealing ring has not stuck to the engine. Remove it carefully if necessary.
9. Lubricate the sealing ring with a thin layer of a new oil filter, screw it onto the fitting until it stops. Tighten the filter only by hand - do not use any tools. Wipe the filter outside.
10. Remove used oil and all tools from under the car, reinstall the protective pan, tighten its screws securely. Lower the car.
11. Remove the dipstick. Fill the engine with oil through the oil filler neck using the correct type of oil (cm. "Daily checks"). A funnel will help. First, fill in half of the required oil, then wait a few minutes until it drains into the sump. Gradually drink down the remaining oil, constantly checking its level in the engine with a dipstick. Adding approximately one liter of oil to the engine should increase its level from the mark "max" before "min" on the probe. Replace and tighten the oil filler cap securely.
12. Start the engine and let it run for a few minutes, checking for any leaks around the oil filter seal and sump drain plug. Please note that the emergency oil pressure lamp will go out the first time you try to start the engine, most likely not immediately, but after a few seconds, as the filter and oil channels are filled with oil.
Warning: On turbocharged models, do not rev above idle until the emergency oil pressure light goes out. Increasing the engine speed while the light is on will damage the turbine!
13. Stop the engine and wait a few minutes for the oil to drain into the sump. Now that all channels and the filter are filled with oil, check its level again and top up if necessary.
14. Used oil must be disposed of. It should be noted that used oil filters should not be disposed of in the waste chute, as this is not household waste. Garages should be provided with special containers for collecting such waste.
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