Highly recommended taking out the fans. Not difficult to do and will give you a more room in there. Some people go as far as taking the front support off.
My $.02 worth. When you're discarding the old housing as junk, save the oil filter cup itself. I once cracked one, and Uber'd to the dealer, and he didn't have one in stock. They're expensive. And he was good enough to "borrow" one from a new oil filter housing, and sell me that and order a replacement for his inventory. But you never know when the that filter holder may crack, get overtightened, etc. I'm keeping my old one. In the process of doing this job on an '06 GLI. I probably shouldn't have let so much crud get into the block when cleaning up the mating surface, but lets hope one quick oil change can make that some better. Good video, I'm almost starting to go back together with it, but I'm one of those guys puzzling about how to remove the dipstick tube
Antonio, I'm doing it right now (just having a lunch break) and thanks to your video I dissassembled the whole front of the car and I don't regret, the access is much better with front removed and removal of front is maybe 1h of work and even it's not necessary to drain AC system. For me doing this job with front assembled is a kind of masochism :)
After needing to do this twice because I got just the gaskets and coolant leaked into the oil...I was able to remove the housing the second time in less than 2 hours and didn't need to remove the throttle body. I removed a few extra torx screws and hoses and was easily accessible from either the top or bottom of the car. I took the bottom oil cooler bolts from underneath and the rest from up top. then I just worked the oFH down from underneath.
Just did this, was brutal. Both the shallow triple squares on the metal bracket rounded out and I had to torque the housing behind the bracket one degree at a time with an ity bity ratchet completely blind😅 but we did it! To any who attempt this, be careful with the bracket bolts and invest in hose clamp pliers!
The oil housing bolt torque of 15nm is correct, but oil pressure sensor torque is 20nm and oil cooler bolts are 25nm. Although 25nm seems rather tight..I think 20nm might be better on the safe side. I am reading the official manual from VW US and these are the specs shown. Just torqued them down a few hours earlier as I I performed this housing swap as well. If anyone needs the official manual just ask, its about 7,000+ pages in total. Has everything from basic maintenance to engine disassembly.
Mine just started to leak since we had -22°F in Chicago, I'm putting 1l of oil every 7 days, leaking only when the car is off, just trying to prolong it for 2-3 weeks till the weather gets better so I can change it outside, will order parts from you as always, my favourite place to buy parts for my Passat B6, thanks for such a nice video!
good video - I think your struggles with this are typical, I have done this with a B7 Passat and a B6 and like you the amount of hoses and wires and cramped nature of the coolant stack and fans requires all the patients you may have available.
Fantastic video! We are attempting this repair today as our filter housing cracked all the way when trying to remove the oil filter cap. It was basically melted together with the housing and there was no way to remove it, other than destroying it. Unfortunately this also resulted in a cracked housing, as I didn't realize this was a plastic piece and not aluminum as it is with most others cars.
Taking the radiator shroud out would give more space to maneuver. I wish this video had come out one year ago when I had to replace my oil filter housing.
Great how to video. Super helpful. One thing though. Regarding (bending that bracket). That small triple square bolt isn’t what’s holding it down. It’s the upper oil cooler bolts that hold it down. The left one is accessible with just a 6mm Allen socket. The right one can be removed with a long 6mm Allen socket. No bending of bracket required. I’m really surprised it’s not covered in any other diy I’ve come across. It’s literally unaddressed or omitted. Also as far as taking the fans out…it does give you more room but take care not to damage the radiator core. So s suck to have to also replace a radiator.
I just finished replacing the oil filter housing and the oil cooler, followed this video, I removed the fan shroud but didn’t remove the throttle body, had plenty of room.
I made this repair this weekend, disregarding the advice to replace the whole unit and did gaskets only.. and now I've got coolant in my oil (which wasn't an issue prior). So hopefully a new assembly will fix that issue. Sucks to do this job twice!
