oil capacity ?.

[pauly]

How much oil does my 91 turbo take, the handbook say's 6.5 litres or 7.5 litres with plastic sump.

 

[swright]

You need to stick your head under the car and check which sump you have. Mine has thr metal sump and is a alloy finned one, i suspect the plastic one will be black. If unsure give it a little tap with a spanner, that will give the game away.

Stu

 

[pauly]

ORIGINAL: swright

You need to stick your head under the car and check which sump you have. Mine has thr metal sump and is a alloy finned one, i suspect the plastic one will be black. If unsure give it a little tap with a spanner, that will give the game away.

Stu

Yep that's one option, but as the handbook covers S2 and turbo I wondered if the turbo had plastic , alloy, or either.

 

[appletonn]

My'91 turbo takes 7.5l and has an alloy sump. I'm pretty sure that that was what the handbook said too.

 

[swright]

Hmm, my 86 turbo has an alloy sump and takes 6.5l of oil, as it states in my manual.

 

[pauljmcnulty]

Put in 6.5 lts, and check dipstick? If necessary add 1 ltr and you will know for next time! [8|]

 

[appletonn]

According to my driver's manual (p105 - Filling Capacities), it is 6.6l for the 'normal' 944 and "approx 7 litres" for the Turbo models. I thought I'd needed at least 7l the last time the oil was changed.

 

[Diver944]

My '89 manual doesn't mention anything about a plastic sump???? (are you sure you don't mean fuel tank) and whenever I've changed it myself I've allowed 6.5 litres

 

[pauly]

ORIGINAL: Diver944

My '89 manual doesn't mention anything about a plastic sump???? (are you sure you don't mean fuel tank) and whenever I've changed it myself I've allowed 6.5 litres

I'm reading from a 1990 model year S2 and Turbo Drivers Manual, on page 52 it refers to (vehicles with plastic oil sump........approx. 7.5 litres) Not too concerned though, I've got 15 litres in the garage.

 

[Diver944]

ORIGINAL: pauly

Not too concerned though, I've got 15 litres in the garage.

Show off []

Make sure you spread a large catch cloth under the car when you do it as I always manage to spill plenty out of the oil filter [8|]

Apparently the trick is to drain the old oil from the sump, make sure you can loosen the filter then poke a hole with a screwdriver through the top to allow oil to run out of the filter and into the sump. Leave that for a while then remove the filter (maybe with a plastic bag over the top)

Then swear profusely as what appears like 6 litres comes out of the filter and all over you/ the drive/ your catch cloth

 

[pauly]

ORIGINAL: Diver944

ORIGINAL: pauly

Not too concerned though, I've got 15 litres in the garage.

Show off []

Make sure you spread a large catch cloth under the car when you do it as I always manage to spill plenty out of the oil filter [8|]

Apparently the trick is to drain the old oil from the sump, make sure you can loosen the filter then poke a hole with a screwdriver through the top to allow oil to run out of the filter and into the sump. Leave that for a while then remove the filter (maybe with a plastic bag over the top)

Then swear profusely as what appears like 6 litres comes out of the filter and all over you/ the drive/ your catch cloth

[] Good tip about puncturing the oil filter, as I've just lashed out on having the drive block paved I'd be a bit upset if there was a big black puddle on it, [].