Broke down again...

[Bailes1992]

The siemens housing is abit better than the Bosch housing.
The siemens housing has a seperate centre which allows you to turn the outer edge to undo it without moving the middle/pipes.


So god knows how mine snapped!

[OdinEidolon]

Even better: you can buy the Siemens housing by separate parts, with the bosch you have to buy the whole box and that's 80+£!

[FarmerPug]

That diagram is the same as the housing on my car, and it has the bosch ecu.

[Bailes1992]

That diagram is the same as the housing on my car, and it has the bosch ecu.

You sure?
There is 3 listed and only 1 listed for the Siemens ECU.

[lozz]

ithink most of the later 406s have that housing,
the xsara had that same housing too

[Bailes1992]

And I convinced myself that these would be like rocking horse sh*t and probably not worth looking in the scrappy

[lozz]

And I convinced myself that these would be like rocking horse sh*t and probably not worth looking in the scrappy

you never know till you have alook or ring round

[plod]

I had issues with mine last year, and decided that it wasn't worth sitting on the motorway for, and spent £54 from GSF for the one for mine

[OdinEidolon]

Take care:
Siemens ECU does not mean Mahle housing and Bosch does not mean Bosch housing.

The ECU and the fuel filter are not connected. The one shown in the picture above is the more recent housing, from Mahle, starting from 9002 build code cars.
<9001 cars have the Bosch housing. This is valid for the 2.2HDi but similar stuff can be obtained from SB for the other models.

[FarmerPug]

A mhale filter went into my car, and the diagram is identical to the filter, I've looked in the video to check they are the same.
But i do remember someone on here needed the fuel filter housing off the old 406 i broke, it had a different setup, to open it required a socket in the middle it wasn't as good, and i believe prone to sticking shut.

[Doggy]

Agree with that - my 99(T) Xsara had the design with the hexagon-shaped bit in the middle, which couldn't be undone after I let some gorilla change the filter. (it was fine the first time when I did it meself).

Dogmobile's got the Mahle job as the pics, (9471 FWIW).

[steve_earwig]

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=15070&p=144084&hilit=+Mahle#p144084

[OdinEidolon]

Bah, after this discussion I'm off to buy a Bosch filter housing from Ade for 20£ and keep the top in my car just in case!

[FarmerPug]

About them fuel lines, how are they removed, trying to pry off the coloured clips that hold them in place seems impossible is there a special tool required?

[Bailes1992]

Just push the white things and they pop off.