pawlwawl06
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- Hampton, VA
Just did an oil change but the long thing inside the filter wasn't attached to the filter housing. I wasn't sure if it is supposed to click in but was worried if break it if it was forced in. I aligned the long plastic thing (adapter, manual says it's called discharge stud) and then tightened the housing back on. I'm assuming it clicks back in place with the torque applied and compression or should I remove it and fix it back into place - I can't find any resources on it. The car drives fine no fault codes or issues that I can notice.
Did you ever find an answer to this? Same exact thing happened to me today. First oil change on my 2017 GTI with 4K miles. The long rod was not connected to the housing when I removed the filter. I did not try attaching it, just screwed the housing back on with new filter and o-ring