So my MK2 FR went for a service today, when the mechanic tried to take the oil filter out, he couldn't. Apparantly the person who done the service before I got the car, super glued the top of the oil filter housing (the bit where you loosen the housing to get to the oil filter) and when my mechanic tried to take it off, it just snapped.
My mechanic thinks that the plastic oil filter housing has got hot and basically melted/moulded to the metal so it won't come off.
In the end, because the old oil was out, we had to fill the car with the new oil (Quantum Platinum 5w40), but keep the old oil filter in there.
Has anyone experienced this? Do I just need a new oil filter housing?
My mechanic thinks that the plastic oil filter housing has got hot and basically melted/moulded to the metal so it won't come off.
In the end, because the old oil was out, we had to fill the car with the new oil (Quantum Platinum 5w40), but keep the old oil filter in there.
Has anyone experienced this? Do I just need a new oil filter housing?
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