MK6 VW GTI Fuel Filter Replacement

[@KingCease]

Guess I’ll try again. Unless you’re somewhere near south Florida!

[@chilledspeed]

Nah im no where near south Florida. Just make sure you're drilling right in the center and use a drill thats big enough so that when the drill gets passed the screw head, it'll pop off the shank. Then you should be able to pry the filter holder apart.

[@Godzilla_90]

where did you put the floor jack to raise the car ?

[@chilledspeed]

From the back, there is a subframe crossmember that sits just passed the gas tank. I slid my floor jack in at an angle toward the passenger side (to clear exhaust pipes) and I raised the rear end from there. My jack is just long enough to reach it. Then I also put jack stands under the jacking points on the sides.

[@Gr8thxAlot]

This is a terrible design and a terrible location to place the filter. In front of a rear wheel so it gets constant salt spray in the winter is dumb. Meanwhile, other companies were simply putting the filter in the gas tank as part of the pump. I just went through this with a filter so rusty it was leaking gas. And the bolt for the clamp had half changed to rust dust.

[@chilledspeed]

Yeah I agree. I've always wondered why they didn't place it somewhere inside the engine compartment where it's more accessible.

[@Gr8thxAlot]

@@chilledspeed My guess is that VW had a "fuel system engineering team" and an "engine engineering team", and they each did their own thing in a bubble.