A6 Fuel Filter

AJM

Active member
Joined
May 14, 2013
Location
Nashville
TDI
A6
How many fuel filters are on our TDIs?

My local dealership (service writer) told me that I needed to replace my fuel filters. I told him that I replaced the fuel filter already and that my car only has one fuel filter but he insisted that I needed to replace the second filter. I declined. Am I missing something here?

Thanks
AJ
 

AJM

Active member
Joined
May 14, 2013
Location
Nashville
TDI
A6
Thank you. That's what I thought. It's really sad as the service writer is an ambassador for his family, the dealership and Audi. They lost my trust.
 

rocky raccoon

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Joined
Jun 11, 2020
Location
Greater metropolitan Beaverdam
TDI
2014 Jetta Sportwagen
OilHammer, Is there a screen at the fuel tank pickup? Perhaps he was talking about that although the need to service it is pretty remote unless some really bad fuel was picked up.
 

muddge

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Joined
Dec 11, 2018
Location
PNW
TDI
2014 Audi A6 3.0 TDI
I think I see why the service writer said that.

Looking at the Audi OEM online catalog for my A6 TDI, it lists two separate SKUs for fuel filters ($32 vs $63) although they look identical and have the same label in the parts diagram for the fuel system.

Edit: I was mistaken. They are two separate filters for two different fuel systems, both of which the system says is a fit for my car. Very confusing.
 
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