Advice on changing the fuel filter

I'm trying to change the fuel filter but the housing shown in My Hains manual is slightly different to the one in my 200tdi.

The picture shows what I have. How do I change this without fuel leaking all over the place (which is what happens if I simply unscrew the filter)

Thanks for your help.

Unscrew filter, tip diesel from old filter into new, screw new filter on and start the engine. DO NOT touch the throttle pedal until engine is running in all four cylinders. The only diesel that will leak is the small ammount from the filter housing as you remove the filter

landy10 said:

Unscrew filter, tip diesel from old filter into new, screw new filter on and start the engine. DO NOT touch the throttle pedal until engine is running in all four cylinders. The only diesel that will leak is the small ammount from the filter housing as you remove the filter

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gotta learn some how!!

thanks for the advice

No problem jonnyboy thats wot we are here for

just before startin' the engine, ah usually undo the bleed screw on top of the filter housin' and give the lever on the fuel lift pump a couple of erm...pumps just to get rid of any excess air then tighten the bleed screw back down when it's just diesel comin' out

I wouldn't tip the fuel over, all the dirt will come with it.

discomania said:

I wouldn't tip the fuel over, all the dirt will come with it.

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I agree all the ****e will come out, in actual fact be carefull what you fill the filter with coz you bypass the filter by pouring it in that way and if yer container or fuel is contaminated it goes straight to the injector pump.

But I agree fill it with sumut but make sure it's all clean, or else.

discomania said:

I wouldn't tip the fuel over, all the dirt will come with it.

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Phewww!!! Thank feck ah hand pump the fuel through from the fuel lift pump

The dirt dunt come over wit doosel, least it never has done wi me yet and bin doin it that way for years and still see it happenin wi most techs I know from tractors to those over priced over rated and over here german machines technicians (computer monkeys) to give em the proper name

landy10 said:

The dirt dunt come over wit doosel, least it never has done wi me yet and bin doin it that way for years and still see it happenin wi most techs I know from tractors to those over priced over rated and over here german machines technicians (computer monkeys) to give em the proper name

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It's probably the worst practice I've ever seen, and I can asure you it does. Your filter has a drain at the bottom to release all the ****e that collects there, the top of the filter has two openings fuel in and fuel out, when you turn it upside down the fuel in side where all the crap is stored becomes a fuel out, right into yer new filter wif all the crap.

The indicator on a vehicle fuel filter not being changed at the proper service times is ****e all around the top of the filter, but although it never gets to the injection pump it eventually shuts the vehicle down. A used filter will store on average about an inch of water and ****e in the bottom.

And I have changed trillions of the bastids.

david451 said:

It's probably the worst practice I've ever seen, and I can asure you it does. Your filter has a drain at the bottom to release all the ****e that collects there, the top of the filter has two openings fuel in and fuel out, when you turn it upside down the fuel in side where all the crap is stored becomes a fuel out, right into yer new filter wif all the crap.

The indicator on a vehicle fuel filter not being changed at the proper service times is ****e all around the top of the filter, but although it never gets to the injection pump it eventually shuts the vehicle down. A used filter will store on average about an inch of water and ****e in the bottom.

And I have changed trillions of the bastids.

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Oh and fookal use wif a pooter but have a box full of hammers and an egspert wif the burner.

when I change mine (200TDi) I just screw the new one on empty - it takes a couple of seconds to start the first time, but I've never had a problem.

This confused me quite a bit. I've got a 300tdi and I get told to "change it empty, pump the fuel in through manually" and then older more bitter people tell me to "stop being a nonce, fill the new filter full of diesel and screw it back on, job done"

Which way is best then?!

Kennymac said:

This confused me quite a bit. I've got a 300tdi and I get told to "change it empty, pump the fuel in through manually" and then older more bitter people tell me to "stop being a nonce, fill the new filter full of diesel and screw it back on, job done"

Which way is best then?!

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Stop being a nonce seems sound advice

Kennymac said:

This confused me quite a bit. I've got a 300tdi and I get told to "change it empty, pump the fuel in through manually" and then older more bitter people tell me to "stop being a nonce, fill the new filter full of diesel and screw it back on, job done"

Which way is best then?!

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Both are good, un am a old bastid but not bitter, yer mint "better" didnt yer, spellin mistook

But hardly confoosin, if yer confoosed wif that then how yer get ome at night must get fookin lost everywheer.