How to do Oil Change on your C63 at Home!
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2011 C63 P31 LSD
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.
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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.
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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
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
Last edited by Mort; Apr 21, 2017 at 10:29 AM.
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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.
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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
LOL......GL = Good Luck
Mort
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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