This comes up pretty often so I took a couple pics when I changed the grey car's oil this weekend. This is on a 225, 180s might be a bit different, 3.2s definitely are.

Looking from about under the transmission towards the front of the car. The intercooler pressure pipe is in the middle of the pic running from left to right. The clip that I'm pointing to holds a coolant line in place. I unclip that line and it opens up a ton of space. Just remember to put it all back in place when you're done!

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Here's the view from below looking mostly straight up. I usually use a small screwdriver to gently release the clamp.

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And here with the clip off and the hose pushed out of the way.

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Again, looking straight up you can see the old filter in place. The large pipe is the intercooler pressure pipe. Upper right of the picture is the cold-start pump. As you can see there's a ton of space to get the filter thru.

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And finally getting a wrench on the filter. I use a clamping cup style attachment that grips the filter the more you push on it. That goes on the end of a long handled 3/8" drive swivel head ratchet. The handle passes down between the pressure pipe and cold-start pump and there's plenty of leverage to get the filter loose.

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Good pics.... you should link this to the FAQ.

 

we use at work.

hence i find those pictures to be very strange to my eyes

 

You, of all people, know how crappy that coolant hose is... move it too much and its likely to crack somewhere!! I need to post pictures of my PCV hoses after I followed your guide... they literally crumbled in my hands when i pulled them out!! (thanks again for that guide!)

 

already there

 

Love the nitrile gloves! More tear resistant than vinyl or latex and holds up to brake clean too

 

Will have to give it another look next time I'm down there tho. Glad the guide worked out for you! Was your car an AMU or BEA engine? Just curious if it's all relatively the same on the BEA engine since the blue car has one.

 

I use black ones &lt;/smug&gt;

 

Since changing of oil and filter is one of the most necessary and routine items of maintenance, that Audi, other manufacturers too, can't seem to find a place to put the damn thing that would be more accessible.

 

Sometimes I think i'm the only one here who doesn't think it's a big deal.

With the amount of crap they have to cram in the engine compartment these days it probably could be worse.