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Engine Specific Info and Questions => TDI Engine -General Info => Topic started by: shox75 on July 26, 2006, 03:49:07 pm

Title: First oil on a TDI....
Post by: shox75 on July 26, 2006, 03:49:07 pm

can't figure out which way the oil filter drops in? Does it matter?
the Bentley manual deosn't specify either. Thanks

Title: First oil on a TDI....
Post by: dubCanuck1 on July 26, 2006, 04:21:02 pm

Get one from the dealer. Whatever you do, DON'T get the FRAM filters. The disintegrate and end up in the oil. Really not good for the turbo.

Title: First oil on a TDI....
Post by: shox75 on July 26, 2006, 04:32:33 pm

yes i have a factory one!
Which way do you put it in the housing?
It fits both ways, thanks.

Title: First oil on a TDI....
Post by: dubCanuck1 on July 26, 2006, 07:45:02 pm

I did mine with the shallower indent on the bottom.

Title: First oil on a TDI....
Post by: RabbitJockey on July 26, 2006, 07:45:52 pm

i suggest no one gets anything fram, as they suck severly.

Title: First oil on a TDI....
Post by: shox75 on August 02, 2006, 10:56:44 pm

Ok so i figured it out.
You have to look for the word OBEN> german for top.
And when I flipped it right side up, my lifters stopped ticking, hmm :roll: