jpowell79 0 Posted February 8, 2013 spent an hour swapping my fuel filter last night! Probably my own fault as I was being lazy and couldn't be bothered to jack the car up so did it reaching my arms underneath the car instead. Anyhow, on the actual fuel filter casing, underneath the two 17mm nuts, there is a piece of folded-over metal that sits inside the ends of the casing. Presumably it was put there to give added strength to the casing.....anyways I was prying away at the bloody thing for over 20 minutes, and couldn't figure out how to get the casing off. In the end I just bent back the folded-metal part, but now one of them has snapped. Doesn't matter too much, I can't see the casing going anywhere with the 17mm nuts back on.....but out of curioisty, is there a method for getting those pesky things off? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davidwort 0 Posted February 8, 2013 I never sussed it, I think they must bend more when newly fitted, I think they're just there in case the nut falls off, a sort of fail-safe. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
James. 7 Posted February 8, 2013 http://wiki.the-corrado.net/fuel_filter_change_vr6.html The folded clips are still available from VW UK if you need them. As are the the rubbers, inner sleeves and plastic housing. The main support bar is only available from Germany. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
