Yugguy
Torque King
I do 9-10k a year so as well as the yearly service at the garage I like to do a mid service oil change myself.
I bought a 15 quid hand vacuum pump.
I got 7 litres of genuine MB 229.51 oil and a genuine MB oil filter for 49 quid off mbnewcastle ebay.
With the oil still warm I was able to easily extract 6.2l of oil, which given that the official capacity is 6.5l I thought was absolutely acceptable for a mid-term change.
Filter is on top on the C220CDI engine so no need to get under the car covered in oil and bits.
I filled up with exactly what I'd pumped out, ran the engine, left it for 2 hours, checked the level, all good.
Total time to do the change was 15 minutes, and there was hardly any mess.
I might invest in an electric pump at some point but the hand pump worked grand.
Just thought I'd share.
I bought a 15 quid hand vacuum pump.
I got 7 litres of genuine MB 229.51 oil and a genuine MB oil filter for 49 quid off mbnewcastle ebay.
With the oil still warm I was able to easily extract 6.2l of oil, which given that the official capacity is 6.5l I thought was absolutely acceptable for a mid-term change.
Filter is on top on the C220CDI engine so no need to get under the car covered in oil and bits.
I filled up with exactly what I'd pumped out, ran the engine, left it for 2 hours, checked the level, all good.
Total time to do the change was 15 minutes, and there was hardly any mess.
I might invest in an electric pump at some point but the hand pump worked grand.
Just thought I'd share.