Re: curious oil filter ? and coolant hose ?

[T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>]

"doug c." wrote:
> 
> Question 1:
> ok my 16v is getting its first oil change BY ME today...the last one was by PO before i picked up the car...about 800 miles ago...so anyway i drove all over town looking for a quality oil filter with no luck...i ended up picking up one at the VW dealership...my question is, is this stock vw oil filter any good?...is it any better than the fram junk that's on there now? just curious...


As was said, check the FAQ on Jan's site. Mahle, Mann, Bosche filters.
Good stuff.



> Question 2:
> i'm also giong to drain and refill the cooling system...but i need to know which hoses i should disconnect...the picture in the bently manaul doesn't really help at all...
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> 
> -doug
> 


I haven't ben up under a fully assembled 16v before (shame on me) but
when I change my coolant I pull the small elbow pipe off the bottom of
the water pump and let things drain out. This is were the thermostat is
btw. 

Refilling means i disconnect the top hose off the front of the engine
and fill the block from there, reattach and fill the radiator. Now,
later cars than my Mk1 have the overflow tank as an external bottle and
hoses that means that the coolant flows continuously around and around
and doesn't need to 'burp' the air bubbles out. But safer than sorry i
say. Fill the block directly.

Consider going Phosphate free coolant (Prestone orange stuff) or the
expensive stuff from the dealer. DON'T let the old stuff mix with the
new stuff. Back flush the whole system (inc. heater core) before
refilling.

hth,
TBerk

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