My wife’s new Jetta hit 1000 miles this week so I had planned on changing the oil out this weekend. I like to get any break in debris out, hence the early oil change.
I get the car up on ramps and everything is going hunky dory until I go to remove the factory oil filter. Upon removal my heart dropped, the threaded part of the engine block that you screw the oil filter onto was IN the oil filter!
I’ve changed the oil on a 1.4 TSI before and knew this didn’t look right. I thought, maybe VW changed the design and specs a different oil filter now? But then I compared part numbers of the factory filter and the OEM filter I bought to replace it, identical.
I was spiraling down, dreading to have the car towed to the dealer to have this part fixed, but I then attempted to remove this threaded part and thank goodness it came out.
I was easily able to screw it back on the block and the new filter attached with ease.
So now my question, is this normal? I’ve never had this part come off of any car that uses spin on oil filters. You would think it would all be one assembly. Clearly that wasn’t the case hear.
It makes me want to see if I could buy a spare one (if it’s even a separate part) to have on hand in case one day I can’t remove it from another oil filter.
Edit: maybe this is normal and I’ve just never seen it before? Showing my ignorance here.
I get the car up on ramps and everything is going hunky dory until I go to remove the factory oil filter. Upon removal my heart dropped, the threaded part of the engine block that you screw the oil filter onto was IN the oil filter!
I’ve changed the oil on a 1.4 TSI before and knew this didn’t look right. I thought, maybe VW changed the design and specs a different oil filter now? But then I compared part numbers of the factory filter and the OEM filter I bought to replace it, identical.
I was spiraling down, dreading to have the car towed to the dealer to have this part fixed, but I then attempted to remove this threaded part and thank goodness it came out.
I was easily able to screw it back on the block and the new filter attached with ease.
So now my question, is this normal? I’ve never had this part come off of any car that uses spin on oil filters. You would think it would all be one assembly. Clearly that wasn’t the case hear.
It makes me want to see if I could buy a spare one (if it’s even a separate part) to have on hand in case one day I can’t remove it from another oil filter.
Edit: maybe this is normal and I’ve just never seen it before? Showing my ignorance here.
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