I did this on audi A4 quattro b7 few weeks ago. I didnt remove oil cooler hose as the hose was welded into the cooler lol and I just let it hang there with the hose. Used razor blade, brake clean and scotch brite to clean it. Used brake clean, shop towels and razor blade to clean the block where oil filter housing goes. Dont used oil or grease to lubricate the gaskets btw. While you are in there replace the dipstick tube oring( guy in this video replaced the dipstick tube but forgot the oring on metal pipe lol). Throttle body gasket replacement in not need as it never soaked in oil and mine was quite in great shape after 185k miles and re used it. Its also good time to replace Thermostat and oring on the metal pipe that goes into thermostat if it wasnt replaced. Thermostats are failure items on Audi's and VW.
I distinctly heard him say you didn't need to remove the fans behind the radiator. This was not my experience. To do this right you take the entire front end off the car. Plan for a couple of days.
I just recently had all of this replace it cost my daughter about $1100 to do a complete oil filter, housing filter, flange gasket, removal, antifreeze manifold, gasket, set oil and degreaser. We’re all included in the total. My question is a couple months later we got a powertrain system code that came up yet again for secondary air injection system incorrect flow detected is that area anywhere near the area they just worked on that cost us $1100?
Yes - after doing it twice....I realized there is no need to pull the throttle body. I could get to all the bolts from the top or bottom. I did remove a few extra hoses but that's alot easier than getting to those 4 bolts.
Miy cluch slips now and then and can be fine then for months, I got feeling it's a lil leek onto fly wheel oil does go down little faster than it use to, I'm gonna check this first-hand few other places for leeks , And my car has dine 150-165 miles
Hi Nathan. First of all, thanks for the detailed video. I spent $1200 today on an Oil Filter Housing, Oil Cooler, Oil and Oil filter and some gaskets replacement. When I asked to see the old parts all they showed me was the gaskets and the oil filter and came up with some (to me) lame excuse why they couldn't show me the Housing and Cooler saying they had to be taken for testing to a third-party expert and because the parts were damaged, they left them there. My question is, I know you had to remove some parts to get to the other ones, but how difficult would be for me to see if they actually replaced those parts? If I get under my car, will I be able to see them? I have a Golf Mk6. Thanks!
So just wondering for piece of mind.... so I dont have to oil any of the gaskets ? I can just put then on dry ? I also noticed the oil filter gasket was put in dry too ?
Got all the bolts out besides the top middle housing bolt feels as tho the block may be stripped bolt spins free but will not back out any advice anyone this is my third day trying to get this removed
It puts engine noise into the cabin... Gives feedback to the driver to make them feel like they are getting more power while actually robbing them of it! I got rid of mine a while ago
Originally had just the OFH gasket replaced, but soon it started to leak again. Did the recommended OFH unit replacement and followed all the recommendations of this video and I still have a leak coming from the newly installed OFH. I took it apart and examined the OFH & gaskets - they were fine. Reinstalled the damn thing and made sure all gaskets in place, oriented / seated ( with no preexisting gasket residue) correctly and I tightened all the bolts and OF cap to Neuton Meter specs and I still have a major oil leak. It's too tight to observe leak and determine where pressure is allowiing oil to leak out. Don't want to have to take VW to those dealership pirates to charge me $$$ to install an overpriced OEM OFH... can I just put some sort of seal around the outside of the plastic OFH where it meets the engine block?
My car doesn't drip oil but when I turn it on cold engine sounds like is running without oil for a few seconds (no oil light) will changing this help with the oil discharging when cold?
This could help, as there is a check valve built into the oil filter housing unit, but there are many variables that could also effect this. (how long the car sits, oil type/weight, age or mileage, etc.)
