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Fuel Filter Top Removal??
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:42 pm
by paulm
Tried removing the top on my fuel filter housing [110 hdi],couldn't budge it at all,any tips on getting it off so i can change my fuel filter? Theres nowhere to put a spanner on it to aid removal so i presume you should be able to twist it off?
Ta Paul
Re: Fuel Filter Top Removal??
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:46 pm
by jasper5
Take the housing off completely and put it gently in a vice ...don't tighten jaws....get a large set of water pump pliers and twist it off using those.....unscrew it .
Otherwise use an oil filter chain or belt wrench.
Watch the pipes....
Re: Fuel Filter Top Removal??
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:49 pm
by steve_earwig
Hold on, is this a Bosch or a Mahle?
Re: Fuel Filter Top Removal??
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:55 pm
by jasper5
Sounds like the Mahle if there isn't a nut on top ....the Bosch has a nut.
Re: Fuel Filter Top Removal??
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:14 pm
by steve_earwig
Fairy nuff
I used a filter strap wrench to get mine apart.
Re: Fuel Filter Top Removal??
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:19 pm
by jasper5
steve_earwig wrote:Fairy nuff
I used a filter strap wrench to get mine apart.
Strap wrench is what I meant to say
Re: Fuel Filter Top Removal??
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:28 pm
by paulm
Cheers guys i'll give it a go
Paul