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Oil Change
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:15 am
by VR6 South
Any tips on doing an oil change. How do you remove the engine tray which sits under the engine?
Cheers
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:23 am
by tegwin
Its a piece of p*** m8...
you will need to jack the car up quite high or drive it onto ramps
There are two bolts at the back of the tray (10mm socket)
And then two star cleets at the top of the tray in the wheel arches...they are fiddly buggers, use a long lat bladed screwdriver to turn them and unscrew them...be carefull not to damage it...
Once they are off, lower the tray down and pull it towards the back of the car
Getting it back on is a bit tricky, but not hard..
Make sure you clip the air pipe for the gearbox cooler back into place, its on the passenger side at the frtont...u cant miss it
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:28 am
by VR6 South
Cheers for that. I spotted the star clips yesterday whilst replacing my horns for MK5 Golf items, the rest seems failrly straight forward
Looks like a job for next weekend!
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:44 am
by alexperkins
Does that mean you have a pair of working GTI horns

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:58 am
by VR6 South
alexperkins wrote:Does that mean you have a pair of working GTI horns

Yes. Ones that don't sound like they came from a clowns car! I love the way the original one are fitted to collect water from the front wheel arch!
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 1:52 pm
by alexperkins
lol!!