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General => The garage => Topic started by: gary1.8se on 17 January 2011, 20:26

Title: mk3 1.8 se
Post by: gary1.8se on 17 January 2011, 20:26

hi people im new here and just bought a se 1.8 90bhp
and has a oil filter housing gasket leak how easy are they to change  :smiley:

Title: Re: mk3 1.8 se
Post by: *tell* on 18 January 2011, 09:37

oil filter housing could be the oil cooler?  :undecided:

Title: Re: mk3 1.8 se
Post by: LowlifeDubber on 18 January 2011, 15:13

Very easy mate.If you find your housing is cracket i have a spare one here off an ABS engine the same as yours.Just dont get your sender wires mixed up.
Theres no oil cooler. :smiley:

Title: Re: mk3 1.8 se
Post by: rubjonny on 18 January 2011, 15:42

is it deffo that and not one of the oil pressure sensors, these are a common fail on the mk3

Title: Re: mk3 1.8 se
Post by: gary1.8se on 18 January 2011, 18:27

havent got it yet the bloke that owned it said it was that but will have a good look
and see what i can find  :smiley:

Title: Re: mk3 1.8 se
Post by: rubjonny on 19 January 2011, 10:45

give it all a good clean then see where its really coming from. pop the rubber boots off the sensors though, if 1 is full of oil theres ya problem :)

Title: Re: mk3 1.8 se
Post by: gary1.8se on 19 January 2011, 18:05

cool will do that thanks