HOW MUCH OIL FOR A CHANGE?

[wrx fifer]

Sorry people am sure this simple one has been covered a millon times, however for me doing an oil change on the transit how much oil do i need? am used to buying 5 litres for the cars but not sure on these?

54 plate 350 135 6 speed, LWB Semi roof panel van?
and best filter to get?

do all you guys have a best place to get transit parts i know for subaru and 4x4 theres like import car parts etc to get good quality oe parts at half dealer prices, found a place on ebay called TPUK TRANSIT PARTS UK who seem to supply everything at fair prices???

Grant

[Crankshaft]

Got my service parts from euro car parts, doesn't list anything under my reg number but it's all there if I select the vehicle manually
7 litres when including the filter change.
I bought all Bosch filters this time but Mann are also good. Avoid Fram oil filters, I've had issues in the past and have heard plenty of bad stories about them.

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[wrx fifer]

ok thanks for that appreciated, 7 litres sounds about right, easy enough to do yersel, no done one on one of these, change oil on all our motors though suabru, audi, mitsubishi etc etc, just never a transit lol

[Brains_transit]

The good thing with a transit is you don't need to jack it up to do the oil

[Jim Archer]

Make sure you use a good 6 sided socket on the oil filter housing, and undo it with firmly increasing force rather than yanking at it.

Jim

[knobby1]

Make sure you use a good 6 sided socket on the oil filter housing, and undo it with firmly increasing force rather than yanking at it.

Jim

Yep +1...filter cover is plastic and will break easily if not treated with respect. Wear rubber/latex gloves too....or you'll be wearing the oil for days....it's manky stuff.

Lord Knobrot

[wrx fifer]

ok thanks guys, read somewhere i need a 36mm or 38mm socket for the filter? dont have one but my mate has a large socket set starting at 36mm i can use if needed.

Grant

[knobby1]

ok thanks guys, read somewhere i need a 36mm or 38mm socket for the filter? dont have one but my mate has a large socket set starting at 36mm i can use if needed.

Grant

The Mk7 2.4's are only 27mm, yours being a Mk6 will most likely be one of the larger ones, so you may have to get under and have a look/measure.

Mk7 RWD oil filter.jpg

Lord Knobrot

[Crankshaft]

36mm socket on mine, there's also a grub screw in the centre of the plastic nut, I assume this is to drain the filter before removing the cap, I got half a litre of oil on my arm when I just unscrewed the cap.

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[knobby1]

I got half a litre of oil on my arm when I just unscrewed the cap. Sent from my SM-G850F using Tapatalk

Told you to wear gloves didn't I..?

Lord Knobrot