how hard is it to change fog light bulbs

[sergeA4]

do you have to remove the bumper or can i just lift up the car and get to it

[FourRings80]

Very simple, just remove the pop off fog grill and unsrew the fog housing. And replace the H11 bulb. It should take 5 min for boths sides, it's that easy.

[zcrew]

yes, very easy. you need torx bits which is the only thing that could slow you down.

[pa4ul]

yea to pop off the grills use a flathead just look insdie and u will see there to insert and then unscrew and bam!

[4Rings3Liters]

You don't necessarily need torx bits, so if you don't have them try it before buying some. Just remove the grill covering the foglight and reach your hand around back of it. You'll feel the clip holding the bulb in. Once you unsnap that rotate the bulb to get it out and vice versa on re-installation. The clips can be tricky if you have never used them before so look under your hood to see what they look like and practice on those before doing it without being able to see them.

[sergeA4]

cool thanks a lot guys,
i had a quick question about something else.....i had a problem on saturday night, which i thought was the coilpack. Basically after the car shifts gears and the rpms lower, after i try to accelerate it stutters, till i really press the pedal, so i bought 2 coil packs replaced them today after i tested them, check engine light was flashin for a bit and now after i replaced them the check engine light is still on, and also the car runs the same with the same problem, any idea what else that studdering could be, F***** killin me here, i dont know what it could be, i was convinced it was the coilpack, but i guess its not

[Turb_Oh_A4]

your car uses 4 packs, so you might just missed the bad one?

[sergeA4]

your car uses 4 packs, so you might just missed the bad one?

when i tested i thought it was the 2nd one from me, i tested all 4, but today i replaced that one along with the 1st one also, an after i did them, i checked all 4 and it was throwin spark on all 4 and made the clickin noise also, so it seemed fine?
could have i missed anything?

[Asharp27]

no to thread jack but what about the front blinker bulbs? (drivers side)
how hard are they to replace?

[sergeA4]

shouldnt be that hard, the side markers are easy to pop of and just change it,
but i need my previous question answered cause i dont wanna go to a mechanic if i dont have to soooooo............anyone??

[Asharp27]

side markers.. it's in the headlight? lol

[FourRings80]

when i tested i thought it was the 2nd one from me, i tested all 4, but today i replaced that one along with the 1st one also, an after i did them, i checked all 4 and it was throwin spark on all 4 and made the clickin noise also, so it seemed fine?
could have i missed anything?

Kinda hard to find the culprit coilpack if It's not completely dead. Guessing playing musical coil pack and listening if the idle changed did not work. Do you have acess to vag-com? It will tell you on what cylinder the misfires are happening on. If I remember correctly, 95% of them time the coil pack on cylinder 3 is the first to fail...

Did you clear the CEL by unplugging the battery?

And when was the last time you changed the spark plugs? You could be experiencing spark plug blow out.

[sergeA4]

when im in front of the hood, i changed the one closest to me and the one above it, and that didnt help, i just changed the spark plugs couple weeks ago, i got the ngk idiriums, i didnt clear the code from the battery and i dont have access to a vag-com. So you think its the 3rd one from me then. maybe if the one i changed was ok i can check it by putting that one in the 3rd one.

[FourRings80]

when im in front of the hood, i changed the one closest to me and the one above it, and that didnt help, i just changed the spark plugs couple weeks ago, i got the ngk idiriums, i didnt clear the code from the battery and i dont have access to a vag-com. So you think its the 3rd one from me then. maybe if the one i changed was ok i can check it by putting that one in the 3rd one.

Not long ago me and a fellow AZiner replaced a bad coil pack (cylinder#3) and for some reason we could not make vag-com work on his car. So we unplugged the battery and the engine management fuse, waited a few minutes and reconnected the battery and problem solved.

[sergeA4]

Not long ago me and a fellow AZiner replaced a bad coil pack (cylinder#3) and for some reason we could not make vag-com work on his car. So we unplugged the battery and the engine management fuse, waited a few minutes and reconnected the battery and problem solved.

i sent you a PM

[cyclo]

cool thanks a lot guys,
i had a quick question about something else.....i had a problem on saturday night, which i thought was the coilpack. Basically after the car shifts gears and the rpms lower, after i try to accelerate it stutters, till i really press the pedal, so i bought 2 coil packs replaced them today after i tested them, check engine light was flashin for a bit and now after i replaced them the check engine light is still on, and also the car runs the same with the same problem, any idea what else that studdering could be, F***** killin me here, i dont know what it could be, i was convinced it was the coilpack, but i guess its not

OK, so I'm reading this thread about changing fog light bulbs and it morphs into coilpacks?
Guy, c'mon can we start a new thread for this?

[geoshu]

no to thread jack but what about the front blinker bulbs? (drivers side)
how hard are they to replace?

Too late on the thread-jacking, but just undcrew your headlight, pull it out just enough for you to reach around and pull out the clip holding in the side blinker.