Ian jones

Ian jones

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changed my oil and filter last week , while wiping the inside of the plastic filter holder/cover the plastic circle shown in photo fell out :eek: now in the past I had noticed a kink in the used filters , and to be honest just thought it was a freelander/LR quirk , however the circle is a seal retainer from an old filter that's come adrift (one at each end of the filter) that must of stuck to the holder and causing the crush/kink in the replacement filter when tightening the housing up , its just something else to look out for !
 

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that must of stuck to the holder and causing the crush/kink in the replacement filter when tightening the housing up , its just something else to look out for !
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cheers :) good to know these things
 
Would you not have noticed that when replacing the O-rings on the top part ? , Or was it in the bottom part ? I normally clean as much of the old oil out of there with an old cloth !
 
DTO said:
Would you not have noticed that when replacing the O-rings on the top part ? , Or was it in the bottom part ? I normally clean as much of the old oil out of there with an old cloth !
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this was in the top section and must have looked like part of the holder in the past , when it fell out this time I thought that's not happened before , I even tried to put it back in :eek: then the penny dropped , evans halshaw did two oil changes and they were none the wiser still the kink , I change my oil and filter every 6 months and that bit has been there before I got the car !
 
I used genuine LR or mann or mahle oil filters , Never had one fall apart like that and last thing you want is bits of paper filter blocking engine oil ways :eek:
 
DTO said:
I used genuine LR or mann or mahle oil filters , Never had one fall apart like that and last thing you want is bits of paper filter blocking engine oil ways :eek:
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I also have used LR , double the price of mahle that I now use , I did try to remove the seal retainers from the used filter in the photo , but they broke , so putting it down to a one off filter fault , could of been worse if the faulty end was put in the bottom of the housing , the main bodies of the filters have been intact !
 
Funny because our BMW 320d (same engine) has never had this problem and i always use the same filters bought off the internet........
 
Do push the new filtet into the plastic housing 1st or do you push it into the engine part 1st then screw it in.......
 
I’m a cap 1st man as I can feel it click into place......Sometimes it does not, so I flip the filter around and try again..... Some filters are harder to fit into the cap than others.....or maybe they go in a certain way.......Just my observations
 
jedi said:
Do push the new filtet into the plastic housing 1st or do you push it into the engine part 1st then screw it in.......
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Tried both ways , as you know theres a knack to get the top plastic holder past the radiator hose with the filter in !
 
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