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well so today I decided to do an oil+filter change on my IS200... I'm no mechanic (and it shows, sadly) but i figured with all the info i got on here it wouldn't have to be such a tough job.

Anyhow, here i am crawling underneath the car, take off the plastic shield, move the car over the pit, undo the drain plug - easy! oil flows out, I'm all happy!

now undo the filter... hmm where's the filter? oh yes, up there, stick my hand in the narrow space, filter is not hand-tight, try with a couple of filter wrences (chain type) but no success... th eidea of pokin a screwdriver through it is out of quoestion, I don' twanna break anything, plus I don' t see there would be much room to play even if I manage to make a hole in the filter.

much thinkin, but after a while - a bit disappointed - decided it's better to leave it like that until I get a proper tool (something like this should do it)

Now my question is: how bad it is to put new oil w/o changin the filter? of course I had to fill her up, but do not wish to waste 4 liters of Castrol just like that, so maybe I figured I could drive 4 or 5 thousand Km, then do a new oil+filter change, insetad of waiting 10k km.

what do you guys think?

PS: that plastic shield under the engine.. .is it really necessary to put it back?

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I just managed to get mine off today.... well a friend did. Weve been working on it for 2 days. Nothing would work.

Tried a chain, a belt, a clamp even a screwdriver, was completely seized.

We took of the spash guard and a crossmember bar thingy and then even then took a long time.

Here are some pics of what we got off.

filter1.jpg

filter2.jpg

Put lots of oil over the seals on the new one and put it on. I get the feeling the old one didnt have any on.

Iain

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Can I ask why 10w-40? Doesnt the manual recommend 5w-30?

Apologies in advance as Im guessing the whole "which oil" debate has been had 10 times over

hmm, honestly? 10w 40 is the most common grade you can find here, therefore good deal on this kind of oil.

I was checking the manual the other day (also here) and after reading here and there, and counting in that the 1gfe is not a performance engine, I figured I would focus more on the quality (castrol) than struggling on which grade would suit best my car.

I would probably not feel the difference anyway. So, as long as the engine doesn't suffer (and I don't see why it should) I'm happy.

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