Somewhere during proceedings I have picked up a dose of dirty fuel.... I'm currently having to change the fuel filter every 2k or less
Is the fuel tank a tricky job to remove?..... Anyone done it?
Was thinking of taking it off & swilling it out with petrol probably
Its a Tid.....
this might be a really stupid question but isnt the fuel filter meant to be changed on every major service anyway so in theory every 2 years? so should be a simple job
Dose it run like a drunk 3 legged donkey ,before you change the filter . or is there a change in the engine , and thats why you change the filter ? .
1) I've never had the tank out .
2) Ive never had dirty diesel . only petrol when I had one .
I'd also question if this was a dirty fuel problem too. I change my fuel filter about every 16 months or 10 to 12k miles. I'm wondering if this is an injector problem.......How many miles on your car now J.M?
Before changing the filter its awkward to start, & the performance is very poor
After a filter change all is well "It goes like a crazyman" Starts fine all good
Like I say after 2000 miles its back to driving a brick.
Looking at a used filter its jet black..... So its my presumption that there must be a loda loose "Stuff" in the tank that needs cleaning out
I have had to take the tank out of my 93 3 times to sort out a pump problem.
It is not diffucult, but time consuming, the worst part I found was emptying if first
Being incedibly idle ...... I grabbed a fuel filter assembley from a scrappers ....... & set about changing the filter every month ........ Four months later on & lots of dirty filters later, all is well ...... Umm, probably not the best & most "Vorsprung" Solution to the problem .... However It does seem to of solved the issue......
Well bless my soul...... Theres a few diesel providers around my local , in the deep soup for selling diesel bought from .... Err some gentlemen with heavy Irish accents, that had a few thousand litres going spare after a job!! ...... looks like thats where I picked up my dose of the grits from
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