Warning to all TD5 owners !!

I cocked up !!!! So I don't want others to make the same mistake as me.

Simple job changing a fuel filter isn't it, no trouble at all??

Well, if you make the mistake I did, you end up losing 30-40 ltrs of diesel - DEEP JOY.

I changed the fuel filter on my Disco TD5 yesterday, did the bleed sequence 'til the pump stopped, fired her up just to make sure then went inside.

This morning, she was reluctant to start but eventually did, so off we went on our journey. I noticed the fuel gauge was a little lower than I thought, getting lower by the minute, so I stopped.

Now you all know the TD5 has a high pressure pump? well there was fuel pîssing out at high pressure all around the filter. Stopped the engine, screwed it in a bit further and tried again, still no good.

Just managed to get home before we ran out of fuel, in the rain.

I've had a quick look and guess what, there was the larger of the two rubber seals FROM THE OLD FILTER, still in place. So as I screwed the new one in, it deformed the old one consequently no seal.

Now before you all call me a daft gît, I did check (but obviously not enough!!) and found the small seal from the old filter still in place before I put the new one on, but I didn't notice the large one.

This côck-up has cost me about 40 euros in fuel, a nice lunch at my favourite restaurant and a loss of face, so I don't want the same to happen to anyone else, 'cos you feel such a côck

hahaha I'm not laughing hehehe onist :bolt:

redhand said:

hahaha I'm not laughing hehehe onist :bolt:

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Go right ahead mate, I deserve it :doh::doh:

thebiglad said:

Go right ahead mate, I deserve it :doh::doh:

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I know how you feel when I'd first bought me old 110. A mate up in the quarry near me house offered to fill the tank with diesel for £20. So heads up there and gets tank filled up. Half way ome and the fuel gauge was slowly dropping till it got to 1/4 tank gauge is fooked thinks I.

Arrived home and got out of car and see's a long trail of diesel spilt behind me. looks under 110 and tank is covered in diesel. Fooking tank had an hole in it and all the diesel I'd just bought had ****ed straight back pout on the road :doh:

You really know what I mine - unfortunately.

I've just been to put some more go-juice in and it's helped me understand a couple of things:

1. I lost about 50euros worth of juice

2. She was absolutely empty and I put in 15ltrs and the yellow low-fuel warning light stayed on.

Re the myth about pressing the accelerator 6 times as part of the purge procedure, I don't know where this comes from, but it's not from the handbook.

Re dealing with an empty tank, Handbook page 96:
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1.Turn the starter switch off and wait for 15 seconds;

2. Turn the starter key to pos II and wait for 30 secs;

3. Repeat steps 1 & 2 six times;

4. After the final 30 sec period, fully depress the accelerator pedal;

5. Keeping the pedal depressed, start cranking the engine;

6. Continue cranking the engine and as soon as the engine is firing smoothly, ease the accelerator back to halfway through its travel and release the starter key.The engine should now be running"

Remember this procedure should be applied when you have run out of fuel only, this is not required when you just swap a fuel filter.

haha easy done try it with an oil filter makes a mess

We've all done it with an oil filter - don't laugh too soon!

try the oil filler cap!!! covered the engine bay of my old renault 19 16v. noticed smoke coming from under the bonnet, checked, found cap on inner wing!

and for the best bit................took it to petrol station, pressure washed the engine, nice clean engine bay. drove it down the road.....missfire - smoke out the back. stoped, even more smoke every where. phoned fire brigade. turned out the water from the pressure wash had filled the spark plug holes, caused a missfire, over heated the cat, mealted the underseal and was so hot it burnt a hole in the firemans protective gloves!!!!

Bloody funny you say that Big Lad, I changed mine last week, and when I put the new filter back on I thought it was hard to screw up tight. So I backed it off to find that the small inner rubber washer from the old filter was still on the filter housing.

" Learning all the time " !.

Del.

thebiglad said:

I cocked up !!!! So I don't want others to make the same mistake as me.

Simple job changing a fuel filter isn't it, no trouble at all??

Well, if you make the mistake I did, you end up losing 30-40 ltrs of diesel - DEEP JOY.

I changed the fuel filter on my Disco TD5 yesterday, did the bleed sequence 'til the pump stopped, fired her up just to make sure then went inside.

This morning, she was reluctant to start but eventually did, so off we went on our journey. I noticed the fuel gauge was a little lower than I thought, getting lower by the minute, so I stopped.

Now you all know the TD5 has a high pressure pump? well there was fuel pîssing out at high pressure all around the filter. Stopped the engine, screwed it in a bit further and tried again, still no good.

Just managed to get home before we ran out of fuel, in the rain.

I've had a quick look and guess what, there was the larger of the two rubber seals FROM THE OLD FILTER, still in place. So as I screwed the new one in, it deformed the old one consequently no seal.

Now before you all call me a daft gît, I did check (but obviously not enough!!) and found the small seal from the old filter still in place before I put the new one on, but I didn't notice the large one.

This côck-up has cost me about 40 euros in fuel, a nice lunch at my favourite restaurant and a loss of face, so I don't want the same to happen to anyone else, 'cos you feel such a côck

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LOL
not laughin at you-its exactly the sort of thing i'd do!!!!!
Classic!