Member Since: 27 Oct 2010
Location: Bideford, Devon
Posts: 105
Is this the sump / drain plug for an oil change?
Hi, I don't intend on buying a vacuum pump and the wife has barred me from trying the Dyson on it, so I need to locate the sump plug for an oil change ..!
Expecting it to be on the bottom, is this it on the side of the sump ??
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3rd Sep 2014 10:55 am
jonnybgud
Member Since: 18 Dec 2013
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 397
Looks like the fella to me... it looks like the same bolt as used on the D3 pan... i seem to have a collection of these as I always get a new one with a filter... never seem to throw the old ones away! lolAdmin on Facebook Discovery 3 & 4 Ownersgroup
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Member Since: 27 Oct 2010
Location: Bideford, Devon
Posts: 105
Thanks, I never get given a sump plug! I just use the same old one, with the same washer. Strange they have put it on the side, I suppose I won't get as much oil all over my hands! CheersDiscovery 4 - 3.0 - 2015
3rd Sep 2014 12:19 pm
jonnybgud
Member Since: 18 Dec 2013
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 397
These sump bolts have a rubber seal fixed to them so i guess over time it could perish... but all the ones i have in the garage look as good as new! lolAdmin on Facebook Discovery 3 & 4 Ownersgroup
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Member Since: 18 Mar 2013
Location: Sydney
Posts: 931
Get a vacuum pump
it's quick and clean (unless you really like crawling under cars getting hot oil on your hand)
They're selling on a popular auction web site for £47.
edit: 'they're' not 'there'
4th Sep 2014 12:11 am
ferncottage
Member Since: 27 Oct 2010
Location: Bideford, Devon
Posts: 105
CUCO wrote:
You will be much faster and clean if you just unplugs the black tube at the right. Is for the vacuum suck pipe, so engine oil.
SPOT ON!
That's a lot easier & cleaner than taking the drain plug out, though a bit worrying that the oil is all being held in by a plastic connector ..
Re: the vacuum pumps. I might get one, but as I'd got the covers off to sort my leaking steering rack seals out, I thought I'd drop the oil out. As you know, taking the covers off is half the job.
I've got a drill pump, I wonder if with a couple of lengths of pipe that would suck it out another time ..? Anyone done something similar? (would save having yet another gadget in my bulging shed!).
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4th Sep 2014 7:40 am
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Is this a D3? It doesn't look right to me (going only from memory) but I don't remember a plastic pipe on the bottom of the engine sump.
The engine oil drain is at the bottom of the sump so the oil flows directly....
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