oil change problem (long)

[pr0n]

Yesterday i jacked my car up so i could do an oil change, then i undid the filler cap and pulled the dipstick halfway out, i then pulled out my spanner set and tried to find one that would fit but i couldn't, 18mm was to big and 17mm was too small, anyone know what size the sump plug is on a VP commodore?
so i couldn't find a spanner to fit it so i gave up, I then drove to a mates house 15km away talked to him for a bit then came home, got almost home and the temp gauge was half way, I'm thinking this was strange since it usually doesn't move above the first notch on the temp gauge, so i popped the bonnet and I had forgot to put the dipstick back in and the oil filler cap was still on the fuel rail where i left it, pushed my dipstick back in and checked the oil but its bone dry, yet there is no oil anywhere in the engine bay, where has it all gone?

[cool vr manual]

hmmmmm yeah not on the bonnet or anywhere else like that, be interesting to find out where its gone

[pr0n]

none on the bonnet or anywhere in the engine bay still totally clean, just strange

[cool vr manual]

hmmmmm yeah got be baffled, and def no oil in engine... very weird...

[pr0n]

well the dipstick says there's nothing in it, even with the motor running.

[cool vr manual]

is the low oil light on?

[Tom_1569]

I thought they were 19mm but I could be wrong, I dont normally take much notice, just look at it and go yep its that size, and grab a spanner.
If 17mm was to small and 18mm was to big you may have either a damaged bolt, like a raised edge, or the wrong bolt. Or your spanners are **** lol. Did you try an imperial size?

[jas98]

Originally Posted by Tom_1569

I thought they were 19mm but I could be wrong, I dont normally take much notice, just look at it and go yep its that size, and grab a spanner.
If 17mm was to small and 18mm was to big you may have either a damaged bolt, like a raised edge, or the wrong bolt. Or your spanners are **** lol. Did you try an imperial size?

yeh same here...always been 19 mm for me think teh only time it was different was on the earlier vn which is a little bigger (this is vn-vr im talking about)

as for teh oil problem......got me bugged....maybe it evaporated.....but being oil i doubt!!

[commsirac]

Where's all the oil gone, perhaps out the dipstick hole?

Size of sump bolt? think I used a 3/4 in on the vx, thats close enough to 19mm. Though if it were 3/4 and the tolerance on the 19mm spanner was exact then 19mm would be too small by 0.05mm.
Is the v6 a metric or imperial bolted motor(given its american heritage), I havent yet touched anything on mine except the sump bolt!,

[VSIIBerlinaL67]

Originally Posted by pr0n

well the dipstick says there's nothing in it, even with the motor running.

check it while the motor is off

[pr0n]

done that too bone dry not a drop, waiting for a mate to bring an imperial set of ring spanners over so i can drain the sump and do a proper oil change.

[jas98]

Originally Posted by pr0n

done that too bone dry not a drop, waiting for a mate to bring an imperial set of ring spanners over so i can drain the sump and do a proper oil change.

bone dry??? umm does the engine sound healthy? or is it seized?

[NORTI]

Do you even need to now? If there is no oil, just fill it up

[vx_ss_black]

check for oil anywhere in the engine bay? im guessing you would have but hey, wierder things have happened. nah mate got NFI