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Ok, I've just changed the oil myself having reached 1000 miles. First off, my dealer wanted £19.50/ Litre of Castrol Edge RS 504. 507 5W 30w and quoted 8L required.
I got 8L of the same oil from Opie Oils delivered to my door for £54 - lots of options from Opie but I thought i'd use the same as recommended by the dealer!
The whole job is fairly easy to do, and the oil filter is a cartridge paper type housed at the front top of the engine in front of the turbos. The under tray has to come off to access the sump and there is no dipstick.
So, remove the under-tray (note not all screws are the same so take note what goes where!). There are lots of torx head screws (T25) around the edge of the under tray including a hidden one in each inner wheel well. Remove all torx bolts and finally the 2 x 13mm bolts and the under-tray will come off.
There is an obvious sump plug which is also a torx (T35-ish). Remove the oil filling cap from the topside before draining oil or you wont get it all out. Once flow has stopped, crack open the oil filter housing and you'll release any residual retained oil. You should have a good 7L plus of old oil.
Replace the cartridge oil filter (comes with a new o-ring for housing), replace new sump plug and washer. You could probably get away with a new washer only but for £2, I used a new plug too. Top up you oil (7.5L) DO NOT ADD 8L right away. Replace oil cap, start and run for 2 mins to check for leaks.
Refit under-tray, lower the car and makes sure its level and check the oil level on the electronic display. If you added 8L it will show full but there may not be an over-filled indication hence why I advise only filling with 7.5L initially. This put mine and 4/5 full and knowledge it hasn't been over-filled.
I got 8L of the same oil from Opie Oils delivered to my door for £54 - lots of options from Opie but I thought i'd use the same as recommended by the dealer!
The whole job is fairly easy to do, and the oil filter is a cartridge paper type housed at the front top of the engine in front of the turbos. The under tray has to come off to access the sump and there is no dipstick.
So, remove the under-tray (note not all screws are the same so take note what goes where!). There are lots of torx head screws (T25) around the edge of the under tray including a hidden one in each inner wheel well. Remove all torx bolts and finally the 2 x 13mm bolts and the under-tray will come off.
There is an obvious sump plug which is also a torx (T35-ish). Remove the oil filling cap from the topside before draining oil or you wont get it all out. Once flow has stopped, crack open the oil filter housing and you'll release any residual retained oil. You should have a good 7L plus of old oil.
Replace the cartridge oil filter (comes with a new o-ring for housing), replace new sump plug and washer. You could probably get away with a new washer only but for £2, I used a new plug too. Top up you oil (7.5L) DO NOT ADD 8L right away. Replace oil cap, start and run for 2 mins to check for leaks.
Refit under-tray, lower the car and makes sure its level and check the oil level on the electronic display. If you added 8L it will show full but there may not be an over-filled indication hence why I advise only filling with 7.5L initially. This put mine and 4/5 full and knowledge it hasn't been over-filled.