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Prepare Car Jack
- Ensure car jack is ready by rotating handle clockwise completely
- Locate metal beam under car used for jacking
- Position car jack platform under metal beam
2011-2018 VW Jetta Oil & Filter Replacement
Инструменты (10)
Пошаговая инструкция
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Raise up passenger side of car
- Pump car jack handle to raise up car
- Raise up car stand 4 notches
- Place car stand underneath wheel metal beam
3
Lower car onto car stand
- Lower car onto the stands by rotating the jack handle counter-clockwise (very gently)
- Depending on your model of jack, the jack may lower rapidly or slowly. Do your best to lower the car gently
- Repeat steps 1-3 on driver side of car
- At this point, both sides should be raised off the ground
- Place clean cardboard underneath the car
4
Prepare to drain the oil
- Locate the oil container underneath the car (this will require crawling under the car and laying on your back
- Locate the bolt used to drain the oil
- Position the oil drip pan underneath the bolt
5
Drain the oil
- Loosen the bolt by turning the 5/16 allen wrench counter-clockwise
- It may take a significant amount of force to loosen the bolt
- Once loose, remove the bolt by hand
- Once the bolt is removed, oil will immediately flow out
- Make sure the oil drip pan is positioned well
- Once the bolt is removed, you will get a significant amount of oil on your hand
- Don't drop the bolt into the oil pan. It will be slippery!
- Wait ~10 minutes for all the oil to drain out
6
Replace oil bolt
- Clean up the drainage hole with paper towel
- You may need to use a paper towel to wipe up any beading oil
- Insert the bolt, turning clockwise
- Tighten the bolt with the 5/16 allen wrench until the wrench won't turn any further. This is plenty tight.
7
Prepare to remove oil filter
- Position drip pan underneath the plastic cover as shown in picture
- Open the hood of the car
- Locate the oil filter
- The oil filter is near the front of the car
- The oil filter looks like a cylinder
8
Remove the old oil filter
- Loosen the oil filter by hand
- It may take a significant amount of force to loosen the oil filer
- A filter wrench can be used to help loosen the filter
- Turn the filter clockwise to loosen (from the perspective of the user) - see video if you're confused
- Remove oil filter
- Once you remove the filter, some remaining oil will spill out, onto your hand, and into your well placed oil drip pan
- The filter may be very slippery, don't drop it!
9
Drain the Oil Filter
- Place old oil filter upside down on the knob in the oil drip pan
10
Install new oil filter
- Get new oil filter
- Install oil filter
- Turn the oil filter counter clockwise to install (as appears to the user)
- Tighten by hand until both hands can't get it any tighter - This is plenty tight
11
Clean up any spilled oil pt. 1
- Wipe up the oil that spilled out when you replaced the filter
- This spilled oil is normal
- Use plenty of paper towel
12
Clean up any spilled oil pt. 2
- Wipe up any oil that spilled below the filter
13
Prepare to put in new oil
- Locate the oil cap
- Remove the oil cap
- Place funnel into oil cavity
14
Pour in new oil
- Pour in new oil
- Engine oil is sold in 5 litre containers. VW engines only require ~4 litres. Only pour in 4/5 of the oil!
15
Clean Oil Dipstick
- Remove oil dipstick
- Clean oil dipstick with paper towel
- Insert oil dipstick all the way
- Remove oil dipstick
16
Check Oil Level
- Check Oil Level
- If oil is too low, add more
- Oil is full when the level is just below the bend in the metal of the dipstick
17
Put away old oil filter
- Empty any remaining oil in the filter into the oil drip pan
- Turn the oil filter upside down and place into the box of the filter that was just installed into the car
- Mark the filter box as "old"
- Return the filter to a mechanic shop for recycling
18
Remove the car stands
- Prepare car jack by turning the handle clockwise all the way
- Pump the car jack and position the jack underneath the metal beam
- Continue pumping the jack, raising the car off the car stands
- Remove the car stand
19
Lower car onto the ground
- Lower the individual car side onto the ground by turning the handle of the car jack counter-clockwise
- Rotate clockwise as gently as possible
- Repeat step 18 and 19 for the other side of the car
20
Turn on car
- Turn on car
- Leave car running for 5 minutes to let oil circulate
- After 5 minutes, check oil level using the dipstick
- If oil level has dropped, add more oil - this is normal,
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Pour dirty oil into empty container
- Place funnel into oil container
- If there is left-over clean oil, you can pour the clean oil into a second container of clean oil - this avoids waste
- If you don't care about the remaining 1/5 of clean oil, just mix the dirty oil with the clean oil
- Pour the old oil into the recently-emptied oil container
- Be careful not to spill any oil on the ground
- Mark the oil container as "old" and return to a mechanic shop for recycling
Завершение
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