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Pump for oil? Have a chat with your friendly local Pharmacist ( they have access to some amazing kit!) get a very large syringe and then a length of thin plastic tube. You can sometimes get in via the dipstick tube but these have become smaller over the years. A small collection of syringes are very useful, especially topping up hard to access battery cells etc.
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Guys, dropping the oil via the drain plug is very messy, why not pop off the oil filter? With care it should unscrew, empty and refit and the seal should be fine, if not an oil filter costs a lot less than a sump full of oil. I always thought you should fill and oil filter before fitting.....?? Hi Richard, yes, it's good practice to prime the oil filter prior to fitting to avoid those few seconds on initial start up after an oil and filter change whilst the filter fills, however as a fix and a one off its not going to cause a problem, as the car has run after the initial oil and filter change then all the galleries will have been filled, it's the lesser of two evils and a very high percentage of filters are fitted without priming anyway...not all mechanics take this care!
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Guys, dropping the oil via the drain plug is very messy, why not pop off the oil filter? With care it should unscrew, empty and refit and the seal should be fine, if not an oil filter costs a lot less than a sump full of oil. I always thought you should fill and oil filter before fitting.....?? Hi Richard, yes, it's good practice to prime the oil filter prior to fitting to avoid those few seconds on initial start up after an oil and filter change whilst the filter fills, however as a fix and a one off its not going to cause a problem, as the car has run after the initial oil and filter change then all the galleries will have been filled, it's the lesser of two evils and a very high percentage of filters are fitted without priming anyway...not all mechanics take this care! Thanks and good to know.
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I measured oil when cold so it would be at its loweest.
i shaĺl try to remove excess with a pump as i suppli3d my own expensive oil and dont fancy trying to judge it by sump plug removal, never used or actually seen a pump for oil removal i hope i can get one off the shelf. A range are available http://www.pelapumps.co.uk/
Mark - No Longer driving Archie the Old English Sheep Mog........... 2010 Roadster 3.0 V6 (S3) 
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