Beetle Advice

[TVR 26S]

Hi everyone,

I have a 68' 1200 Beetle and im just giving it a service

with this being my first service i have a question

I have an oil based air filter and wondering how to remove the old oil and replace with new

Also, do i need to change the air filter or just wash it

Any advice will be appreciated

Thanks alot

Lee

[Greendubber]

Hi Lee,

If it was me I'd just sack the old filter off and put on a new 'non oil bath' air filter, they cost next to nothing and are far less faff.

As for refilling it, I dont know as mine came straight off and into the bin.

[Davi]

While since I did this, but if you replace it with a paper type IIRC you need to fit an oil breather as well.

If it's a very original example I wouldn't change it though, it's a far superior system.

You don't have to replace the filter, just clean it. I say "just" clean it... last one I did I used soapy water, more soapy water, just a touch more soapy water, some paraffin, some more paraffin, maybe a bit more paraffin....

Give it a good shake out afterwards (blowline does wonders if you have one) and let it dry out thoroughly before you stick it back on.

Make sure you use the correct grade of oil specified in the manual, or you could run into trouble with it sucking through rather than permeating past the element. Just slosh the old out and refill (off the top of my head I think it's about 1/4 litre at the most you need)