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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

I have changed the oil twice on my wife's Macan. The cartridge is easy to replace, and no mess. It comes with the new o-ring and it is a VW part. I also get a new plastic drain plug. Just taking the large panel oiff the bottom and getting it back on is any challenge, and it is really pretty easy.

Yeah, the panels under the car are great for a bunch of reasons, but suck when you need to work on the car (unless there's a window to get to common items, like oil filter and drain which my wife's Outback has)

Originally Posted by David

I've changed the oil on my Cayman a bazzilion times and always used the stock cannister without issue. You can get a new plastic cannister with the filter for about the same price as just the filter.

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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

The oil drains back down out of the canister. I remove the old filter, and put a paper towel under it right away. No mess at all on the Macan.

[The lid has a large nut shaped top to it. Like a 30 mm, but I have a socket that fits it and makes it very easy to remove.

Yeah, I saw a video online where the guy had one of those sockets. I remember similar sockets for regular cars being sold back in the day, and think that I've had one or two over the years.

I'm going to have to see about space under the car (barely any normally) and getting the car up high enough to do this activity.