Oil drainage plug points

[R56 ROB]

Hi all. Looking to change oil, but need to know where the 5 drain plugs are. Does anyone have pics and or diagrams?

Thanks
Rob

[Jim Haseltine]

You may not have 5. A few cars had 2, most have 4 and the last ones had 5.
One is in the thermostat block (centre of the engine with a load of thick braided hoses) and three more are in the hoses. There's one either side of the oil cooler (the one on the left of the car is quite high and the most difficult to locate - I think or it might be the righthand one I'm thinking of) and the third is on the oil pipe between the tank and the thermostat block, forward of the thermostat block and to the right of the car.
The 5th (if it's there) is somewhere on the bottom of the flange where the engine connects to the gearbox - I think.
Ian's got the oil change procedure on line:
http://www.ianhenshall.com/C6_RS6_Engine_Oil_Change.pdf

[R56 ROB]

Great thanks