@@fcpeuro is 118k miles FSI 2.0 2006, I was thinking that it might be the timing chain sometimes it does it and sometimes don't. Right now has fresh engine oil 5w:30 Valvoline (I know it takes 5w40 but it wasn't available at the time) and DSG oil
Got to the one screw holding the bracket and harness in front of the oil cooler and the screw is stripped…anyone have any ideas? I’ve hammered and chiseled almost all day with no luck.
I did the same and was able to do it without removing the bracket, it was very had and cramped but I did it. I would recommend a very small ratchet for the top oil filter housing bolts or one of those universal joint drivers to get at the bolts from an angle. Getting the housing out is a little trickery to but not to bad, you can flex the bracket up a little to do so.
Pain in thee hole job and that plastic housing is ridiculous spent all day wrestling lol had to replace housing because the oil pressure sensor was spinning free stripped out
a bit late but for the benefit of some: if you have ramps you are fine, otherwise you can put the front on jack stands. just put a backup support like a wheel or a jack just in case.
Im sorry, but this is the dumbest thing VW could have ever done. Plastic is not only brittle like you said, it is also an insulator. They should have made this out of aluminium for both all engine models.
The amount of oil in that intercooler pipe was so little I am not sure anyone has ever put this car into full boost. LOL. For the viewers that actually drive this car, they will know the amount of oil that came out of that is NOTHING. :)
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Highly recommended taking out the fans. Not difficult to do and will give you a more room in there. Some people go as far as taking the front support off.
My $.02 worth. When you're discarding the old housing as junk, save the oil filter cup itself. I once cracked one, and Uber'd to the dealer, and he didn't have one in stock. They're expensive. And he was good enough to "borrow" one from a new oil filter housing, and sell me that and order a replacement for his inventory. But you never know when the that filter holder may crack, get overtightened, etc. I'm keeping my old one. In the process of doing this job on an '06 GLI. I probably shouldn't have let so much crud get into the block when cleaning up the mating surface, but lets hope one quick oil change can make that some better. Good video, I'm almost starting to go back together with it, but I'm one of those guys puzzling about how to remove the dipstick tube
I like how this video comes out right around the time my mk5 starts to leak from there.
We knew BiggDevvGTI... we have your back!
Lol same #leakymk5gang
My golf r same motor had the same issue 🤡
Mi mkv star leak on the front engine that min i have too replace that part
Same brotha 😂
Just finished this job with help. 8 brutal hours. Throttle body screws are the absolute worst part of this job.
Yep had to wedge a T30 bit into a tiny 6mm wrench and screw the front left one in 4 degrees at a time
8hs !?! 😬 Looks like I got my work cut out for me, thx!
Where was this video 2yrs ago when I did mine.. 😂.I took my front end off to do this job..Great video..
Shoot.... we forgot to post set it to public 2 years ago, just flipped it live today 😜
Antonio, I'm doing it right now (just having a lunch break) and thanks to your video I dissassembled the whole front of the car and I don't regret, the access is much better with front removed and removal of front is maybe 1h of work and even it's not necessary to drain AC system. For me doing this job with front assembled is a kind of masochism :)
@@kapitanzbik123 lmao I took my front end off before seeing this comment and you are right you'd have to be a masochist.
After needing to do this twice because I got just the gaskets and coolant leaked into the oil...I was able to remove the housing the second time in less than 2 hours and didn't need to remove the throttle body. I removed a few extra torx screws and hoses and was easily accessible from either the top or bottom of the car. I took the bottom oil cooler bolts from underneath and the rest from up top. then I just worked the oFH down from underneath.
Just did this, was brutal. Both the shallow triple squares on the metal bracket rounded out and I had to torque the housing behind the bracket one degree at a time with an ity bity ratchet completely blind😅 but we did it! To any who attempt this, be careful with the bracket bolts and invest in hose clamp pliers!
Super frustrating when a bolt or two multiplies the complexity/frustration/time to do a job... glad you got it done in the end though and perservered!
