RANT: T-Stat on A4

[Taka Mizutani]

With the proper size cap-type oil filter wrench and some extensions, it's
not that hard.

If someone put on a filter way too tight, then you're screwed. I had to pay
someone to get
a filter off that the dealership screwed on so tight that even the
"screwdriver through the housing"
method failed (the filter body twisted and tore right off).

Other than that experience, I never had issues with the oil filter once I
got the filter wrench. It's
messy, but definitely doable.

Taka


On 12/18/06, mkb <mkb125 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Oh geez, I just have to rant on this AND the oil filter on an AEB A4.
>
> What a pain to get to both.  For the oil filter, you have to lift the
> coolant reservoir off and squeeze your arm through a tight opening to get
> your hand on the filter.  Working mostly blind here.  Heaven forbid it's too
> tight otherwise you'll be struggling to get an oil filter clamp in that
> tight spot to remove it.
>