Oil filter K&N or OEM Volkswagen

I go for K&N. No complaints. Also, they have that nut on the end, so you can wrench it off.

I service mine @ a local vw tuning shop NGP. Pan drop, filter change @31000mile, the old fluid came out red`ish

Original owner of a mk6 R here :wave: my R has ~50k miles on the clock. lightly modded (see sig) and I have never had any issues other than normal wear stuff. plugs/oil/filters u know. car still feels very close to new.

I've been running Castrol 5w40 in my cars for years. Started in my '99 Beetle 2.0 and now my 1.8T GTI. I use the K&N filter but I get the one for the Passat since its larger.

I have purchased a new genuine plug, crush washer and oil filter and plan to change the oil and parts together

Been doing it myself with full synthetic and k&n performance filters every 3k ever since.

K&N filters are beefier, my old VRs filters used to come out looking like that. The only filter that would withstand the vr and keep its shape was the k & n

second oil change i used 0w-30 with a KN oil filter and it felt like it had more torque off the line. It could just be a placebo effect but that's what I feel.

Mine was my oil filter! I used a k&n because they come with a oil change reminder sticker. Leaked like mad.

K&N filter is not as good as OE and just about expensive.