The oil housing bolt torque of 15nm is correct, but oil pressure sensor torque is 20nm and oil cooler bolts are 25nm. Although 25nm seems rather tight..I think 20nm might be better on the safe side. I am reading the official manual from VW US and these are the specs shown. Just torqued them down a few hours earlier as I I performed this housing swap as well. If anyone needs the official manual just ask, its about 7,000+ pages in total. Has everything from basic maintenance to engine disassembly.
Mine just started to leak since we had -22°F in Chicago, I'm putting 1l of oil every 7 days, leaking only when the car is off, just trying to prolong it for 2-3 weeks till the weather gets better so I can change it outside, will order parts from you as always, my favourite place to buy parts for my Passat B6, thanks for such a nice video!
Hope you got your Passat sorted
good video - I think your struggles with this are typical, I have done this with a B7 Passat and a B6 and like you the amount of hoses and wires and cramped nature of the coolant stack and fans requires all the patients you may have available.
Fantastic video! We are attempting this repair today as our filter housing cracked all the way when trying to remove the oil filter cap. It was basically melted together with the housing and there was no way to remove it, other than destroying it. Unfortunately this also resulted in a cracked housing, as I didn't realize this was a plastic piece and not aluminum as it is with most others cars.
Mine just blew yesterday at around 175k although I replaced it already about 30k ago. Thanks for the video it should help me do it properly this time
We have faith in your skills Dylan
Did the same mistake to just replace the gaskets and now have coolant in oil, appreciate the video, thanks
Just followed this video to change mine and I after 7 hours lol I’m about to check for leaks. Thank you for this DIY video!
Taking the radiator shroud out would give more space to maneuver. I wish this video had come out one year ago when I had to replace my oil filter housing.
Great how to video. Super helpful. One thing though. Regarding (bending that bracket). That small triple square bolt isn’t what’s holding it down. It’s the upper oil cooler bolts that hold it down. The left one is accessible with just a 6mm Allen socket. The right one can be removed with a long 6mm Allen socket. No bending of bracket required. I’m really surprised it’s not covered in any other diy I’ve come across. It’s literally unaddressed or omitted. Also as far as taking the fans out…it does give you more room but take care not to damage the radiator core. So s suck to have to also replace a radiator.
I just finished replacing the oil filter housing and the oil cooler, followed this video, I removed the fan shroud but didn’t remove the throttle body, had plenty of room.
Great first-hand note!
I made this repair this weekend, disregarding the advice to replace the whole unit and did gaskets only.. and now I've got coolant in my oil (which wasn't an issue prior). So hopefully a new assembly will fix that issue. Sucks to do this job twice!
thats what i was thinking might happen, what if my oil housing is cracked/old (original)? going to buy a new housing now
@@adhizzle9985 it's definitely worth it!
I just tried the gasket as well and now coolant in oil as well causing backfires and other engine issues
@@checkmate1996 cheaper to buy the filter housing. Now you'll have to flush the engine with at least 2 oil changes and filters😐
@@headstrong6523 Yeah - i was trying to save my son money but now ended up costing more than double....hate it when that happens..
I did this on audi A4 quattro b7 few weeks ago. I didnt remove oil cooler hose as the hose was welded into the cooler lol and I just let it hang there with the hose. Used razor blade, brake clean and scotch brite to clean it. Used brake clean, shop towels and razor blade to clean the block where oil filter housing goes. Dont used oil or grease to lubricate the gaskets btw. While you are in there replace the dipstick tube oring( guy in this video replaced the dipstick tube but forgot the oring on metal pipe lol). Throttle body gasket replacement in not need as it never soaked in oil and mine was quite in great shape after 185k miles and re used it. Its also good time to replace Thermostat and oring on the metal pipe that goes into thermostat if it wasnt replaced. Thermostats are failure items on Audi's and VW.
Was about to just replace the gasket but screw that. thanks fellas
A lot of really useful information in this one video. Thank you!
