Oil Change

quinnw · Post by **quinnw** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:23 pm

How easy / is there instructionctions on how to do an oil change? At one every 3,000 miles I can imagine not difficult but expensive if a garage has to do it 7 times a year...

David Edwards · Post by **David Edwards** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:01 pm

Why at 3000 miles the bongo is not that delicate I do mine every six months and it has been fine for four years. Happy motoring. Forgot to say I just had mine done after six months bought the oil at Lidls, seems good stuff too, garage was impressed with it only was £6.00 for 5 litres, oil change cost a tenner and the filter £8.00 at my local motor factors. Can't do it meself anymore cause of the arthritis...oh the joys of getting old.

haydn callow · Post by **haydn callow** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:30 pm

Dead easy to do. 15/20 mins to do oil & filter once you get the containers/funnel/sockets together.

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:34 pm

Or do a Search on BF for 'Pela' and see how much easier it is if you purchase a Pela 6000 pump.

haydn callow · Post by **haydn callow** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:39 pm

Got a pela pump. Don't use it for engine oil changes. Bongo is about as easy as it gets.

haydn callow · Post by **haydn callow** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:44 pm

Oil Change
Short Description How to do an oil change.
Fault Description Time to change the oil again, it`s very simple if not a bit messy.
Links http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... oil+change

Solution Details Mazda quote 10w/30 oil for the Bongo. This oil type is available almost anywhere now even Tesco stock it.

Buy a cheap washing up bowl and a funnel.
Locate the sump plug(nut) place the bowl under it I also put a bin liner on the ground just incase, undo the nut using a 19mm socket.

Drain the oil into the bowl and then into the empty oil container when you have refilled the Bongo. You may need an extra empty 2 litre drinks bottle. Your local recycle centre should have a facility for waste oil.

You should also change the copper washer on the sump plug to avoid any leaks.
A word of warning on replacing the copper washer, get the exact size as an oversize washer will impinge on the sump.

Don`t forget to change the filter, it is supposed to be changed every other oil change.

The oil cap is located under the passenger seat.
It takes 6L to fill a Bongo but always check the levels after filling and top up if required.

quinnw · Post by **quinnw** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:36 pm

Sounds easy enough, thank you.

Copper washer size?

haydn callow · Post by **haydn callow** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:01 pm

I'll have to pass on that. I've never bothered to change one of these washers in 46 yeays and never had a problem (or a leak)

Ralph · Post by **Ralph** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:18 pm

If the washer is solid copper and it will come off
without butchering it you could heat it a dull red with
a blow lamp or on the stove and drop it into cold
water wile still hot and it will go nice and soft just
like a new un.

bigdaddycain · Post by **bigdaddycain** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:26 pm

Ah!... the old art of annealing

kawasaki kid · Post by **kawasaki kid** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:41 pm

The sump plug washer of a Ford Ranger fits perfectly and only costs just over 80p from a Ford dealers - I know because thats what I use.

Socket Set Sue · Post by **Socket Set Sue** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:39 pm

Lidl 15/40 oil is only API CF4 (introduced 1990), you can get API CH4 (introduced 1998) at Asda for same price.

Latest API is CHJ (introduced 2006) see:-

http://new.api.org/certifications/engin ... de2006.pdf page 3.

pistonbroke · Post by **pistonbroke** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:45 pm

Er......it is supposed to be 5/30. That's what the manual says anyway. When I suggested to my mechanic that I didn't think it would matter that much, he went red and gave me a bollocking.

alphabetter · Post by **alphabetter** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:49 pm

pistonbroke wrote:Er......it is supposed to be 5/30. That's what the manual says anyway. When I suggested to my mechanic that I didn't think it would matter that much, he went red and gave me a bollocking.

See the "Lubricants" fact sheet for a long discussion on this and while I have the floor see the "Oil Change" fact sheet for how to change the oil!

flippa · Post by **flippa** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:39 pm

i just finished my first diy oil change on the bongo ,using the pela

yawn
i used castrol gtd plus 10w-40 ...api cf....acea b3.....it was old stock sitting on the shelf gathering dust at 3.99 for 5 ltrs

i helped myself to 10 ltrs ..i never changed the filter this time ,was changed in april, will do next oil change . not a great acheivement in the scheme of things but for me its the first time ever i have changed the oil on any vehicle

and judging by what i used to get charged the pela has just paid for itself