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I've NEVER needed to change my fuel filter but now im running S/VO it must be done.
Am i right in thinking:
- buy new filter
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FUEL-FILTER-P ... 3372078b1b
- take old one out
- new one in & fill filter and housing with diesel
- put back together, done?
Apologies for the noob thread.
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Yes. And give it a good prime. Mine fired up no issues doing it like that.
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strictly_derv Wrote:Yes. And give it a good prime. Mine fired up no issues doing it like that.
yeh, forgot that.
swish ta mate - i'll leave this thread alive anyway, just for forum users in the future.
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tomw1123 Wrote:You dont need to fill it up because the diesel stays in there when you take the filter out... so old out new in tighten down then prime couples times all sorted 
technically it should be full of veg oil anywho
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tomw1123 Wrote:I should of said fuel instead of diesel 
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I'll top up the filter and prime to just be safe. nothing worse than getting an air block..
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Forgot to mention after I put the new filter in, I primed it with the cap off so it was brimming then put the cap on to reduce the amount of air inside.
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strictly_derv Wrote:Forgot to mention after I put the new filter in, I primed it with the cap off so it was brimming then put the cap on to reduce the amount of air inside.
Ah yeh! good point!
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yeah just make sure you put the filter in the right way Ginge, it's very much like an LDA pin, if you rotate it 90 degrees it flows 20% more fuel higher up the revs . . .approx 3.7k to 4.5 . . . . .
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Mattcheese31 Wrote:yeah just make sure you put the filter in the right way Ginge, it's very much like an LDA pin, if you rotate it 90 degrees it flows 20% more fuel higher up the revs . . .approx 3.7k to 4.5 . . . . .
:? :?
you are shitting me... :naughty:
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Cheeseneister is right
There is a small arrow on the filter and housingto line up :-)
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4WayDiablo Wrote:Cheeseneister is right
There is a small arrow on the filter and housingto line up :-)
thought everyone knew that . . . . . . . .well you gotta start somewhere i suppose . . . . .
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Swap her out and crank her up, sheel be reet, bit of priming helps.
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