Helped a work colleague do #OilService on #AudiA6 2,0 TDI - used #Sealey oil extractor to get 4,5 litres out of sump via access tube (there isn't a dipstick on this #car but there is a hole for one with a removable plastic bung).

Used oil from #diesel engine is not pleasant stuff, (I need to redo the GHS labels on the repurposed pop bottles as some oil spilled down the side and obliterated them) it is also hard to see the level in the extractor due to the sunlight

4,5 litres new 5W30 went back in + new oil filter (in awkward place to get to even though its up top) (you have to check on the display for the oil level on this #Audi !) and service indicator reset..

#Cars #CarMaintenance

Planning on buying a decent trolley #jack - looking at this one from #Sealey as its widely available in UK (their HQ is in #Suffolk) and spares/maintenance diagrams are readily available, as well as jack stands, wheel chocks and a torque wrench - interested to know which ones folk on here who do their own #CarMaintenance are using (although Halfords Advanced are supposed to be good, unfortunately the company has been enshittified so I'm avoiding them)

#cars #autorepair #CarRepair

Abegail Morley, the Unmapped Woman, Nine Arches Press
https://ninearchespress.com/publications/poetry-collections/the-unmapped-woman
#sealey challenge

a gorgeous series of poems on grief, on losing a baby. a necessary book for all who have experienced this loss. Morley renders the pain of grief so well, through her images and the precision of her words.