I have a habit og changing the oil more frequently than the service intervals on my cars. On the Kuga, I will change the oil my selfevery 10.000 km and leave it at ford every 20k km or once a year to get the stamp in the service booklet while under waranty.
Also like to do a Oil and filter change before 5.000 kms on new cars like it was done on every car a few years back on between 1.500 and 5.000 kms. Now some brands are doing 40.000 km or 2 years before the oil is changed for the first time.
I am probably over-doing it, as It probably won't make a diference while I am owning the car, but I amhoping the owner owning the car when it's 8 or 10 years old will appreciate when he reads through the service booklet and is hopefullyhaving no problems with blocked oil canals and blocked hydraulic tappets resulting in extensive valve vear and noise etc. or other engine problems
Hope it is not too boring with all the pics and description...
Oil and original oil filter ispurcased and the work can begin.
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The engine cover plate just simply lifts out and reveals the engine. The oil filter is located deep down on the left side of the intake.
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I have a 14 literPela oil extractor vaccum pump that i normally use on boat engines. Makes getting the oil out through the dip stic tube aneasy and clean job. It drainsthe Kuga of oil i 3 minutes or so.
The dip stick tube narrows a bit down the engine, so I had to use the smallest hose of the 3 sizes that came with the pump.
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While the oil is draining, loosen the oil filter cap so most of the oil in the filter housing runs back to the oil pan. 27mm socket and an extender is needed.
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To get the oil filter out, i found it theeasiest to remove the big hose from the intercooler from the intake at the intake end and just push it aside a bit.
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Old oil filter is a little bit diferent from the new one to my surprise.
Old one has plastic ends, while the new one is slightly larger in lenght and dia and has paper ends. Probably to make a better seal against the top and bottom of the housing since it is made from paper... probably cheaper to make, to...
Old filter:
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And the new one. Remember to lube the new O-ring with some oil before fitting it to the filter cap.
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Mount the new filter and fill up with oil.
The book said the oil capasity was 5,5 liters when changing the filter. I got out about 5 liters+ with the extractor, so not bad at all.
I put on 5 liters and checked that the level was wellabove half way up before I started the engine.
Let it idle for 20 sec to build up oil pressure. Then let it run at 2krpm for a while before shutting down.
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Then, after a minute or so, check the oil level again now that the filter is filled with oil.
I put on about 0.2 liters more to put the level at 3/4 or so. So about5,2 liters in total.
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Then it was time to fill out the service booklet. My Norwegian booklet has section for "other work" that i used, so it didn't put it in the place the dealer uses at the yearly service.
Mainly what it says in the pic is: Oil service, 5,1 liters of 5W30 oil with ACEA A1/B1 spec, oil filter, milage+ date and signature.
I put the recipts in a folder that that will follow the car along with other recipts and documents.
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So, all done.
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takes about 20 mins to half an hour. Not difficult to doat all...
Next one will be at 10.000km in the fall some time and the yearly or 20.000 km inspection at Ford is March next year.
Edited by: sap_2000
Also like to do a Oil and filter change before 5.000 kms on new cars like it was done on every car a few years back on between 1.500 and 5.000 kms. Now some brands are doing 40.000 km or 2 years before the oil is changed for the first time.
I am probably over-doing it, as It probably won't make a diference while I am owning the car, but I amhoping the owner owning the car when it's 8 or 10 years old will appreciate when he reads through the service booklet and is hopefullyhaving no problems with blocked oil canals and blocked hydraulic tappets resulting in extensive valve vear and noise etc. or other engine problems
Hope it is not too boring with all the pics and description...
Oil and original oil filter ispurcased and the work can begin.
The engine cover plate just simply lifts out and reveals the engine. The oil filter is located deep down on the left side of the intake.
I have a 14 literPela oil extractor vaccum pump that i normally use on boat engines. Makes getting the oil out through the dip stic tube aneasy and clean job. It drainsthe Kuga of oil i 3 minutes or so.
The dip stick tube narrows a bit down the engine, so I had to use the smallest hose of the 3 sizes that came with the pump.
While the oil is draining, loosen the oil filter cap so most of the oil in the filter housing runs back to the oil pan. 27mm socket and an extender is needed.
To get the oil filter out, i found it theeasiest to remove the big hose from the intercooler from the intake at the intake end and just push it aside a bit.
Old oil filter is a little bit diferent from the new one to my surprise.
Old one has plastic ends, while the new one is slightly larger in lenght and dia and has paper ends. Probably to make a better seal against the top and bottom of the housing since it is made from paper... probably cheaper to make, to...
Old filter:
And the new one. Remember to lube the new O-ring with some oil before fitting it to the filter cap.
Mount the new filter and fill up with oil.
The book said the oil capasity was 5,5 liters when changing the filter. I got out about 5 liters+ with the extractor, so not bad at all.
I put on 5 liters and checked that the level was wellabove half way up before I started the engine.
Let it idle for 20 sec to build up oil pressure. Then let it run at 2krpm for a while before shutting down.
Then, after a minute or so, check the oil level again now that the filter is filled with oil.
I put on about 0.2 liters more to put the level at 3/4 or so. So about5,2 liters in total.
Then it was time to fill out the service booklet. My Norwegian booklet has section for "other work" that i used, so it didn't put it in the place the dealer uses at the yearly service.
Mainly what it says in the pic is: Oil service, 5,1 liters of 5W30 oil with ACEA A1/B1 spec, oil filter, milage+ date and signature.
I put the recipts in a folder that that will follow the car along with other recipts and documents.
So, all done.
Next one will be at 10.000km in the fall some time and the yearly or 20.000 km inspection at Ford is March next year.
Edited by: sap_2000
