Oil Change

VR6 South · Post by **VR6 South** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:15 am

Any tips on doing an oil change. How do you remove the engine tray which sits under the engine?

Cheers

tegwin · Post by **tegwin** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:23 am

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

VR6 South · Post by **VR6 South** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:28 am

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!

Post by **alexperkins** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:44 am

Does that mean you have a pair of working GTI horns

VR6 South · Post by **VR6 South** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:58 am

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!

Post by **alexperkins** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 1:52 pm

lol!!