A3 Can't remove oil filter !!!

[byrlord]

Hi guys, I have a A3 1.9TDI 2000 and I am trying to remove the oil filter.

It looks that it is very hard to unscrew it !.

Could you please give me some hints, e.g. is it clockwise or counterclock ? Is there a special tool to do it (I am using a "Oil Filter wrench") ?

Please help !!

Thanks

[Crasher]

There is a special tool (tool number 3417, available from any VW/Audi dealer) but a strap wrench should move it. It is anticlockwise. The only problem with not using the VW tool is not being able to set the required torque.

[The Mk3 man]

If the filter is on so tight that a strap wrench keeps slipping or won't remove it, and there's enough access to do this, you could try getting a very long, strong flat blade screwdriver and puncturing the filter all the way through and then use it to turn it. A messy job, and a last resort - I had to do this on an old Fiat 127 many many years ago

[byrlord]

Thanks for your responce guys.
After buying a new tool and with lots of gym training i managed to unscrew it.

Cheers !

[Crasher]

you could try getting a very long, strong flat blade screwdriver and puncturing the filter all the way through

Can't do that on a Golf 4 TDI, it's an element inside a cast ally housing with a screw on plastic top.