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Volunteered to change oil and filters for my friend this weekend. Have been doing some research and I have a couple questions.

2010 Polo S 1.2 60PS 3cyl

From what I understand it takes 2.8 litres of 5w30 oil. Does it need the sump plug changing? What size socket is needed for the filter housing?

Please excuse if these are silly questions, not touched his engine before so I just want to be prepared and most of the info I've been finding has been for the TSi. Been searching here and google.

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Its either a 30 or a 32mm for the housing. I did one a few weeks ago. Leaning towards 32mm

Sump plug should be changed for a new one - they are a quid or so from TPS. Use a genuine filter too or a MANN one as they have a non return valve in which is important
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alexperkins wrote: Wed Feb 07, 2018 9:47 am Its either a 30 or a 32mm for the housing. I did one a few weeks ago. Leaning towards 32mm

Sump plug should be changed for a new one - they are a quid or so from TPS. Use a genuine filter too or a MANN one as they have a non return valve in which is important
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It uses a cartridge filter I believe, not a canister so not sure if those have the valve but I've changed it to a MANN one anyway.
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It does use a cartridge filter, but most of the cartridges have a non return valve inside :) Some of the smaller ones dont as its built into the filter housing however.
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