So set about resolving the issues I had yesterday after finishing my work in the dark. Knew I should have just tidied up and left it but wanted to try out the new intercooler and intake. Lesson learned I guess.

Anyway, as mentioned I left the radiator vanes off as I didn't want to cut the plastic should I remove the velossatech intake. The motor being disconnected was causing the fans to be on constantly which is obviously not good. So I was resigned to cutting into it and so after refitting it I bust out the hack saw and hey presto.





You'll notice that I also removed all the plastic vanes from it to ensure the intercooler gets enough air onto it. I kept the one vane that is attached to the motor directly as I didn't want to force it out. It was very simple to strip and so will be very easy to revert back to it's original state, less the massive cut out I made lol.



Last job was to change the oil, I have been meaning to do this for a while but not got round to it for various reasons. Whilst it's only 4 months until it's due it's first service, I know I have fair bit of driving coming up so was worth doing. This car has a different sump plug to anything I have seen, a locking pin and twist lock plastic cap.



Remove the pin, half a turn on the plug and it's out. Word of warning for anyone else thinking of doing this on their drive, there's no getting your hand out of the way and the oil comes out at a right rate of knots, meaning splashes sadly.



New genuine filter and plug seal to go on.



Didn't take a pic but the filter is located in a very easy spot to remove it, makes a refreshing change from breaking my arm to get a good grip on it. Oil of choice was this:



On a separate note, does anyone with the same car know what this plastic pipe is from?



It was stuck between my boost pipes and the engine, neither end was actually attached to anything but still find it very odd to be just sat there in my engine bay.