Fiesta ST180: Oil Change Service (Step-by-Step Guide) 

Thanks Steve. Yes it's an easy job and it feels more satisfying doing it yourself. The oil filter can be a pain, but an oil filter wrench makes it much easier.

Thanks for leaving the comment! It's great your old ST is still in the family, as you can perhaps get a cheeky drive in after the maintenance! I like the MK3 Focus ST. It will be interesting to hear your thoughts on how it compares to the FiST?

It feels very familiar to the fiesta and I'd say that comes down to it being from the same era and ST trim. I'm yet to drive it on track but so far it's a fun drive. Only complaints are the turning circle!@@aamersandoo

Thanks for the insight. It was probably the same engineers that worked on the design of both cars, hence the similar feel. I do hope to own one of the RS Focus's one day. @@feedingfrenzy123

Thanks for the appreciation brother, especially as you are the pro!

Make sure you use Millers LSPI oil. Video explaining why here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m6u40c1QtZs.htmlsi=wkljr_pZ24EcIgDw

Hi there, my ST drain plug did not have a separate crush washer which means it must be built in. Having looked at images of new drain bolts on the internet for this car, they don't seem to have one either, so I don't think you will need one. However, if yours does have a crush washer, then you can just buy a new crush washer and fit that. Remember that when you tighten it with a new crush washer, you feel some resistance at the applied torque, but then the washer will 'crush' giving you a further turn of the nut and then it's tight!

I agree, not waiting till 10k on my car, especially with a turbo

Well the official handbook states 12.5 k miles and I would suspect Ford engineers have a variety of parameters that help them set this interval. I agree, that the interval could be shorter, but we do not have any data to know how short the interval should be. It's important that it is not so short that it does not confer any benefit. For example, is the 5k change interval based on any objective data? @@iAdam368 @nikyclau3966

I agree mate, did my last one at 5800 then afterwards keep it evey 5/6k just to be safe 🤙🏼

@@aamersandooif we read the book the transmission oil is a lifetime that's nonsense I'm a mechanic for the last 25 years and I've seen a lot of cars but hey everyone whit he's opinion

You had me worried at first, but having checked there were two dipstick designs. Mine is the original design found in earlier cars but later cars had the revised version. This thread has a bit more detail: www.fiestastforum.com/threads/dipstick-design-issues.26475/

This is the earlier dip stick Mine is same as this 2013 st2