Technical Twin Air oil change, what's wrong?

[Bergi NZ]

I'm doing the second oil change in our Panda Twin Air.
With the filter canister and filter removed, there's about half a cup of old dirty oli in the base of the filter housing.
Is this normal? Am I supposed to drain it away somehow? It seems a shame to contaminate clean oil with this much dirty old oil.

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[varesecrazy]

Seems pretty normal to me, but you could syringe or mop it out

Out of interest.. What oil are you putting in? (any different to the previous fill.. )

 

[Bergi NZ]

Thanks , I'll think about some way to suck it up next change.
Yes, running Penrite Enviro+ full synthetic 5W-40.
ACEA C3
Car hasn't used a drop in 9000 km, old oil looked very dirty but probably fine for another 5000 km but I prefer 9-10000 km changes. Almost all open road running.

 

[varesecrazy]

My 2013 punto is on "a varied diet" , but all 5-40 c3

Not as happy on the Castrol it got on its last change, so perusing the options again

The NAPA oil is weirdly approved for my Mito (a half bottle came with the car) , but not the FIAT TA's

The mito underperforms, so I don't really want to emasculate my punto to the same dullness

 

[Bergi NZ]

Thanks , I'll think about some way to suck it up next change.
Yes, running Penrite Enviro+ full synthetic 5W-40.
ACEA C3
Car hasn't used a drop in 9000 km, old oil looked very dirty but probably fine for another 5000 km but I prefer 9-10000 km changes. Almost all open road running.

Same as last fill. Meets the Fiat spec in the handbook.

 

[TTR]

Eh up

Just normal, I dump a few rags in to get rid then top up with correct oil