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Change The Oil Filter On A V6, - is there anything I should know?| Paberg |
Posted: October 09, 2008 02:32 pm
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I have a XM V6 Break -93 since a month or so. The mileage is 330.480 km.
One of the good routines I have learned about a "new" car is to change the engine oil and oil filter. You never know when it was done last time... I´m used to the CX - where one really need to know where the filter is placed and what method to use to get it out! But is there anything special about the XM V6? Do I need some special tools? Do I need a monkeys arms to reach the filter? Some special routine maybe?  - Some advice, please, from you experienced owners!  This post has been edited by Paberg on October 09, 2008 02:32 pm |
  
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| David Hallworth |
Posted: October 09, 2008 10:44 pm
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If you lift the car right up and support the suspension (just so it cannot collapse).
Slide under it on your back and look up between the radiator and the front of the engine. You can see the filter sitting there, just watch your knuckles on the exhaust as its usually pretty warm there after running the engine to warm the oil through. Quite an easy job really. Just don't do my usual trick......... Make sure you've got a sump plug washer. Regards David. -------------------- 1990 V6 SEi Auto - breaking for spares.
1991 V6 SEi Manual - Running - Sold. 1991 V6 24v Manual - Runs but not on the road. 1992 V6 24v Manual - Runs :-) 1996 V6 Xantia Exclusive 58k Miles - Soon to be For Sale. 1996 V6 Xantia Exclusive Breaking for Spares. 1998 V6 24v Exclusive - Runs :-) 1998 Xantia Activa - Runs :-) |
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| jorgy9 |
Posted: October 09, 2008 10:56 pm
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Hi A bit I found tricky was to get the right filter for the PRV engine. My indy couldn't find it and said they now specify another filter for the PRVs, which happens to be the filter that goes on the newer V6 engines. The old PRV filter is big and dark blue in color, the newer type is about half the size and whit-ish. I dont know if it'd make any difference in practice, so I've stuck to the old-style filter which I found on ebay -and there are still many available-. cheers George -------------------- XM '94 V6 12v, manual, Diravi - Mark "1.5" in black - bought: 138,000mls now: 167,000 miles
Axel '87 1.1 - real '70s Citroen handling (nope, it's not hydraulic!) My Flickr page I ...and II Is your XM as soft as it should be ?? ...Well, again: is it ??? Mine is not as good...but quite near! >>How I repaired my suspension part I ...and part II<< Kilmarnock -18mls south-west of Glasgow- |
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| David Hallworth |
Posted: October 09, 2008 11:19 pm
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George,
AEP in Rutherglen have always given me the right one. D -------------------- 1990 V6 SEi Auto - breaking for spares.
1991 V6 SEi Manual - Running - Sold. 1991 V6 24v Manual - Runs but not on the road. 1992 V6 24v Manual - Runs :-) 1996 V6 Xantia Exclusive 58k Miles - Soon to be For Sale. 1996 V6 Xantia Exclusive Breaking for Spares. 1998 V6 24v Exclusive - Runs :-) 1998 Xantia Activa - Runs :-) |
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| Paberg |
Posted: October 09, 2008 11:26 pm
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Ok, thanks for your advice! Think I will manage to find it now. In front of the engine it is!
I bought a filter today at my local dealer, a "Mann W840".  No problem at all, he checked my car in the register on his computer and picked the filter from the shelf. 12€. This post has been edited by Paberg on October 09, 2008 11:32 pm |
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