After a good cuppa it was time to do the oil change and air filter replacement. Things didn't go quite as smoothly as I'd hoped to begin with as the oil filter is a rather difficult thing to remove - if you don't have the correct tools.
After discovering the the oil drain plug is a 15mm nut, followed by a trip into Machine Mart to purchase one as my socket set was of course missing this vital tool. I then discovered much to my chagrin that the oil filter removal tool that I planned to use, the kind with the chain, was too cumbersome to use in such a compact space and it wouldn't budge the oil filter at all. The only solution was a clever multi-sizing contraption from Halfords that clamps on the end of the filter much like a socket - as seen below attached to the end of the extension - a clever bit of kit:
Once removed, the rest of the oil change went without incident or challenge.
I decided to remove the airbox so as to clean the connections on the temperature sensor on the engine block - which is most inconveniently placed below the throttle body and piping from the induction. While "in there" I discovered the that oil breather pipe elbow was virtually blocked with twenty odd years of petrifying oil vapour. So I stripped it out and gave that a good clean too along with the throttle body intake.
With the air box reinstalled it was a very simple procedure to fit the new Mahle air filter and discard the well used one.
I reckon my 944 will breathe easier now for a while.
As you can imagine I was very keen to go for a drive after all the servicing was done and I wasn't disappointed. The car certainly idles and runs smoother, it feels more responsive too! I wonder how many horses are under there now?
After discovering the the oil drain plug is a 15mm nut, followed by a trip into Machine Mart to purchase one as my socket set was of course missing this vital tool. I then discovered much to my chagrin that the oil filter removal tool that I planned to use, the kind with the chain, was too cumbersome to use in such a compact space and it wouldn't budge the oil filter at all. The only solution was a clever multi-sizing contraption from Halfords that clamps on the end of the filter much like a socket - as seen below attached to the end of the extension - a clever bit of kit:
I decided to remove the airbox so as to clean the connections on the temperature sensor on the engine block - which is most inconveniently placed below the throttle body and piping from the induction. While "in there" I discovered the that oil breather pipe elbow was virtually blocked with twenty odd years of petrifying oil vapour. So I stripped it out and gave that a good clean too along with the throttle body intake.
As you can imagine I was very keen to go for a drive after all the servicing was done and I wasn't disappointed. The car certainly idles and runs smoother, it feels more responsive too! I wonder how many horses are under there now?
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