[Daril]

Anyone knows the engine oil capacity for 2.0 diesels? Since they are all 2.0lt, I suppose the same amount of oil is required. I plan to make my first oil change. Trying to avoid overfilling.

[SpaceSilver.X1]

Originally Posted by Daril

Anyone knows the engine oil capacity for 2.0 diesels? Since they are all 2.0lt, I suppose the same amount of oil is required. I plan to make my first oil change. Trying to avoid overfilling.

I can't help you with the oil capacity, since I don' have the diesel engine in my X1. (diesels are much better than gas engines , but we don't get that option in the US )

However, one method that I use on cars without engine oil dipstick is to use a large 4-quart measuring cup. I only use it for engine oil so as to avoid contaminating the new oil.

I drained the engine oil, replaced the oil and screwed everything back in. I measured how much oil oil came out. It was 8.12 quarts. I cleaned the measuring cup and measured 8.12 quarts of clean new engine oil. Poured it all into the engine.

(note, I also soaked the new oil filter in the new engine oil prior to installing it to account for the old oil in the old oil filter that I just removed)