Oil Filter Drain Tool - Low Cost

[Duffy]

Looking for a low cost oil filter tool T40057? Just found this company for a plastic one. VW Audi Oil Drain Tool $24.95 Free Shipping (T40057) FSI BPY 2.0T

FOLLOW-UP: Broke the first time I used it - don't buy. Only buy the metal one.

[simonsi]

Makes me laugh, last time I checked you undo the sump plug and the oil drains out, no screwdriver required. Unscrew the oil filter, off it comes, no screwdriver/plunger required there either. There is no need to drain any small amount of residual oil from the oilways.

[Duffy]

simonsi: Obviously you have never changed the oil filter in a 2.5L engine. The 2.5L engines use an element oil filter with a filter housing. No screw ons here. If the filter housing isn't drained prior to removing, much oil will flow out of the housing and just make one big mess! Most folks just use a blunt end tool to open the drain port/valve at the bottom of the filter housing and let it drain. I used a funnel to direct the oil to a catch pan.

This tool, although still expensive at this price for what it is, but is about half the cost of metal tools and should be just as good.

I found this site as I was looking for a cheaper tool. I make no claim for the tool or the seller.

[simonsi]

Originally Posted by Duffy

simonsi: Obviously you have never changed the oil filter in a 2.5L engine. The 2.5L engines use an element oil filter with a filter housing. No screw ons here. If the filter housing isn't drained prior to removing, much oil will flow out of the housing and just make one big mess! Most folks just use a blunt end tool to open the drain port/valve at the bottom of the filter housing and let it drain. I used a funnel to direct the oil to a catch pan.

This tool, although still expensive at this price for what it is, but is about half the cost of metal tools and should be just as good.

I found this site as I was looking for a cheaper tool. I make no claim for the tool or the seller.

Ah apologies >embarrassed<, had just jumped from the 2.0 forum, no we don't have the 2.5 here - we still get the 2.0 in new builds...

[Danbike]

The metal tool is available at $55 if you shop around.

[Duffy]

simonsi, apology accepted, but you didn't have to do that. We are here to learn from each other and just consider this one of those learning experiences. No harm done. Nice to chat with you. Cheers . . .

[simonsi]

Originally Posted by Duffy

simonsi, apology accepted, but you didn't have to do that. We are here to learn from each other and just consider this one of those learning experiences. No harm done. Nice to chat with you. Cheers . . .

No, my bad. I shot from the hip.... (that IS a global internet first though right?)

[Duffy]

[boogety boogety]

Originally Posted by Danbike

The metal tool is available at $55 if you shop around.

Or for $35 here (since I shopped around for ya)...

[Duffy]

Thanks boogety boogety, never saw this one, which would be the better buy. Plastic tools just scare me anyway.

[Dj Dexil]

I have a problem:

Changed the oil for the first time in my 2006 2.5 last weekend and everything went as planed... (thanks to these forums) except I can't remove the filter housing. I effortlessly removed the drain cap on the oil filter housing, pushed up the orange nipple to drain the oil out of the housing, but I can't get the damn housing off.

I've tried oil filter wrenches, both kinds. The ones with the self tightening metal ring and handle don't work because there's not enough space under the car/around the housing to spin the handle around. The metal 'cap-shaped' 'wrenches' from Advanced Auto parts/Wal-Mart/Local Parts store don't work either. I found a thread that said the 73mm cap/wrench tool is the correct size but that one won't fit around the housing. I bought the next size up and that one was too big.

So what have you guys used to remove the oil filter housing?

[Dj Dexil]

I found some weirdly shaped tool online... is this what everyone's using to get off the oil filter housing?

http://www.supplierlist.com/photo_im...ter_Wrench.jpg

[woody95124]

I agree with dj drexil---I used the 73 mm oil filter oil wrench cap tool also..It fits tight but it does not work...any suggestions on what to use??I ended up using a rag to make fit tighter....

[woody95124]

I got tht tool ..it works just fine

[Wife's Car]

The first time that I changed the oil on this 2007 NB2.5 I had a heck of a time since the filter and the drain plug where beyond tight. I used the cup type of filter wrench and when the filter finally came loose the wrench was stuck on the bottom so tight that I had to place it in a vise and turn the housing with a strap type filter wrench to break it free.

Today I changed the oil again and this time I had no problem at all with the filter or the drain plug. Amazing how easy things are when some idiot hasn't torqued them till the threads smoked.

Also, I use a steel rod that's bent slightly to depress the filter drain valve. With the A/C hose pushed up to catch on the filter housing the oil runs right out to the drain pan. I had thought about making a drain adapter on the lathe but don't see the need with this method. And unlike a screwdriver I don't have to worry about slipping off the valve or the oil running down the shaft and all over the place.

[woody95124]

ausenmacher tools is the best/correct one to buy /use from