Nah im no where near south Florida. Just make sure you're drilling right in the center and use a drill thats big enough so that when the drill gets passed the screw head, it'll pop off the shank. Then you should be able to pry the filter holder apart.
From the back, there is a subframe crossmember that sits just passed the gas tank. I slid my floor jack in at an angle toward the passenger side (to clear exhaust pipes) and I raised the rear end from there. My jack is just long enough to reach it. Then I also put jack stands under the jacking points on the sides.
This is a terrible design and a terrible location to place the filter. In front of a rear wheel so it gets constant salt spray in the winter is dumb. Meanwhile, other companies were simply putting the filter in the gas tank as part of the pump. I just went through this with a filter so rusty it was leaking gas. And the bolt for the clamp had half changed to rust dust.
@@chilledspeed My guess is that VW had a "fuel system engineering team" and an "engine engineering team", and they each did their own thing in a bubble.
Guess I’ll try again. Unless you’re somewhere near south Florida!
Nah im no where near south Florida. Just make sure you're drilling right in the center and use a drill thats big enough so that when the drill gets passed the screw head, it'll pop off the shank. Then you should be able to pry the filter holder apart.
where did you put the floor jack to raise the car ?
From the back, there is a subframe crossmember that sits just passed the gas tank. I slid my floor jack in at an angle toward the passenger side (to clear exhaust pipes) and I raised the rear end from there. My jack is just long enough to reach it. Then I also put jack stands under the jacking points on the sides.
This is a terrible design and a terrible location to place the filter. In front of a rear wheel so it gets constant salt spray in the winter is dumb. Meanwhile, other companies were simply putting the filter in the gas tank as part of the pump.
I just went through this with a filter so rusty it was leaking gas. And the bolt for the clamp had half changed to rust dust.
Yeah I agree. I've always wondered why they didn't place it somewhere inside the engine compartment where it's more accessible.
@@chilledspeed My guess is that VW had a "fuel system engineering team" and an "engine engineering team", and they each did their own thing in a bubble.