Recent content by BigMassiveDude

RayTSeng...actually you suggested the warming up of the car before as well. I thank you kind sir. I will let you know how my luck turned out. V

Edward C..many thanks kind gentle person. I appreciate the support your providing with the links and the video. I just purchased a 36mm socket which is what was advised for the car. Before i use it though, i will take your advise and warm up the car for a minute or two. I will also drain the oil...

Edward C..many thanks kind gentle person. I appreciate the support your providing with the links and the video. I just purchased a 36mm socket which is what was advised for the car. Before i use it though, i will take your advise and warm up the car for a minute or two. I will also drain the oil...

The filter cap and filter housing for that matter is made of plastic. You screw the cap off and remove the filter cartridge or what ever you call it out of the filter housing and replace it with a new cartridge or filter mediam for lack of better terms. Then you screw the cap back on the housing...

Hi HTSS_TR. Thanks for your reply. My concern is that i don't think the oil filter may have been changed. How do you know right? Just the other day i watched videos on Youtube where JiffyLube was not replacing oilfilters that customers paid to be replaced. It was an under cover program by a news...

well. normally i would replace both. I could not get the oil filter off with a crescent wrench around the plastic hex on the filter housing in my 2008 VW Passat FSI Turbo. I was under the car and had already removed the old oil, when i was unable to remove the filter cap to replace the filter...