Green96A4

I have a small but very annoying oil leak from the base of my oil filter. From what other people are saying i think it's the gasket. How do i replace this? Is it a hard job? Thanks

Audi0s

Oil Filter gasket? Its the rubber insert on the open end of the filte...opposite where you hold it

Jretal

It's not too bad of a job...

Here's whatcha gotta do:

1) Drain oil

2) Remove Oil filter

3) Take off nut on shaft that oil filter attaches to... 22mm seems to ring a bell, but not positive.

4) Clamp antifreeze hoses. On the oil cooler, there are 2 hoses... the top one is the feed, bottom one is the return. CLAMP THE FEED! Or you're gonna wear a LOT of coolant like I did. This can be done with a small vice grip with duct tape on teh jaws. Still have a bucket in there to catch whatever antifreeze you spill, cuz you are gonna spill a little. Also, space is really confined in there... very little movement. You need to kinda twist it out... which is easier said than done... but you'll see what I mean once you get under the car.

5) Remove the oil cooler (use hints in 4) and replace O-ring.

6) Reassemble in reverse order.

I Think that should do it for you. If you have any other questions just email me or post here.

Also for part number... do a search for bryans12v or call your dealer. I know bryan did this as well (that's where I got the p/n from) but I no longer have it.