Oil light..

[Stay Puft]

Just seen your post on saxp mate, good job you didnt fill it until it came out of the filler cap

Yeah I know, I am such an idiot.. I assumed you cant go wrong with putting in a bit of oil!

 

[Gandi69]

I'd be inclined after all this is over to do a full oil change using oil to the correct spec and grade with a new renault filter

 

[Stay Puft]

I'd be inclined after all this is over to do a full oil change using oil to the correct spec and grade with a new renault filter

How much is that?

 

[Gandi69]

Depends on what oil you use. Filter is usually about £6-8 delivered
I use vavolene synpower 5w40 which is about £40~45 quid delivered

 

[Addicted]

Opie Oils are usually pretty cheap, but don't forget a new sump plug washer (iirc).

 

[Gandi69]

Comes with the filter if you buy genuine

 

[Stay Puft]

I will go through my mechanic, he lives down my road so doesnt rip me off. So should be about £60? I need to get a full service done soon.. is the oil change included in a full service?

 

[Gandi69]

it should be as its a full service.
Basic stuff a normal mechanic will be ok with but if you cant tackle it yourself a specialist is the best bet, as these cars have certain needs or procedures normal mechanics sometimes dont know about

 

[Stay Puft]

He rebuilds older porches and rs turbos etc so should be okay as well as general mechanics. Any thing I should point out?

 

[Austin-182]

Any normal garage can do an oil change without worry, i always buy my own parts, oil from opieoils and filters etc from whoever is the cheapest Renault dealer, I pay around £30 labour for the oil change to be done for me, i know some people would class this as a wasted £30 but it saves me messing around jacking my car up and having to dispose of old oil etc and most imporantly it gets me the stampin my book.

silkolene pro s oils at £46 delivered
Oil filter, air filter and pollen filter for £35ish
garage labour £30

Total - £111 , and i know the beat oil has been used along with all genuine Renault parts

 

[Austin-182]

That being said, i dont live near a specialist, if i did then i would go to one.

 

[Stay Puft]

All sorted, he said there was probably slightly too much in there before I put more in!

 

[Stay Puft]

The amount of oil he drained..

 

[George182]

Glad you got it sorted!

 

[easym5]

The amount of oil he drained..

Looks to be around 4/5 litres you were lucky mate

 

[Stay Puft]

I know! Cheers for all the help guys.

 

[MartinR]

does it drive ok? just hope it didn't do any damage.

 

[Stay Puft]

Yeah was driving fine on the way to work, didnt notice anything odd!

 

[_Tom]

Note to self. Do not buy a car from Davyy

 

[Stay Puft]

Note to self. Do not buy a car from Davyy

haha shh! Apart from that slight hiccup it is a good well looked after car!

Gonna get it a full service next week.

 

[richwilkins50]

Glad u got it sorted, but isn't the oil warning light more of a pressure sensor sorta fault, not a low oil light? Hence why there's a separate display saying oil ok?

 

[ashy_gtt]

Glad u got it sorted, but isn't the oil warning light more of a pressure sensor sorta fault, not a low oil light? Hence why there's a separate display saying oil ok?

Exactly!

 

[Oakley12]

Nope, done a service on my car yesterday and when I started it up to fill the filter the oil light came on as it was about half a litre off max!