For the oil cooler, wondering if the top 2 bolts go through the bracket first
Yes they do(or I did it wrong), but no leaks or issues so far!
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Did you have any issues with having to code the throttle body when you reinstalled it? Was the job done with the battery disconnected?
I distinctly heard him say you didn't need to remove the fans behind the radiator.
This was not my experience.
To do this right you take the entire front end off the car. Plan for a couple of days.
Thank you for this video. It saved me. 👍
Hi, do you have a video on removing the oil filter housing on a C7 A6 Audi ?
Needed to know if it can be removed without touching the supercharger
I just recently had all of this replace it cost my daughter about $1100 to do a complete oil filter, housing filter, flange gasket, removal, antifreeze manifold, gasket, set oil and degreaser. We’re all included in the total. My question is a couple months later we got a powertrain system code that came up yet again for secondary air injection system incorrect flow detected is that area anywhere near the area they just worked on that cost us $1100?
Mine is now leaking as well. I just replaced mine 3 years ago and was an OEM brand.
Thank you!!!
You are a creative man I love you
i didn’t remove the throttle body and just did it from underneath
Yes - after doing it twice....I realized there is no need to pull the throttle body. I could get to all the bolts from the top or bottom. I did remove a few extra hoses but that's alot easier than getting to those 4 bolts.
Miy cluch slips now and then and can be fine then for months, I got feeling it's a lil leek onto fly wheel oil does go down little faster than it use to, I'm gonna check this first-hand few other places for leeks ,
And my car has dine 150-165 miles
just did this on my a3 yesterday, what a pain lol
Hi Nathan. First of all, thanks for the detailed video. I spent $1200 today on an Oil Filter Housing, Oil Cooler, Oil and Oil filter and some gaskets replacement. When I asked to see the old parts all they showed me was the gaskets and the oil filter and came up with some (to me) lame excuse why they couldn't show me the Housing and Cooler saying they had to be taken for testing to a third-party expert and because the parts were damaged, they left them there. My question is, I know you had to remove some parts to get to the other ones, but how difficult would be for me to see if they actually replaced those parts? If I get under my car, will I be able to see them? I have a Golf Mk6. Thanks!
dang you you paid that much for everything with labor? just take a peek under and if it's very dirty/grimy/dripping then you may have been screwed.
Hey how to remove the bracket
So just wondering for piece of mind.... so I dont have to oil any of the gaskets ? I can just put then on dry ? I also noticed the oil filter gasket was put in dry too ?
the tiny t30 and m6 were both 5mm triple square on my car
What do I have to remove to replace dipstick tube that you removed? Thank you
would a failed oil cooler gasket cause coolant to burn or oil to mix in the expansion tank?
Yes
Replaced mine a few weeks ago on a 2006 Passat, the plastic oil filter housing was a terrible design from vw :/
I am doing that on a 07 passat too. Yeah its very dumb.
What is case damage a oil house ?
Got all the bolts out besides the top middle housing bolt feels as tho the block may be stripped bolt spins free but will not back out any advice anyone this is my third day trying to get this removed
Can you make a Mk6 GTI water pump replacement video please. I watched few of your video and they are all very clear. Thank you!
Hi, has anybody experience with aftermarkets housing? Sure I know oem is the correct way, but anyone with aftermarket part which works?
When they are a third of the price is tempting... What did you end up buying, OEM or AM?
I have to ask, is this engine the same as the 2008 Volkswagen EOS? Its dripping oil and im consodering doing a whole engine rebuild.
Same engine Crusnik_00 may be fixable before throwing a whole new engine at it!
That bracket is held on by those two bolts and that 12 point you should probably tell people that part when you realized it lol
Thank the heavens 🙏🏼
Is it same torque specs for transporter van ?
What exactly does the noise pipe do? Always been curious
It puts engine noise into the cabin... Gives feedback to the driver to make them feel like they are getting more power while actually robbing them of it! I got rid of mine a while ago
Does this also apply to a 2009 Jetta 2.5?
