tdk930s

today try to change oil the first time ,having a hard time to locate the oil drain plug and the pictures from here doesn't show anymore. Can somebody help show where the oil drain plug is locate? Thanks for help.

65fastback

Get off the computer & back under your car! i am sure if you look at the oil pan long enough you'll find it.

Mort

It is on the drivers side of the pan near the front of the pan.

tdk930s

Yes find it ,thanks.

brad65ford

Damn old thread but figured i'd keep it here since there seems to be some discrepancy on suggest/recommended amount of oil required with out and with removing oil from also the cooler. Recently did an oil change with out removing oil from cooler (which i did) and filled the engine with 9.5 quarts. The level after running the car up to normal operating temps is over the top red mark. Wishing i removed the cooler oil but didn't.

Mort

Now you know that is not the way to fill your sump after doing an oil change.

Fill it to slightly below stated capacity (say 8 liters/quarts), start it up so the oil is distributed throughout the system by running it for a couple of minutes. Shut it down and let it sit for half an hour. Check the level on the dipstick and then fill it in small amounts until you get the correct oil level on the dipstick that you are looking for.

You should correct the oil level. I have run mine to the top of the red marker but cannot recommend it. If it is too high the crank lobes will run through the oil and that is not good.

You can take it to someone to correct the level or do it yourself.

1. Get a vacuum device and a long tube and suck what you need to correct the level from the sump through the dipstick tube.
2. Remove the drain plug from the oil cooler and drain the oil that is in it and hope that gets you to the required level. That should remove less than a quart. If it keeps coming reinsert the drain plug. I think only the oil in the cooler will drain, but be prepared for more. Pressure will be low and it will be relatively easy to reinsert the drain plug if necessary but a bit of a difficult spot to work in.
3. Pull the drain plug on the sump and let some oil drain out. This will work but can be messy and the drain plug a little hard to control and restart. Keep a good grip on the plug at all costs and be sure to position yourself so you can get the plug reinserted as the oil pressure and circumstance will make it difficult.

GL

brad65ford

Thanks GL, been bothering me since i did it. Will try removing some oil from the cooler. Can't believe i did this, wondering if this was the reason it was pinging with the first attempt of the v6 on 93 octane.

Mort

The crank running through the oil and causing it to splash around in the sump may in fact be the pinging you heard.


LOL......GL = Good Luck

Mort

brad65ford

Live and learn live and learn

brad65ford

Ok she's up on the lift and covers off, where the heck is the oil cooler nut. I see the oil cooler or at least what i think is on the right side, right?

brad65ford

scratch that request i see it lol.

Diabolis

You don't even need a vacuum device... all you need is a small diameter flexible hose (like the medical stuff they use for IV drips) that will fit down the dipstick tube and a container to collect the oil. If you've ever siphoned gas out of a car, the same principle and method will work. Sure, the flow rate is goign to be much lower and you won't be able to get all of the oil out, but you're only trying to take out a liter or so and this shoud work... at least it did many moons ago when I accidentally ovefilled the P-car track rat at the track and needed to remove a few liters without having much in terms of tools. Oh, and make sure you don't do it when the engine is hot enough to melt the tube or you're going to haver much bigger problems... but it definitley works on a cold motor. GL.

brad65ford

That is a good idea too. I removed what was in the cooler once then started motor then did it again. Looking at the dipstick I'm still to high. Thinking the cooler only holds less then a quart guessing. I installed exactly 9 1/2 quarts when i dropped all the oil from the sump and new filter.

Diabolis

You overfilled by about a liter (9.5 quarts = 9 liters). Without draining both of the oil coolers (the second one is in the right wheelwell), you need about 8 liters of oil if you drain the sump alone.

brad65ford

agree, today we used a hard plastic tube and inserted down the dipstick tube and sucked out 1 quart. Oil reads in between the two marks now. Have a feeling its 8 1/2 to 9 quarts max with all oil from sump and cooler removed as well as new filter.

C63AMG650

https://www.redlineoil.com/0w40-motor-oil

Redline oil beats other oils hands down and it is MB Certified as well as others. I use it in my Harley too.,

yeswife

Hey all,

Im about to do this on my 2015 C63, could someone advise best place to jack the car up and where to put the stands ?