Oil filter for 2012 vw jetta 2.5 se

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• What kind of oil does a 2012 Volkswagen Jetta 2.5 SE take?
• What kind of oil does a 2.5 L Volkswagen Jetta take?
• How many quarts does a 2012 Jetta 2.5 take?

• Ensure car jack is ready by rotating handle clockwise completely

• Locate metal beam under car used for jacking

• Position car jack platform under metal beam

• Pump car jack handle to raise up car

• Raise up car stand 4 notches

• Place car stand underneath wheel metal beam

• Lower car onto the stands by rotating the jack handle counter-clockwise (very gently)

• Depending on your model of jack, the jack may lower rapidly or slowly. Do your best to lower the car gently

• Repeat steps 1-3 on driver side of car

• At this point, both sides should be raised off the ground

• Place clean cardboard underneath the car

• Locate the oil container underneath the car (this will require crawling under the car and laying on your back

• Locate the bolt used to drain the oil

• Position the oil drip pan underneath the bolt

• Loosen the bolt by turning the 5/16 allen wrench counter-clockwise

• It may take a significant amount of force to loosen the bolt

• Once loose, remove the bolt by hand

• Once the bolt is removed, oil will immediately flow out

• Make sure the oil drip pan is positioned well

• Once the bolt is removed, you will get a significant amount of oil on your hand

• Don't drop the bolt into the oil pan. It will be slippery!

• Wait ~10 minutes for all the oil to drain out

• Clean up the drainage hole with paper towel

• You may need to use a paper towel to wipe up any beading oil

• Insert the bolt, turning clockwise

• Tighten the bolt with the 5/16 allen wrench until the wrench won't turn any further. This is plenty tight.

• Position drip pan underneath the plastic cover as shown in picture

• Open the hood of the car

• Locate the oil filter

• The oil filter is near the front of the car

• The oil filter looks like a cylinder

• Loosen the oil filter by hand

• It may take a significant amount of force to loosen the oil filer

• A filter wrench can be used to help loosen the filter

• Turn the filter clockwise to loosen (from the perspective of the user) - see video if you're confused

• Remove oil filter

• Once you remove the filter, some remaining oil will spill out, onto your hand, and into your well placed oil drip pan

• The filter may be very slippery, don't drop it!

• Place old oil filter upside down on the knob in the oil drip pan

• Get new oil filter

• Install oil filter

• Turn the oil filter counter clockwise to install (as appears to the user)

• Tighten by hand until both hands can't get it any tighter - This is plenty tight

• Wipe up the oil that spilled out when you replaced the filter

• This spilled oil is normal

• Use plenty of paper towel

• Wipe up any oil that spilled below the filter

• Locate the oil cap

• Remove the oil cap

• Place funnel into oil cavity

• Pour in new oil

• Engine oil is sold in 5 litre containers. VW engines only require ~4 litres. Only pour in 4/5 of the oil!

• Remove oil dipstick

• Clean oil dipstick with paper towel

• Insert oil dipstick all the way

• Remove oil dipstick

• Check Oil Level

• If oil is too low, add more

• Oil is full when the level is just below the bend in the metal of the dipstick

• Empty any remaining oil in the filter into the oil drip pan

• Turn the oil filter upside down and place into the box of the filter that was just installed into the car

• Mark the filter box as "old"

• Return the filter to a mechanic shop for recycling

• Prepare car jack by turning the handle clockwise all the way

• Pump the car jack and position the jack underneath the metal beam

• Continue pumping the jack, raising the car off the car stands

• Remove the car stand

• Lower the individual car side onto the ground by turning the handle of the car jack counter-clockwise

• Rotate clockwise as gently as possible

• Repeat step 18 and 19 for the other side of the car

• Turn on car

• Leave car running for 5 minutes to let oil circulate

• After 5 minutes, check oil level using the dipstick

• If oil level has dropped, add more oil - this is normal,

• Place funnel into oil container

• If there is left-over clean oil, you can pour the clean oil into a second container of clean oil - this avoids waste

• If you don't care about the remaining 1/5 of clean oil, just mix the dirty oil with the clean oil

• Pour the old oil into the recently-emptied oil container

• Be careful not to spill any oil on the ground

• Mark the oil container as "old" and return to a mechanic shop for recycling

Conclusion

Drive off into the sunset

Enjoy a cool beverage (but not while driving off into the sunset)

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What kind of oil does a 2012 Volkswagen Jetta 2.5 SE take?

What kind of oil does a 2.5 L Volkswagen Jetta take?

How many quarts does a 2012 Jetta 2.5 take?