TWO equally important questions... about my oil filter and the rear trim

[ibiza_95]

2L 16V ABF engine, so how the hell do you go about getting the oil filter off, which angle do you tackle it from that makes it easiest? It looks like an impossible task....

Also:

The rear trim that says SEAT and IBIZA on it..... SEAT Badge in the middle... how do you get the trim off, the two side bits? looks like it clips from either side, and is meant to slide outwards as it has a little 'lug' at each side which would require sliding to the side to remove it..... is it bolted tho aswell somewhere as i cant figure out how its attatched, as theres no bolts holding it on?

Thanks guys and girls

 

[andyj]

Oil filter.... from underneath... small hands help !!!

I used one of those 'chain' things to grip it an untwist it....

Not sure on the rear trim, never taken one off !!!

 

[ibiza_95]

cool, will have to give it a go at some point tomorrow maybe, or later if i cant get the trim off i just looked at it and thought....... could they make it any more difficult..... silly Pedro. tut

Still need the trim answer tho guys

 

[edc]

iirc there's a screw underneath, where plate lights are

 

[__B3NNY__]

Isnt there a tool you can buy from the stealers thats latches on to the bottom of the filter to make life hell of alot easier? Im sure i heard this somwhere.?

David.

 

[ibiza_95]

u can stick a screwdriver in it and use it as a wrench... lol.
i think thats a haynes handy hint... or whatever theyre called.
Either way, it looks a right PITA to do... if all is good tomorrow ill tackle it
Thanks.........

I phoned SEAT up and a guy said that the trim as far as he could see, was kept on by a single bolt which i guess to be, under the 'S' SEAT badge in the middle... which requires a star shaped screwdriver type thing (special tool anyway) to get it undone........ or a dremel

Will have to investigate that tomorrow also.

 

[m0rk]

i used the screwdriver method as I failled with the chain tool

 

[Fl@pper]

i used the screwdriver method as I failled with the chain tool

same here

 

[WeeJase]

strap socket on mine did the trick.helps having a neighbour with a pit and a big ass funnel to drop it into.
i bet 10 quid you break the trim getting it off,and the lugs holding it all on will be rusty as fook.

 

[Brummy]

rear strip is fixed with a silly inverted star type screw in the middle ( under the 'S'.)... two sides pull away from the centre and are held by lugs just inside the outer edge of the lid i took silly star out and used a 'normal ' screw when i swapped mine over

 

[jenk]

For the trim its too metal lugs that it slides onto, but you need to undo that gay screw first.

I had fun with the screw driver method, put loadsa holes in the filter trying to get it off, it was stuck nice and good!

 

[Dolly_Gti]

some waterpump pliers do the trick

 

[ibiza_95]

im thinking itll be easiest to undo the expanding nut on the back of the 'S' badge? think itll work? its a plastic nut i think i saw it being... i tried to undo it with a flat head screw driver but the star shape is totally unique and ill either have to grind it off or hopfully loosen it up if i undo the plastic nut behind it

 

[ibiza_95]

cheers for the above info guys...
Im gonna make a small guide as to how to remove the trim, since noone was 100% sure, i think if its needed later then itll be usefull.

1 off... 1 to go

 

[ibiza_95]

Congratulations to me

 

[andyj]

looks quite good!

have you been stopped by the police yet for your tinted rear lights ?!? know several people who have been.... and were told the tint was too dark, and you couldn't see the lights properly when lit.

 

[ibiza_95]

not yet, ive had them for about 1 1/2 years now aswell. The lights are dim, admitadly, but i re wired the back lights so that the foglights were my brake lights, so it was clear to... i did that on a recomendation from a friend who nearly drove into the back of me cos they werent clear enough Will need to do the same on the GTi now

 

[mr.aston]

Hey 95... going a bit off subject here, but anycvhance off a few pics of ur cars side-by-side as they both look the nutz!!

 

[e5sta]

that looks great

 

[ibiza_95]

Hey 95... going a bit off subject here, but anycvhance off a few pics of ur cars side-by-side as they both look the nutz!!

i may well do something like this. would lok nice on a country lane or something with the ice in the backdrop

oh, and thanks for the compliments