Good Morning all,

I need to do an oil change, and was planning to reuse the oil strainer after a clean, so I was thinking it was a bit of a waste buying a kit just for the cardboard gasket.

What do you all do for your gasket? Does anyone just make one up from some cardboard lying around the house?

Ideas and wisdom appreciated.

Thanks

Craig

You can buy just the gasket kit without the filter.

If I don't have a kit handy, I just wipe the old ones clean and then use "permatex" on them.

I have just done mine, had a slow leak from that area so I replaced all the copper washers and did away with the large gasket altogether, just used some non hardening sealant, fixed the problem totaly except for a very small leak coming from the drain plug, even though it has a new copper washer, next time I do an oil change I'm going to use the sealant on that washer as well.

You're not supposed to replace the oil strainer, they last the life of the car. You just rinse it out in kerosene at every service and dry it thoroughly. Oil change gasket kits cost about $5 and are available from any VW parts shop. Only get the good German-made ones. They should include copper washers for the sump plug and all the sump plate bolts, plus two big paper gaskets, one to go between the case and strainer, the other between the strainer and sump plate.

Thanks guys,

Guess I'll have a trip to my local parts person next Saturday then.

Cheers

Craig