oil change
 

hey guys i wanted to know how hard it is to change my own oil? what weight oil should i get and what type of filiter? and where is the drain bolt of the the oil? and how much oil do i put in?

oh yeah what type/ heat range of spark plugs should i run??


and is there anything else i shouild do during all this?????

sorry for the newb question i just wanted to do my own service and put the best products i can in!

RE: oil change
 

its mad easy to change ur oil, what year audi do u have?

RE: oil change
 

http://www.audiworld.com/tech/eng10.shtml

RE: oil change
 

thank for the oil change info. what type/ size and all the good stuff plugs should i get? ( want the BEST)

and do i need to change my tranny fluid??

btw its a 02 1.8t

RE: oil change
 

Most people just run the oem spark plugs, ngk.

Audi says the tranny fluid is a lifetime fluid, meaning never needs to be changed. But most people change it around 100k miles.

RE: oil change
 

Did my oil last night - took me 17 minutes.

I had been getting a small amount of shuddering when it was really cold out and figured it was the 15w50 oil I had in the car being too thick with the cold ( I was supposed to have changed my oil last month but I was too lazy/busy). Switched to 5w30 and all is good. Just an fyi to you guys still running thicker oil in the winter...

Filters are all about personal opinion. I mostly use Mann or Bosch, but a couple times when I was in a rush I used a fram (hp2005). But I was always uneasy running it. I put in a K&N oil filter last night.

RE: oil change
 

I use K&N oil filters hp2005 (same a fram eh?)
Yah brrman I had the same thing shuddering I changed mine friday 10w-30 though... they didnt have any 5w-30 left...

BTW some asshole keeps putting my oil filter on too tight and its imposible to get off when i find out who it is man im gonna... oh wait I change my own oil.

RE: oil change
 

I use my trusty screw driver/hammer method when he..er I put them on too tight.

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Actually, Slim, I think I misquoted the K&N filter for the fram one (hp2005). Not sure what the fram part# is.
I take off my coolant reservoir and move it aside when I do my oil - that way I get at the filter from the top and can use a wrench nice and easy.

RE: oil change
 

For 1.8t

Fram TG2870A
Bosch 3421