Servicing a diesel

blahblah06

Well lads its time to service my new diesel. i did it on the petrol car before this no problem but is there any extras needed for the diesel?

filter etc ? any help would be appreciated

car is a 407

alo1587

If its a 'new diesel' it shouldn't need a service?:D Oil, air,diesel filter should do the trick.And use the correct oil for your engine.

blahblah06

lol its new to me. thank you

Carawaystick

yeah, make sure you use the correct oil, most newer commonrail engines use a specialised oil, don't go back to standard oil

see if there's a list of things in the manual or get a haynes manual for the car or one with a similar engine - fiat/psa/vag/others, there's a surprising few basic engines in most cars.

Row

What engine have you got...?? is it a 1.6 - 20 hdi...??? or 2.7 hdi....:eek:
also what year and mileage....;)
I service my own 407 1.6 hdi and use mobil 1 5w30 fully syntectic oil.
http://www.mobil.com/UK-English/Lubes/PDS/GLXXENPVLMOMobil_1_ESP_Formula_5W-30.asp
I use it because its dpf friendly...:) and I change it every 9k not 12k that is
Recommended from Peugeot...;)
row.

blahblah06

its the 1.6 mate. do u find it hard to do or is it handier enough. any special tools needed.

2007 60km

Row

Its straight forward enough...;)
If you sign up to http://www.407owners.com/forums/ there is a
a full detailed post on how to change the oil & filter on the 1.6 hdi's
it's in the "how to guide" section ...and the site is free ....:)
Row.

This is the oil filter below...

blahblah06

nice one lad

deaglan169

sorry for hijacking thread im going to service my car this weekend diesel also for the first time but i was wondering what is the best way to remove the oil, if i put the car on axle stands surely i wont get all the oil out unless its flat on a lift??

patrickc

deaglan169 wrote: »

sorry for hijacking thread im going to service my car this weekend diesel also for the first time but i was wondering what is the best way to remove the oil, if i put the car on axle stands surely i wont get all the oil out unless its flat on a lift??

why not? the bottom of the car wont be at an angle, once you remove the sumo nut the oil will flow out easily

Row

deaglan169 wrote: »

sorry for hijacking thread im going to service my car this weekend diesel also for the first time but i was wondering what is the best way to remove the oil, if i put the car on axle stands surely i wont get all the oil out unless its flat on a lift??

AS Patrickc said it should not be a problem...:)
if you really want to ....once the sump nut has been removed and the oil is running out you could jack up and remove the axle stands and let it down to the normal position while the oil is running out...:)
As you may know already...Run the engine till i gets up to normal running temp then drop the oil as it will run out faster....;)

martydunf

I presume the sump nut is located in the same spot on nearly every car, and so i believe that its positioned so that the oil will flow out of it completely when the car is up at an angle on axel stands/ramp.



Point D being the oil sump drain plug

Row

What make /model is that photo taken from martydunf??

This photo below shows the sump nut been removed from a 407 1.6 hdi.

On the 407 the drain point is more on the base of the sump as opposed to the drain point on the Vehicle on your photo.

I think either way 99% of the oil will drained out ....:)