[Vwdiesel] Best source for the Mahle oil filters

Roger Brown r.c.brown at ieee.org
Sat Oct 6 12:00:09 PDT 2007


mikitka wrote:
> Forgot to ask, there is a special tool for removal?  I just used a long
> screw driver to take the filter off. That is the best part of that filter.
> K&N has it down pat with their little nut welded onto the bottom of the
> filter, wish they all did that.  Can't raise the cost to much to manufacture
> if they did, heck I would pay extra for the convenience to have that.
> Nick

Yes, they have a nice socket adapter with the two tabs to engage the slots in the filter 
base.  Just stick that on an extension and turn it loose with a ratchet.  It came in the 
box of filters I picked up from someone about 7-8 years ago.

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   Roger


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