This meant two tasks for us!
First to get the mileage confirmed for the insurance company, to ensure we don't go over our annual mileage. This involved going to the local garage with a form for a mechanic to record the mileage and check that we had not tampered with the mileometer. This year was slightly different; the mechanic was "busy" so the receptionist recorded the mileometer reading. I suspect he said "You do it".
Second was to change the oil and oil filter.
The make and type of oil was the same as had been used by the previous owner (a retired mechanic) when we bought the car. The filter was from a UK company as the price was about a third of what I could find here in France!!
DIY oil changing is always a messy job! The sump plug was easily accessible but the oil filter was a different matter.
The filter was made worse by the fact that I think it had been tightened with a spanner. However I tried it would not move. In the end I had to resort to the main mechanics tool, 'the big hammer'!
This is where it got messy; puncturing the filter was unavoidable and as there is a ridged floor plate below it, there is no way to catch the released oil. Until you see where it goes and then... Yes it's toooo late.
I did get it off eventually although it was a little battered.
With the new filter filled with oil and screwed back on, hand tight only, the engine refilled with the new oil, (about 2.6 litres) the job, as they say, is a good one !
