TD4 Air filter housing

joe27979 · Jun 11, 2009

I chaps,

After buying car and the garage doing a service free of charge I decided to check under bonnet.
Coolant resevoir is 2" over max mark and rear two screws on air filter housing loose!

So decided to book it in for full service at a dealership on Monday for coolant, Hyd fluid, oil, filters change etc.

Checked under bonnet yesterday and blow me if the two rear cover screws for filter are still loose and coolant 2" over max!

I don't want to point finger but looks to me like they've done sod all!!!

Are the two screws usually a pain to get in? Even for a landy dealer?
Cheers

rustymark · Jun 11, 2009

yes the screws are a pain - i normally end up dropping the screw bit down the back of the engine where it drops and lands into the undertray - you then take that off to retrieve your tools!

it does sound like nothing has been done - take it back, ask them to show you the air cleaner element they have 'changed'!

joe27979 · Jun 11, 2009

Thanks for the reply Mark - update from Dealership this morning, they are sending a technician to my place of work to re-fit the air filter housing correctly. After deep discussions with the service manager and his technician I have been assured that the filters were changed and cooolant replaced.

will keep you posted,
Regards

Chaser · Jun 11, 2009

joe27979 said:
Thanks for the reply Mark - update from Dealership this morning, they are sending a technician to my place of work to re-fit the air filter housing correctly. After deep discussions with the service manager and his technician I have been assured that the filters were changed and cooolant replaced.

will keep you posted,
Regards

Stay with the technician while he removes the air filter cover and see if the filter is new!

freenelly · Jun 11, 2009

That is poor , it's only the rear left screw that is tricky to undo/tighten on the housing i usually start it of when reassembling with a short philips untill it bites then shove a long reach torx bit down there.

Stealers Who would have them.!!

willo · Jun 11, 2009

I attack that airfilter cover from the right hand side (left if you stand in front of the car) where the cooling water bottle is. I lean over the fender into the engineroom and with my left hand I go behind the engine to feel the kind of "fin" on the bottom part of the filter housing, then I push the cover in such way that it 'falls' behind the fin, from the outside towards the engine that is. That way I've found out, for myself, to be the easiest way to do it. With a bit of luck the whole cover then clicks into place. I screw all screws in with a long L-shaped Torx key with near to no problems at all. Of course the right hand corner screw I screw in from the batteryside, leaning over the ecu/fuse boxes.

DTO · Jun 11, 2009

Am I right in thinking the screws on the air filter box don't come out and you lift the top part of filter housing away with the screws in place ( once screws are undone ) , I use a screwdriver with a flexible extention and hex bit . Not a hard job really just lazyness on the part of the mechanic + what else has he not bothered doing ?

cerenko · Jun 11, 2009

HI
Everyting the garage has done is very easy to do yourself.
I service mine evey 6 months and it costs me about 70 pound and i know it is done
correctly, dont forget to ask them if they have changed your crank case breather filter, very important.
As said, get yourself some decent tools (50 pound) and do it yourself, dont let them rip you off, you are quite capable of doing it.

Good luck.

Chaser · Jun 12, 2009

cerenko said:
Everyting the garage has done is very easy to do yourself.

sounds like they may not have done all they claim. I'd never use them again!

joe27979 · Jun 12, 2009

cerenko said:
HI
Everyting the garage has done is very easy to do yourself.
I service mine evey 6 months and it costs me about 70 pound and i know it is done
correctly, dont forget to ask them if they have changed your crank case breather filter, very important.
As said, get yourself some decent tools (50 pound) and do it yourself, dont let them rip you off, you are quite capable of doing it.

Good luck.

I changed the breather myself before taking it in but as i brought it new i thought i would treat it to its first major service with a dealer, I can do most of the things they have done but couldnt put it on the diagnostic machine to do the (gizzmo checks) that they do.

Wont take it there again though - just nice to get a big dealer stamp in the service book.

Since they came and fitted it properly the car has developed a rather annoying vibrating plastic sound near the back of the instrument cluster!! ARRGGHHHH

Optimus Prime · Jun 12, 2009

when the technician comes, ask him to take the air filter out because you want to write the date on it. the you can a)write the date on it so you know next time and b) check if it is a new one.

good luck

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