I took mine into National Tyres, 6lts of Castrol 0-30 oil plus filter £42, look online.

 

I done mine myself with two axle stands, but no pics sorry its pretty easy on the 2.2 with the easy-access oil filter, but ended up paying £65 for oil and filter. Bah, wish i'd went to national tyres!

 

sorry for being lazy but , is it necessary to remove the metal underplate??

 

The little metal plate? Of course, if not you can not even see where the drain plug is located.
Removing this plate takes you maybe 1 or 2 minutes. You're a strange guy.
If you continue asking I bet you will ask for somebody willing to do the job for you, aren't you?

 

Just been on national website, cant believe that! Cant buy the oil anywhere for that!

 

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Somewhile ago I went online and booked my car in my local centre for oil change for my 1.8 civic castrol edge 0w30 fantastic value,a few days prior to the appointment date I got a phone call from customer services saying the actual centre booked did not use that oil and would 5w30 be alright!I Was'nt to happy and cancelled.Strange that head office enters in a contract without checking availability first!

 

I had mine done in Maidstone and they did ask if I used 0-30 or 5-30 but told them I used 0-30 and I did check and they did have a large drum marked 0-30.

And to be honest they could have put anything in and i don't think you could tell but they seemed very good and the price online was for 5lts but they gave me the 6lts with no extra cost.

 

I doubt any of these merchants use a torque wrench for anything they do, look at all the overtightened wheel nuts (tortured with an airgun) that most tyre places carelessly crank up. Talking of torque figures though, does anyone know the correct torque for the oil drain plug on a 1.4 iDsi engine ? as I have been holding off doing this on my wifes Civic, until I can find this out. Ta muchly in advance.

 

...does anyone know the correct torque for the oil drain plug on a 1.4 iDsi engine ? ... Ta muchly in advance.

39Nm for the drainplug.
In case you need: wheelnuts 108Nm.
No thanks, you're welcome.

 

Many thanks for the info i-DSi, I have some 5w 30 which I will use this time, but may consider your oil choice next time, wow, that fuel consumption figure is good.

 

gotta defend National. Had new tyres fitted and they torqued up every wheel nut! probably a liability thing though!

 

Your Right I have had no problem with them in the past and they always do there best for you with service and price.

 

an oil and filter change at honda costs £91!! they do a holiday check and wash it, but that's it!!!! basiclly check everything you would anyway!!! fluids and tyre pressures etc.... but a dealers service record still counts for a hell of a lot if you sell your car private, no matter what the age!!

 

Can anyone confirm what the correct grade is? Seeing 0/20, 5/30 being mentioned, ECP even saying 5/40.

Confused.

 

Oil - Civinfo Wiki

 

Thank You @flashy