Opel Vectra B

Since 1995 of release

Repair and car operation

2.3.4.1. Replacement of oil and the oil filter

THE GENERAL DATA

Periodic replacement of oil and the filter – the most important preventive procedures of maintenance service. When engine oil grows old, it becomes liquid and polluted that conducts to premature deterioration of the engine.

Before the beginning of this procedure gather all necessary tools and materials. It is necessary, that the engine was warm
That oil flew down together with a great bulk of the substances which have polluted it is better.

PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. Lift a forward part of the car and fix on supports. 2. Remove a stopper with маслозаливной mouths. 3. Loosen the a drain stopper approximately on half of turn. Place the container for oil plum under a drain stopper and unscrew a stopper completely. If it is necessary, press a stopper when unscrew that oil did not proceed prematurely. The engine of 1,7 l 4. When oil completely will flow down, wipe all round a drain aperture a rag and reliably screw up a stopper into place. 5. Establish the container under the oil filter which is located a back part of the block of cylinders. 6. Use the special tool to weaken the filter, then unscrew his hand. 7. Wipe all traces of oil and a dirt round a place of fastening of the filter. 8. Grease with a thin layer of engine oil rubber consolidation of the new oil filter and screw up the filter a hand, without using any tools. 9. Establish the car on an equal horizontal surface. Fill in oil, using a corresponding grade of oil. Fill in half of necessary quantity of oil and wait some minutes that oil has flown down in the pallet. Then continue to pour oil in the small portions while level of oil will not reach a minimum level on probeе. At addition about one litre of oil oil level will rise to maximum on probeе. Close a cover of a jellied mouth. 10. Start the engine and allow to it to work some minutes. Check up it about leaks of oil round the filter and a drain stopper on the pallet. Keep in mind that the emergency bulb of pressure of oil can burn some seconds as oil should fill all channels and oil capacities in the engine. 11. Switch off the engine and wait some minutes that oil has flown down in the pallet. Check up level of oil and add, if it is necessary. The engine of 2,0 l 12. For access to a casing of the oil filter unscrew screws and remove a plastic casing from the top part of the engine. 13. Unscrew a cover of a casing of the oil filter and take filtering element. 14. Establish a new filtering element in a casing. 15. Establish on a cover of a filtering element new sealing rings (are specified by arrows) and screw in a casing cover, having tightened its demanded moment. 16. When oil completely will flow down, wipe all round a drain aperture a rag and reliably screw up a stopper into place. 17. Fill in engine oil in the engine.