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I have to say my past experiences with Halfords are not good. However in desperation today I went in, and got not only spare batteries (and they replaced the current ones for free) for my pa1000 keyfob and keylight, but 5 litres of Mobil1 0w40 on sale for 35 squid! Based on posts here and PH I was expecting to pay £17/litre, so bargain!

That is the right oil, isn't it? How should it be applied, when the engine is cold? Should I put a litre in at a time then warm the engine up and check by the guage? I was told recently by an aircooled 911 specialist that the bizarre proboscis that is the dip stick is for amusement value only, contrary to other advice.
 
No - not when cold!

The assembled wisdom seems to be to add oil while the engine is running.

Get car fully warmed up (oil thermostat open - watch the temperature gauge rise to 8 o'clock mark, then drop - you know it is now open - mine takes about 8 miles). Stop on flat surface. Leave engine at idle. After a few minutes (certainly can be more than 1 minute) the gauge on dash will rise from red to indicate oil level (assuming you have enough oil).

You can also use dip stick (but you must still follow above procedure otherwise it's reading will be meaningless). Trouble for me is you have to be very careful of the moving engine belts! It's the curly bit of the dipstick that indicates the distance from min to max. Pull out the dipstick to understand what I mean by "curly bit".

Any oil you need to add should be done while engine is running. You can actually add oil and watch gauge on dashboard through the rear window - but (as above) you have to be careful of the belts.

I think it's about 1.5 litres from bottom mark on dip stick to top. On my car the dashboard gauge corresponds to about 0.25 to 0.75 of the way up the dip stick.
 
great thanks for advice. I was always told not to put cold oil in hot engine for fear of cracking the block, but i suppose wheh you're pouring it straight into the innards of a fiat uno that probably holds more than adding, I presume, to the oil tank in the 911?

I'll give this a go tonight, and try and be very careful to avoid moving parts!!
 
Once you have checked the dipstick in the correct way as described above you can turn the engine off to fill the car. 1.5 litres from bottom to top of dip stick as stated so easy to work out how much to add. Much safer filing the car with it turned off as too many moving parts and exposed belts to get caught on IMO.

Ian.
 
Halfords is as much as you would expect to pay, as oceancarrera says CostCo sell it much cheaper. You will save yourself the cost of joining costco on just one oil change.
 
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