Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 12:58 pm, by: Hesham Hammoudah(Iverson)
how the hell do i change the oil filter? do i go from the top or the bottom? i got the tt, not the v8 if its different or not, its a b*tch to get in that little space and take it off? or am i doing it wrong? a little help please?
Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 01:57 pm, by: Dragan Vidic(Soarer_ttt)
Jack the car up and try to reach it from further back....there should be a bigger opening then what your trying to reach it through if your looking straight up. I don't know if that makes any sense.
Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 03:53 pm, by: Hesham Hammoudah(Iverson)
i did it...and it was the biggest pain in the arse, i can honestly tell you i'm not doing that again, i'm just going to pay a mech to do it for me!!!!!!
Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 04:07 pm, by: Hesham Hammoudah(Iverson)
we've all got soarers, do you guys change the oil filter by yourself? or go to a mech? because honestly in some cars you can do it with your eyes closed....or maybe i just got a dud soarer
Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 04:14 pm, by: Peter Nitschke(Pen)
V8's are easy. Some TT's aren't too bad, I know of one TT that can just be changed from the top, but whether it's because it has TRC or because it's a later 94 model I am not sure. The rest of the TT's require either getting underneath or a filter re-location kit.
Balance out the cost of the kit versus the saving in mechanics time and see if it works for you.
Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 04:41 pm, by: Hesham Hammoudah(Iverson)
whats the relocation kit look like and wots included? just an extension that screws onto where the oil filter goes then it has a pipe where the filter goes on the end?
Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 05:00 pm, by: Callum Finch(Sigeneat)
I pay a mechanic to do mine. I could manage it through the wheel arch (no abs) however at $160ish or whatever i pay, i get Mobil1 oil, some fancy pants filter, ~3L of transmission fluid (drop the pan and drain), all other fluids topped up and a whole lot of other things that get looked over as per usual mechanic-based services.
Joe has done quite a bit to my car now, so he is more aware of any quirks/whatever, so i feel quite happy paying the guy to keep an eye on it mechanically and bringing his thoughts on things to my attention.
Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 06:28 pm, by: Murray Lund(Murray)
I always do my V8 from underneath and take the tray off. It only takes a couple of minutes. The advantage of this is you can give the tray a quick wipe over and keep it really clean, making it easy to spot the source of any fluid leaks down the track.
Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 06:34 pm, by: Justin Staier(Psiuz)
I just do my filter up firm by hand then to undo give a goood twist from up top. I don't have the plastic gaurd under the sump so oil goes into container. All done in 5-10 min never will leak if face is clean and filt firm.
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