oil filter socket

[Johnbu]

where can I get one in Melb?

otherwise know a place online?

32mm correct?

[gtimk5]

Size depends on what model Golf you have mate

[Transporter]

where can I get one in Melb?

otherwise know a place online?

32mm correct?

Sure for GolfV TDI, 32 mm spanner or adjustable spanner would do.
If you get socket get as short socket as possible and universal joint and extension.

[Johnbu]

Golf GTI

I don't want to use an adjustable shifter, as it damages (cosmetically) the plastic.

to get around damaging it, in the past, I taped masking tape over it before using a shifter on it.

[gtimk5]

Golf GTI is 38m/m

[gerhard]

I have a 36mm socket which fits my GTI.

Got it here http://cgi.ebay.com.au/FWD-Axle-Nut-...3A1%7C294%3A50

[pinzvidz]

Golf GTI is 38m/m

Should be 36mm.

To the OP, there's also a handy tool for draining the oil out of the housing first if you want to save making a mess;

http://www.samstagsales.com/vwaudi.htm#oil

T40057

[Johnbu]

thanks for the info..

36mm, awesome, same as our BMW.

Re: T40057

Might be handy, but doesn't do what a plastic bag can't. lift up filter, let it drain for 30 secs & slip an plastic bag within an ice-cream container underneath it wipe the engine bay down with an old rag.

USD$150 will take ages to recoup the cost at 2 oil changes a year.

thanks for the suggestion.

[pinzvidz]

$150USD???

Sorry mate, didn't know they'd gone up to that price. I picked one up a few years ago for about $50USD, or somewhere around that price.

[Johnbu]

everything about VWs are pricey, but USD$150 is beyond excessive.

looks to me like a USD$20 part.

even at that price, I'd doubt I'd get one.