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I've spent the last 2 hours reading and watching videos of oil changes... learned a lot but not everything.
First of all I have owned a TDI now for 4 days. Previous owner took great care of it- he had just done an oil change with Rotella T6 synthetic oil. He gave me a few quarts of it and also the empty oil filter box so I'd know what oil filter to use. I just looked at it today and it is a Fram filter. Sounds like they used to be re-branded ones, but now are crap.
I was thinking I should buy an OEM one and change out the oil filter. Can I do that without draining the oil from the engine? Or will I make a huge mess all over the top of the engine?
Or who cares- and just change the oil in a few thousand miles and put on a good filter then?
First of all I have owned a TDI now for 4 days. Previous owner took great care of it- he had just done an oil change with Rotella T6 synthetic oil. He gave me a few quarts of it and also the empty oil filter box so I'd know what oil filter to use. I just looked at it today and it is a Fram filter. Sounds like they used to be re-branded ones, but now are crap.
I was thinking I should buy an OEM one and change out the oil filter. Can I do that without draining the oil from the engine? Or will I make a huge mess all over the top of the engine?
Or who cares- and just change the oil in a few thousand miles and put on a good filter then?