tdi oil filter location?

jammy-tdi

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May sound like a stupid question but....

Just dropped the oil on my tdi 110, where can I find the oil filter?
 

Muttley

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Mar 17, 2006
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Front right of the engine bay, beneath the big black plastic sound-deadening panel. Number 9 in the photo below:

enginebay-vac-sol.jpg


The top cap unscrews to reveal a cylindrical pleated paper filter. You can get a special socket to fit the cap, or use a strap wrench (carefully!)
 

jammy-tdi

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thankyou boys, all done and dusted, cant beleive the difference the oil change and air filter made! Roll on saturday for the remap!
 

WeeJase

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Jun 2, 2001
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cheers guys. oil and filter change tomorrow.
what end of the sump id deepest?front or rear ?or is it flat?

edit:
ooh,forgot to ask,aprt from removing the dipstick,how does the placcy cover come off?(presuming they are all the same?)
 

Muttley

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Mar 17, 2006
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Nasty cough you have there.

You don't say what car you're asking about. Your profile shows you have a Skoda Octavia VRS, which I can't help you with.

The smart answer to your question is that the deepest part of the sump is the bit with the drain plug in it. :D

On my ASV engine, the sump plug is rear-facing, so if that's what you have and you're on a slope, park nose-high.

The top cover comes off by removing the three obvious nuts.
 

WeeJase

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Jun 2, 2001
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Nasty cough you have there.

You don't say what car you're asking about. Your profile shows you have a Skoda Octavia VRS, which I can't help you with.

The smart answer to your question is that the deepest part of the sump is the bit with the drain plug in it. :D

On my ASV engine, the sump plug is rear-facing, so if that's what you have and you're on a slope, park nose-high.

The top cover comes off by removing the three obvious nuts.

sorry ,new car and not changed my profile.asv toledo tdi 110 .
but from what you have said i think i will be ok.including the links above ;)
cheers
 
Oct 17, 2006
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A.s.v! Asv A.s.v!

Go Asv!!!

:lol::redface:

O and just to add whats that big ball thing?? on the picture just above the oil filter?

And the black stick thing coming out infront of the timing belt cover
 
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WeeJase

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Jun 2, 2001
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not sure on either myself,but the stick thing "looks" like some kind of engine damper to me.
i am very new to tdi engine of this kind(old tm bedford lorry was a doddle compared to this).
i have been searching tdi threads all evening.
 

Muttley

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Mar 17, 2006
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The big ball is the vacuum reservoir.

The nearest thing I can see to "the black stick thing coming out infront of the timing belt cover" is part of the poly-v belt tensioner - I don't know if it's the tensioning spring or a damper.

Part looks like this

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