Oil changes

[ToddA1]

it's hard to remove it without spilling oil on the cross-member which then goes everywhere and that needs to be cleaned up... maybe nobody else cleans it up...

Prior to pulling the filter spray everything down with soapy water, and give it a few minutes to dry.  For easy cleanup, spray everything down with a garden hose, when you're done.

-Todd

[rs899]

I just did the Mk2 this weekend and I think it's a PITA.  The front crossmember interferes with sticking a cap type remover on the filter.  I guess a strap wrench might work.  Then there's the issue with the German filters and that lug on the end that I haven't figured out how to deal with yet.

How do you guy's handle it?

[nathan_b]

hahahah, all a chasis cars are easy, every motor, every one of them....

try doing a large oil filter on an audi TT

or a cooling flange on a b6 a4 1.8t.

that is hard.

[8v-of-fury]

how do you get oil on the front cross member? dont you loosen the filter s few turns and let the excess oil run down the side of the filter?

Mine drips down the filter and all over the block/oil pan/cross member... I prefer changing the filter on my 302. lol

[macka]

how do you get oil on the front cross member? dont you loosen the filter s few turns and let the excess oil run down the side of the filter?

Mine drips down the filter and all over the block/oil pan/cross member... I prefer changing the filter on my 302. lol

  I coat those areas with vaseline and then wipe them off after the oil change.

[maxfax]

I don't change my oil anymore..   

[macka]

I don't change my oil anymore..   

just keep adding oil

[maxfax]

just keep adding oil

Sometimes when I feel like it, or the light starts flickering...  Whichever comes first...

I must say, this 20 some year old 30 weight compressor oil I've been using seems to stay in there a while..

[8v-of-fury]

Compressor oil eh? Why not! lol

Have you tried or thought of running a thicker than that oil?? Like a straight 50 weight?

[maxfax]

I never tried 50 weight in it..  Probably would help the consumption..   But I have about 10 gallons of this compressor oil, and it was free...    My guess is the slurry of multiple oils and crap from not being changed in forever is helping plug things up...

[ORCoaster]

crap from not being changed in forever is helping plug things up..

yeah like those oil galleries and holes that lube parts unseen or maybe even the valve sleeves.  I wonder what would come out of the engine if you added a couple of quarts of diesel and ran it a few minutes like some of the earlier posters mentioned.  Might find half the engine in the oil pan as shavings.  Then how would you ever get them back together again.

Maybe you start running SAE 75 or 90 gear oil in there with a quart or two of 10-40.  That would thicken it up a bit.

[maxfax]

I thought about that, but I got to thinking about it, and if I go too thick, that may make things worse with higher oil pressure..   The question is, would the thicker oil flow though the crack in the block slower, or from the higher pressure would it go though faster???  Hmmm

Ambient temp seems to make the biggest difference.. Now that it's warmer I haven't had to clean near as much oil out of the coolant..

[R.O.R-2.0]

I thought about that, but I got to thinking about it, and if I go too thick, that may make things worse with higher oil pressure..   The question is, would the thicker oil flow though the crack in the block slower, or from the higher pressure would it go though faster???  Hmmm

Ambient temp seems to make the biggest difference.. Now that it's warmer I haven't had to clean near as much oil out of the coolant..

4 quarts 20w50, and a quart of gear oil would work out just fine..

and yes, you can run straight gear oil in one of these engines. IN THE CRANK CASE.. my 5k TD would go thru a quart of oil to a gallon of fuel.. it took it about 100 miles to use a quart of gear oil..

[ORCoaster]

man if I was going thru that much oil and gas in combination i would be seriously looking at a fix.  That is way to high a price to pay for going 40 or more miles.  Might as well be driving in real style and comfort in a big butt Ford F350 or something like it.

[R.O.R-2.0]

man if I was going thru that much oil and gas in combination i would be seriously looking at a fix.  That is way to high a price to pay for going 40 or more miles.  Might as well be driving in real style and comfort in a big butt Ford F350 or something like it.

dude, it was an audi 5000 TD that i paid 250 bucks for.. i bought it strictly for the engine. i didnt care how much oil it burned, it made it from the california border, to the washington border.. (literally the entire length of oregon)