oil change with apollo

[Steveh7]

I've got a 1.8 k with an apollo, will all the old oil just drian through the sump plug or will I need to do something else to get all the old oil out the system in the apollo? (I assume all the oil just drains into the sump when the engines turned off)

 

cheers

 

stevo

[Richard Price]

I think it MAY EVENTUALLY drain back to the sump, but its quickest to remove the drain plug at the bottom of the Apollo as well as the sump plug.

[ROC]

I just took the filter off and sump plug out. Judging by the 6.5L it took to refill the car, it must have worked.

 

Cheers Rupe

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[mav]

you will have still had a fair bit in the bottom of the apollo Rupe.

 

Best to remove the plug in the bottom of the apollo too

[SLR No.77]

There's probably a good 1/2 litre in the bottom of the apollo - just take a close look at it and you'll see the exit pipe is some way up the tank.

 

Stu.

[ROC]

Well that is not good news ☹️ but thanks for the info

 

Do you think that it is worth starting again 🤔

 

My thoughts are, that it is not. The oil that I changed had only done 2,000 miles but was in the car over winter when it was not used. Thus I changed it at the start of last month to get rid of any acid build up. Thus if there is 0.5L left and I put in 6.5L only about 8% of the old oil is left. The grime too should be low as the oil had only done 2,000 miles. I only use the car on the road - no track days etc - if that is relevant.

 

Cheers Rupe

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[Shaun_E]

Definitely not worth starting again. As you say the old oil is so diluted it won't have much effect (if any). I recently changed the oil on mine and forgot I had to drain the Apollo 😳.

 

Yellow SL #32

[charlie_pank]

Capacity of my K with apollo is 7.5 litres. I always undo drain plug at bottom of apollo and drain through there as well as sump and oil filter. It's not exactly difficult.

 

Edited by - charlie_pank on 19 May 2004 09:25:53

[Myles]

Always, always drain the apollo...

 

...and please make sure that you get a 32mm (IIRC) bicycle spanner (they're thinner) onto the bottom of the apollo to stop you distorting/destroying the thin ali walls of the tank when you undo the apollo plug...

 

The apollo plug is magnetic too (unlike my sump plug) - so you can have a look at how much debris there is in your system.

 

Finally - not only is there a good pint or so sitting in the apollo, but there is also a fair quantity sitting in the sump that doesn't drain through the plug hole unless the car is tilted somewhat (IMHO) - I was somewhat taken aback when I refilled my car after changing the foam baffle for the first time (first time I'd had the sump off) - it took noticeably more oil to fill than with a standard sump-on change...

 

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