She's eatin' oil

[Audax]

Just checked.  6 litres is the service fill.  Full capacity is 6.75.

Agreed, although finding those that took more than 5l when servicing was rare. I've just checked the figures for the 9-5 too and that has 5.4l total fill and 4l when servicing which is why some of my numbers were a bit out!

[nine-fiver]

6L is unusual, but correct. Annoying for the DIY'er but correct. What do you do? Buy Two bottles of expensive FS oil? Is this just an Aero thing?

[sgould]

Fully synthetic oil is standard across the range - more or less...

[Audax]

6L is unusual, but correct. Annoying for the DIY'er but correct. What do you do? Buy Two bottles of expensive FS oil? Is this just an Aero thing?

Well, it's not like you won't use the rest of the oil over time. Or you could buy 1x5l and 1x1l for example or buy 3x5l and have 15l in total which is 2 full drains and fill ups and enough for top-ups too. TBH, if I found the price of oil is too high then I wouldn't be owning a car as it's an insignificant cost to all the rest

[nine-fiver]

Good points made. The drain capacity at 6L is the unusual part for me. Nearly every other car I have had anything to do with can have its oil changed with a 5L bottle. Buying FS oil at over $80 for 5L  is fine, but to buy another bottle doubles the cost, which is irritating. I'm not 'cheap' when it comes to maintaining and servicing my cars, but this seems odd.