fuel filter

ccrobins · Post by **ccrobins** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:51 pm

is there a nack to getting it off as i cant budge mine and i cant see how you can get a strap around it to remove it

any ideas appreciated !

did oil and air in 10 mins then spent an hour swearing underneath my bongo !

dandywarhol · Post by **dandywarhol** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:51 pm

It's a shame qualified mechanics are paid so litle for sweating too................

ccrobins · Post by **ccrobins** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:41 pm

another hour spent today swearing at this thing and it finally came off - i just couldnt get the strap round well enough from underneath so i too the two bolt out of the black plastic tray underneath so i could get a better angle on it - reckon it had been superglued on - anyway done now ! would have been impossible by hand.

by the way the new filter supplied by BF is a little shorter than the one i replaced - not an issue i know but i was wondreing if it would be the one from japan ? its about an inch longer and gold in colour - my bongo has been in uk for 3 years so i am thinking the filter has never been changed ?

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:24 pm

I remember mine being an awkward cuss when I changed it, though it yielded eventually. Glad its sorted.

missfixit70 · Post by **missfixit70** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:12 pm

Have yet to do mine - at least I know to expect a fight, glad you got it sorted

ccrobins · Post by **ccrobins** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:41 am

any problemsor advice how to go about it quicker than i managed ut let me know ! another lesson learnt !

definitely get yourself a strap though

missfixit70 · Post by **missfixit70** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:54 am

Got a chain wrench for when it needs doing, hopefully that'll do the job when it comes to it.

brorabongo · Post by **brorabongo** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:05 am

Mine was very stiff.....(Did I just say that) and ended up using a strap, just to start her off.... ( Oh no, it's getting worse

)

I thought mine once removed was the original filter. The filter body was corroded and could not make out any writing on it.

Easy enough job though.

dipstick · Post by **dipstick** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:20 am

Remove any air pipes that are in the way, now remove the inlet and outlet fuel pipes from the filter, remove the two bolts retaining the filter body to the bracket, remove filter assembly. Now fasten back onto bracket upside down so filter is sticking upwards, now you can remove any wires and get a strap round the old filter bowl, use two hands, pierce it with a screwdriver or whatever you decide to do to get the filter off.

After fitting the new filter bowl then re-assembly is simply a reverse of the dismantling as the Haynes manual would say.

No more than 20 - 30 mins at most I would say.

dandywarhol · Post by **dandywarhol** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:49 pm

.................and when you refit it pour a can of injector cleaner in - it'll bleed easier and give the injectors a good seeing to................

ccrobins · Post by **ccrobins** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:36 pm

now you tell me !! next time i will

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