New Mickey
The user formerly known as mickey
Deja vu! I can remember exploring under the hood of the Evil Beetle trying to figure out what all the weird lumpy bits were. Now I'm going through it again. It's kind of fun!
First of all, I figured out how to take the plastic cover off the engine. (No more screws. Rubber grommets.) Then I quickly found the fuel filter. But it took me a minute to figure out what the aluminum box was....AIR TO WATER INTERCOOLER! Who knew? (Not me.)
Questions:
1. Where did they hide the oil filter?
2. Has anyone used a Topsider to suck out the oil from a 2.0 CR TDI? Can a tube reach all the way down to the bottom of the sump?
3. What's the Flapper Valve for? Does it involve Betty Boop?
And an important conclusion: I'm too old and non-bendy to work on this thing, so I hope it's reliable. The under-hood environment is tighter than a 9 year-old nun. Does NOT look like fun to work on.
-mickey
First of all, I figured out how to take the plastic cover off the engine. (No more screws. Rubber grommets.) Then I quickly found the fuel filter. But it took me a minute to figure out what the aluminum box was....AIR TO WATER INTERCOOLER! Who knew? (Not me.)
Questions:
1. Where did they hide the oil filter?
2. Has anyone used a Topsider to suck out the oil from a 2.0 CR TDI? Can a tube reach all the way down to the bottom of the sump?
3. What's the Flapper Valve for? Does it involve Betty Boop?
And an important conclusion: I'm too old and non-bendy to work on this thing, so I hope it's reliable. The under-hood environment is tighter than a 9 year-old nun. Does NOT look like fun to work on.
-mickey