VW 2.5L MK5, MK6 and MK7 Oil Change

Changing the oil on a VW 2.5 5 cylinder engine can be fun. The most unique aspect of these engines is the oil filter housing and replacement filter cartridges. By far a unique design regarding consumables and waste. The 2.5 5 cylinder engine is my favorite engine because they're affordable, reliable and can easily exceed 300k miles.

[@askimipika]

thank you for this detailed visual review. it helped tremendously to ensure the steps i thought were correct were indeed such. idk if i'll ever get a massive wrench socket solely for this one purpose, but if i ever do, i'll mail you $5 as commission. 😂

[@SonyPlaystationJapan]

Clean, tidy work. Love to see it man. Keep it going.

[@gabrideen]

that was an extremely therapeutic watch

[@lagoSaltoGrande]

My favorite engine (and car) too

[@justiceneveling3373]

Thank you for this video, sorry your area rusts your car so much but you take great care of it.

[@davemac5896]

Good but, loosen the oil filler cap before draining. Empty the first new oil container. Start the engine to fill new filter. Measure the oil level and, finally, top up to the correct level

[@thehatchback2407]

Thanks for mentioning. Never thought to do that thinking oil would leak from the oil filter housing. I have an oil change coming up and will loosen the filter prior to draining and see what happens.

[@IGS1989]

@@thehatchback2407 I think the gent meant the oil filler cap on top of the engine. Loosening it would allow for a shorter drain time, because, as the oil drains out, the volume is replaced by the air drawn through the oil filler neck.

[@buffalobill2965]

Now that was a professional pour lol

[@dg7438]

Where's all the tool specs and information though?

[@thehatchback2407]

Good question worth mentioning. I don't specify tool sizes because they're common. The oil filter wrench is 74.5mm. Overtime I will include more voice overs.

[@ragnarberger]

Good job

[@wistfuldegree6461]

Could I use a normal socket or would I need a filter socket to get the filter off?

[@NoName-zi9qs]

Why do you wipe the bottom engine block with the old oil?

[@thehatchback2407]

Great question. Years ago I made the mistake of obsessively cleaning all the oil off the engine surfaces. When you do that every aluminum surface will oxidize and steel surface will rust. If you want to prevent the steel surfaces from rusting, like the bottom of the oil pan, coating the pan with oil will preserve the paint and metal, and appear new like it was just released from production. I like to coat all aluminum and steel surfaces, including nuts and bolts.

[@NoName-zi9qs]

@@thehatchback2407 that makes sense. Thanks for the reply and the video!

[@msntung]

was your wrench cap 2175 74.5mm ?

[@thehatchback2407]

Yup, 74.5mm.