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manuk

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Registered: 2025-04-06

Posts: 13

OIL Filter housing removal HDI 2.0

Anyone who has mastered the trick of how to remove the oil filter on MK2 cares to share the secret. Found a clip on youtube where the guy used a universal joint but must have removed a few bits to my mind to be able to use UJ on a socket. To my mind this is a service item so access must be paramount. The only thing I can think of is a short spanner but those don’t come in 27mm sizes any help and advice is gratefully appreciated

I thought the air filter on a 1.6 HDI was designed as an afterthought until I discovered the oil filter housing on a 2.0

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Dispatch Combi 2.0 HDI MPV 2012

Eddie Honda

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Registered: 2023-08-27

Posts: 35

Re: OIL Filter housing removal HDI 2.0

A quick search shows the weapon of choice to be a cranked ring spanner

You can get them for around a tenner

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186851247808

manuk

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Registered: 2025-04-06

Posts: 13

Re: OIL Filter housing removal HDI 2.0

THANKS @Eddie Honda, looks like something one finds in a torture chamber, order placed will do a post on the usefulness of the tool once arrived

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Dispatch Combi 2.0 HDI MPV 2012

GhostRider17

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Registered: 2025-04-21

Posts: 6

Re: OIL Filter housing removal HDI 2.0

THANKS @Eddie Honda, looks like something one finds in a torture chamber, order placed will do a post on the usefulness of the tool once arrived

I had a nightmare the first time I did an oil change on mine. So very little useable room around the oil filter and if you didn't know where it was you'd never find it. Me and a mate were at it for hours trying to get it off. At least the fuel filter is easy!

The only thing that worked for me was a short 27mm socket on my smaller 3/8 ratchet, that gave me JUST enough room to twist it off and on. I tried the tool shown but with no luck. The socket on the housing being damaged didn't do me any favors either but it's been replaced with a new one since.