Oil Change.

Revels · May 27, 2016

So, I bought my CTR 3 weeks ago from a main dealer. They showed me the full service history, and that they had just done a service on it as well.

So all was good. Got home and the next day i checked the oil level to find it was clean, but was way way to full. So i gave it a full new oil change myself.

Now I know the K20 takes 4.4 ltrs plus 0.2 for the filter, check out the picture of how much I got out.

Really scary, this from a main dealer.

I had to empty it and I managed to suck out a further 0.3 ltrs. So in total I sucked out 6.4 ltrs.

A clue to who the main dealer is in the pic.

jizzy · May 27, 2016

Wtf !!! The k20 takes 4.8L inc filter , looks like you have removed loads , main dealers a :evil:

Spike85 · May 27, 2016

wow thats not good , glad you had some sense to check and not trust them to much.

Ricki1985 · May 28, 2016

WTF that is unbelievable! Good on you for changing the oil straight away. I bet it drives way better with the correct oil level now?

eshy1 · May 28, 2016

Unbelievable.
I bought a type s from Evans Halshaw and was the worst experience in 30 years of buying cars.
Glad you spotter it before any damage was caused

Revels · May 29, 2016

I've never trusted Dealers.

Since changing the oil and putting it to the correct level, I've notice the engine warms up quicker and my MPG around the doors has went from 23mpg to 28mpg.

i did a longish journey and got 38mpg, but if I vtec I drop to 23mpg lol.

Could you guys tell me your MPG's? I'm used to a 1.8 fk2 getting around 42mpg.

eshy1 · May 29, 2016

I've done 10k and have averaged 30.6 mpg which I'm over the moon with.

Ricki1985 · May 29, 2016

I have an ep3 2005 with a mixture of crusing and vtec I average about 28mpg.

Stamford78 · May 29, 2016

About 32 mpg in a 05 ep3.

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gtbloke · May 30, 2016

I'm amazed it even ran at all with that much extra oil in it surprised it wasn't spewing out of the dipstick !!!.... probably let the apprentice do it.... that's disgusting tbh

Hamza Type R · May 31, 2016

:smt097 Main Dealers

Krzys · Jun 1, 2016

My EP3 takes a firm 5l of oil and the level is perfect. A little more was required when I took the sump off to fit the baffle as it was completely empty.

If I am sensible I can get 27-29mpg urban and around 36mpg on a run.