Re: How to change oil in A4?

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Hengwei Hsu say:

>   I have my A4 for two month and accumulated 3K miles
> on it. Now it's about time to change the oil. I got
> the car onto the ramp, I went underneath the car, the
> bottom of the engine bay is covered by a large piece
> of plastic. I unscrewed 6 metal bolts that hold the
> plastic part (best way to remove these bolts is using
> a coin). I thought the plastic piece should just come
> off, but it's not. I am not sure what else is holding
> it. I am afraid if I force it out, I might just break
> something.

If it's like the plastic part underneath my 90Q20V, once
you undo all of the bolts, it is held on by two springy
rubber things, one on each side attached to the front bumper.

Give it a tug. If it moves, but doesn't come off, look for
these flaps. Then just tug harder.

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Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7)			duane@zk3.dec.com
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