Only 4 litres of oil when I did oil change!!

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Re: Only 4 litres of oil when I did oil change!!

Post by jaylee » Sat Jun 11, 2011 11:15 pm

Iwannabongo wrote:
Ahh, mine is a 2.5 v6, which probably explains the difference in length, much appreciated though for your drunken time :lol:
No worries... I would have let you have it if it was for the right engine??!! (No smut intended.) [-X It still works...! :D
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Re: Only 4 litres of oil when I did oil change!!

Post by teenmal » Sat Jun 11, 2011 11:19 pm

westonwarrior wrote:to be honest I have no idea of the capacity of the v6 or 2ltr but having just got a v6 would be interested in knowing

I just though that everyone was thinking it was a diesle and it may be different or the wrong engin completely.
This is the reason we thought it was a diesel (((As I have read all over the forums that normally it takes over 6 litres))

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Re: Only 4 litres of oil when I did oil change!!

Post by Iwannabongo » Sat Jun 11, 2011 11:22 pm

teenmal wrote:
westonwarrior wrote:to be honest I have no idea of the capacity of the v6 or 2ltr but having just got a v6 would be interested in knowing

I just though that everyone was thinking it was a diesle and it may be different or the wrong engin completely.
This is the reason we thought it was a diesel (((As I have read all over the forums that normally it takes over 6 litres))

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Re: Only 4 litres of oil when I did oil change!!

Post by westonwarrior » Sat Jun 11, 2011 11:27 pm

According to the following link the oil capaity of a v6 is 4.5 litres


http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... l+capacity

so there you go as the instructions at the top of the section state its best to say what engine is being asked about to avoid confusion :lol: :lol: :lol:

helped me too as now I wont waste valuable £ on too much oil
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Re: Only 4 litres of oil when I did oil change!!

Post by Iwannabongo » Sat Jun 11, 2011 11:40 pm

westonwarrior wrote:According to the following link the oil capaity of a v6 is 4.5 litres


http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... l+capacity

so there you go as the instructions at the top of the section state its best to say what engine is being asked about to avoid confusion :lol: :lol: :lol:

helped me too as now I wont waste valuable £ on too much oil
A happy ending to a crap day :D
I spent most of it pumping away at my pela wondering where the oil was #-o
I must say though the pela pump is damn good, as when I took off the sump plug not 1 drop of oil came out.
I think admin need to change their fact sheet on Bongo Club as it states 6.5 litres of oil is required, but nowhere does it say for diesels only!!!
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Re: Only 4 litres of oil when I did oil change!!

Post by westonwarrior » Sat Jun 11, 2011 11:44 pm

I will pass that on to Ian
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Re: Only 4 litres of oil when I did oil change!!

Post by Iwannabongo » Sat Jun 11, 2011 11:53 pm

westonwarrior wrote:I will pass that on to Ian
Can you also pass on an invoice to ian for half a days loss of life :lol:
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Re: Only 4 litres of oil when I did oil change!!

Post by jaylee » Sat Jun 11, 2011 11:57 pm

I think the petrol heads & the derv bwoys have learnt something today.... :D :wink:

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Re: Only 4 litres of oil when I did oil change!!

Post by francophile1947 » Sun Jun 12, 2011 4:17 pm

jaylee wrote:I think the petrol heads & the derv bwoys have learnt something today.... :D :wink:
As long as they've learned to read this thread http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... =3&t=27420 before posting :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Only 4 litres of oil when I did oil change!!

Post by jaylee » Sun Jun 12, 2011 4:34 pm

francophile1947 wrote:
jaylee wrote:I think the petrol heads & the derv bwoys have learnt something today.... :D :wink:
As long as they've learned to read this thread http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... =3&t=27420 before posting :lol: :lol: :lol:
John, it wasn't that long ago it was assumed all bongos were green..! :D
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Re: Only 4 litres of oil when I did oil change!!

Post by francophile1947 » Sun Jun 12, 2011 4:37 pm

jaylee wrote:
francophile1947 wrote:
jaylee wrote:I think the petrol heads & the derv bwoys have learnt something today.... :D :wink:
As long as they've learned to read this thread http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... =3&t=27420 before posting :lol: :lol: :lol:
John, it wasn't that long ago it was assumed all bongos were green..! :D
They are 8) when running on old cooking oil :lol: :lol:
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Re: Only 4 litres of oil when I did oil change!!

Post by missfixit70 » Sun Jun 12, 2011 5:11 pm

Personally, if I was going from the factsheet, I think alarm bells woulda been ringing when I realised the filler cap was on the wrong side :wink:
Would be worth the fact sheet being updated though to clarify & include the differences between the 3 engines.
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Re: Only 4 litres of oil when I did oil change!!

Post by dandemann8 » Sun Aug 14, 2011 1:28 pm

I've just done both a oil and filter change and I also only got about 4.3 ltrs out so I'm guessing this is correct for the V6.

Found this info in my service manual which seems to tick the right box :wink:

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Re: Only 4 litres of oil when I did oil change!!

Post by TerryG » Sun Aug 14, 2011 6:08 pm

Capacity for the V6 is 4.5 litres (sump only); 5.0 litres (sump and filter). Total oil capacity is 5.4 litres.
For the 2.0 petrol engine it's 3.6, 3.9, and 4.3 respectively.
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Re: Only 4 litres of oil when I did oil change!!

Post by dandemann8 » Sun Aug 14, 2011 7:56 pm

Forgot to add 4.3 + oil from oil filter which would equate to approx 5ltrs :wink: :)
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