Changing TD4 fuel filter (later type)

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Pepe after reading your thred on changing the td4 fuel filter i decided to have a go at mine. Being 5 years old and due for replacement, and i have to agree with Norbet it's a terd of a job! One of the 10mm bolts had seized solid, then whilst removing the earth wire from the filter the terminal sheared. So this ment making a replacement earth strip. Any way i cracked on and finished the job. And as mentioned whoever designed the tray and location of it, wants a poke in the eye it would have been better placed inside the car. Thanks for the advice which enabled me to attempt the job in the first place. I.J
 
Ian jones said:
Pepe after reading your thred on changing the td4 fuel filter i decided to have a go at mine. Being 5 years old and due for replacement, and i have to agree with Norbet it's a terd of a job! One of the 10mm bolts had seized solid, then whilst removing the earth wire from the filter the terminal sheared. So this ment making a replacement earth strip. Any way i cracked on and finished the job. And as mentioned whoever designed the tray and location of it, wants a poke in the eye it would have been better placed inside the car. Thanks for the advice which enabled me to attempt the job in the first place. I.J
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and yet some would have us believe it can be done in under 20 mins....:hysterically_laughi:D:D
 
I spent the best part of an afternoon on it and could not drop it down enough to get at and remove the fuel pipes, mounting bolts were seized and the rivets that held one of the mounting brackets on had corroded off, by the time I got that lot sorted it started getting dark so I gave up and put it back for another day!:mad:
dreadful design.
 
The earth connection is there to discharge any build up of static from the filter body which is otherwise electrically isolated from the vehicle by its plastic housing and pipe connections. This prevents a spark being generated in a fire sensitive area.
Any corresponding build up of static in the fuel will be disippated as soon as it reaches the engine, may be before then if it passes through metal pipes. (Dont know if the fuel lines are / are not plastic)
 
It took me 20 mins to jack the car up and remove the wheel! And after replacing the corroded 10 mm bolts I then put plenty of grease on them also around the filter earth terminal. So the next time that I have to remove the tray it should be a lot quicker but not 20 mins!
 
When you say later type I'm assuming this would also refer to a 56 plate as the fuel filter is not where I thought it should be in the engine bay?
 
Mine needing doing (62k '05) but I didn't fancy doing it so I got my local independant garage to do it, he has just started out and used to work at a LR dealer and is a 'Master Tech', took him 30 mins (I know coz I waited whilst he did it) and charged me £20 labour - result!
He was telling me that LR allow 12 minutes for the job - insane.
 
Just a quick note to say thanks to Pep and everyone who has added to his notes as last weekend I replaced my td4 2004 fuel pump and filter and the job was a lot less painfull thanks to this !

Many thanks everyone.

Btw - the job start to finish took me 3 hours (inc 45 minute trip to spares shop)
 
Did mine today, took about 15 minutes. Was amazed at the difference it makes, my TD4 runs so much smoother now. Just waiting for my K&N air filter to turn up now. :)
 
Got the joy of undertaking this task later this week when the parts arrive. It will be interesting to see how long it takes given the wide ranging times listed.
 
AllanI said:
Changed the fuel filter today using Pepe's tips with a few amendments. The electrical connector was a pig to disconnect and I ended up with the retainer clip snapped. I don't think this will matter. The earth wire broke as it was removed. When the assembly was on the the bench some further dismantling of the plastic tray was possible (see pics) so as to be able to knock the filter out of it's mounting tube, it was a tight fit. There is a lot of fuel in the various components and I think it would have been better to have emptied the sedimentor at the start. There is also a lot of dirt on the tray and this needs cleaning up to keep it out of the assembly connections. There is a strange spring cliup in the plastic tube for the filter which I cannot figure out its purpose. Hope the photos help with the explanation, the first one shows the unit as removed looking from the rh side of the vehicle, the second show the further dismantling of the plastic tray and the filter is partway out of the housing. The replacement filter I purchased was branded Mahle and this the same manufacturer of the Land Rover badged item that was fitted. For a service item this is a very poor location.
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Hi I was changing the pump again and broke one of the blue pipe connectors does any one know if this is an available part or can you buy these connectors and pipe and make up your own?
 
cold comfort farm said:
Hi all, Just spent over an hour trying to change my fuel filter on my TD4 04 plate. I removed the 2 10mm bolts and the plastic end cover with ease. What I cant seem to do is drop the filter any further than the suspension bar which goes to the wheel. I can get to the top clip but not the bottom one. I gave up as something would soon have broke if i had carried on. Is there any oter inline filters that I shold look for or is that it.

Help please!!
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Hi mate,
In your post you said " plastic end cover".
I'm looking for a part number for that. Are you able to help?
Thanks
Baz
 
stormin said:
Being my first post I'm running the risk of offending many but here goes; Having read this thread it would seem that you are all afraid of simple mundain jobs?

My 53 plate freelander (60k) has been suffering an intermediate loss of power and today it just refused to start at all. I was heading in the direction of the fuel pump / filter anyway but just popped over to see if the freelander had a history in this particular area.

As an ex-Jaguar engineer i'm used to daft design ideas so in this respect i know no fear when it comes to these things:croc:unlike some :eek: A thing that was made can be repaired, c'mon it's only a landie, how hard can it be?

Ok, this earth wire issue that some of you are wondering about. An educated guess would suggest that it may well be there to discharge surplus build up of static electricity to prevent damage to the expensive items further down the line. The static would be generated by the fuel as it journies through the rubber / plastic components of the pump & filter. I would probably not ignore this missing lead and re-connect the earth before having to replace an expensive set of injectors :doh: after all, it's only a teeny weeny little wire.

Anywho, its off to the filter shop tomorrow and then on Saturday i will show the little Landie who's the BOSS
:fighting2: No mercy!

All that those that have gone before with this filter thing and are mumbling along the lines of, jumped up..., what does he know, wait until you...

I have but one thing to say, I hope that my theory on the earth connector proves to be true and a filter will never defeat me, i'm much more stubborn than a landrover could ever be :D
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