Oil cooler bolts won’t come out
Originally had just the OFH gasket replaced, but soon it started to leak again. Did the recommended OFH unit replacement and followed all the recommendations of this video and I still have a leak coming from the newly installed OFH. I took it apart and examined the OFH & gaskets - they were fine. Reinstalled the damn thing and made sure all gaskets in place, oriented / seated ( with no preexisting gasket residue) correctly and I tightened all the bolts and OF cap to Neuton Meter specs and I still have a major oil leak. It's too tight to observe leak and determine where pressure is allowiing oil to leak out. Don't want to have to take VW to those dealership pirates to charge me $$$ to install an overpriced OEM OFH... can I just put some sort of seal around the outside of the plastic OFH where it meets the engine block?
Hope a year later you got it fixed lol did you end up figuring out your issue?
Can anyone please tell me what the part# is for the T30 screw at 13:00? Thanks!
How long should this take? Anyone have quotes from dealer?
Stupid expensive to fix at the dealer or vw mechanic, they insist on taking off the intake manifold to do this job.
Beetween 90-120min if professional.
i took my manifold off for intake valve blasting and it makes it 10x easier.@@lukew2194
My car doesn't drip oil but when I turn it on cold engine sounds like is running without oil for a few seconds (no oil light) will changing this help with the oil discharging when cold?
This could help, as there is a check valve built into the oil filter housing unit, but there are many variables that could also effect this. (how long the car sits, oil type/weight, age or mileage, etc.)
@@fcpeuro is 118k miles FSI 2.0 2006, I was thinking that it might be the timing chain sometimes it does it and sometimes don't. Right now has fresh engine oil 5w:30 Valvoline (I know it takes 5w40 but it wasn't available at the time) and DSG oil
Got to the one screw holding the bracket and harness in front of the oil cooler and the screw is stripped…anyone have any ideas? I’ve hammered and chiseled almost all day with no luck.
I did the same and was able to do it without removing the bracket, it was very had and cramped but I did it. I would recommend a very small ratchet for the top oil filter housing bolts or one of those universal joint drivers to get at the bolts from an angle. Getting the housing out is a little trickery to but not to bad, you can flex the bracket up a little to do so.
Is this the same for a 2010 jetta 2.5?? Can't find a detail video anywhere.
Does it have a FSI engine?
Pain in thee hole job and that plastic housing is ridiculous spent all day wrestling lol had to replace housing because the oil pressure sensor was spinning free stripped out
If its not one thing then its always another! Glad to hear you won the wrestling match though ^.^
One other problem was we got a housing with a 2 pin pressure sensor and didn't know it lol so after it was all on the connector didn't fit lol
I have to do mine, is this possible without a lift? I don't have one.
if you are asking this question, you probably lack commonsense to do the car repairs. Leave it to professionals
a bit late but for the benefit of some: if you have ramps you are fine, otherwise you can put the front on jack stands. just put a backup support like a wheel or a jack just in case.
Go Nathan :)
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Im sorry, but this is the dumbest thing VW could have ever done. Plastic is not only brittle like you said, it is also an insulator. They should have made this out of aluminium for both all engine models.
You need to be rich to own a vw.
Tell me about it. I wish I never got this hunk of junk. All I do is work on the car. When I fix one thing 3 or 4 more things fail.
When I bought a jetta years ago my dad told me it was a money pit here I am 3 jettas and a passat later watching this video.😂
I’m broke I have a mk5 GTI and 95 Audi S6 🤣
i think its time to throw my MK5 away lol.
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How I feel after this job
The amount of oil in that intercooler pipe was so little I am not sure anyone has ever put this car into full boost. LOL. For the viewers that actually drive this car, they will know the amount of oil that came out of that is NOTHING. :)
i just did this on an 06 A3. still leaks. selling this piece of junk car LOL
New housing too?!?