what have you done to your car today ?

[iammooks]

Changed diesel fuel filter last week, as the last one (china) was letting in plenty of air.
Fitted a new/old stock one, (UK made), and no more bubbles. Watch the lovely clear fuel with no bubbles. Joy.
Fuel consumption improved 5 mpg. (as bubbles compress & delay the injectors from popping.)

Filled up with fresh tank of diesel (Shell, Trago Mills, Liverton)
fuel consumption took a turn for the worse.
Today I open bonnet, fuel looks like banana milkshake.
Drained the new fuel filter, Its full of water.
For crying out loud.

Could be the garage - I hate the person who runs Trago Mills with a passion and it wouldn't surprise me if they were cutting corners on the fuel side of things.

It could also just be the remnants of air and water from the old filter being dragged kicking and screaming from the engine.

Can you open the drain cap on the bottom of the filter?


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[smutts]

I changed the filter two days before filling up. No banana milkshake. teaspoon of water in old filter.
I bought a tank of fuel two days later, Banana milkshake, with tablespoons of water drained out of the new filter.
The tank's locked, so no one has pissed in the tank.

Occam's Razor says crappy water contaminated fuel.

In defense of Trago Shell, I've bought most of my fuel there for years, and draining the fuel filters had always been a waste of effort, a teaspoon water in 10,000 miles tops.

Anybody with a common rail engine, who bought fuel at shell liverton trago, pump 16, lunchtime weds 10th march?
You might have had a very bad afternoon. Those common rail pumps hate water & cost fortunes to replace.

Older technology a win in this case. Phew.

 

[Battoussai]

Changed diesel fuel filter last week, as the last one (china) was letting in plenty of air.
Fitted a new/old stock one, (UK made), and no more bubbles. Watch the lovely clear fuel with no bubbles. Joy.
Fuel consumption improved 5 mpg. (as bubbles compress & delay the injectors from popping.)

Filled up with fresh tank of diesel (Shell, Trago Mills, Liverton)
fuel consumption took a turn for the worse.
Today I open bonnet, fuel looks like banana milkshake.
Drained the new fuel filter, Its full of water.
For crying out loud.

Sorry for the question but did you filled the diesel filter with diesel before attached to the lines?

 

[Gokiwi64]

What are the odds - On the way to work yesterday punctured near side rear - no biggie these are chenshen ditchfinder 27#'s and are about 3 years old. Got two nice shiney asymetric 2's fitted (to match the fronts finally) on the way to work this morning punctured offside rear.......

 

[smutts]

Sorry for the question but did you filled the diesel filter with diesel before attached to the lines?

Yup.
I cheat by leaving the return line to the tank for last, push a short length of clear vinyl hose on the return barb of the filter & sucking the fuel up into the filter & pump, then quickly swap over and connect the return line.
DO NOT DO THIS, as breathing diesel into your lungs is a great way to get lung damage.
But as I grew up in the 1970's, concepts of acceptable risk may vary. The following youtube link would be an example of this.

GMP Motorway Group 1979

 

[smutts]

What are the odds - On the way to work yesterday punctured near side rear - no biggie these are chenshen ditchfinder 27#'s and are about 3 years old. Got two nice shiney asymetric 2's fitted (to match the fronts finally) on the way to work this morning punctured offside rear.......

I've been using Goodyear's Efficient Grip Performance (wow what a snappy name, not!). Quiet, grippy, last so so long, but very prone to weird punctures. Favorite are stones shoved right through the tread belts. Sidewalls pop if a horsefly lands on them. Nerg the Nail is alive and well (Paul Sample's Ogri cartoon)

 

[Yellow fr]

Yup.
I cheat by leaving the return line to the tank for last, push a short length of clear vinyl hose on the return barb of the filter & sucking the fuel up into the filter & pump, then quickly swap over and connect the return line.
DO NOT DO THIS, as breathing diesel into your lungs is a great way to get lung damage.
But as I grew up in the 1970's, concepts of acceptable risk may vary. The following youtube link would be an example of this.

GMP Motorway Group 1979

Just change it and then turn ign on and off till the pump stops pumping the fuel or I think it’s 5 times on and off


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[Scotty_b]

Finally had enough of this
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So now it looks like this

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Forgot to ask but what’s the texture platters like on the outer plastic? I seem to remember the Audi being slightly different?

I’ve got a bid on a 2003 A3 black glove box but not sure it will match correctly?


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[Thai-wronghorse]

Forgot to ask but what’s the texture platters like on the outer plastic? I seem to remember the Audi being slightly different?

I’ve got a bid on a 2003 A3 black glove box but not sure it will match correctly?


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Correct, it is slightly different in texture. It's something I toyed with ages ago but couldn't be arsed with in the end.
You can overcome the difference by transplanting the fascia panel across though with a bit of butchery.

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[Scotty_b]

Correct, it is slightly different in texture. It's something I toyed with ages ago but couldn't be arsed with in the end.
You can overcome the difference by transplanting the fascia panel across though with a bit of butchery.

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Thought that would be the case. The door I can swap but the lower wouldn’t match then so would need to rip the internals out swap over. Think my Dremel days are behind me with this car...


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[smutts]

Just change it and then turn ign on and off till the pump stops pumping the fuel or I think it’s 5 times on and off


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Mine is pre PD, so no pump in the tank.

 

[Thai-wronghorse]

Thought that would be the case. The door I can swap but the lower wouldn’t match then so would need to rip the internals out swap over. Think my Dremel days are behind me with this car...


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The door doesn't really come off as such, you need to separate the face panel from the internal one.
I played around with a spare I had, it's doable but a bit faffy and you'd need to bond the Leon one back on absolutely bang on or it'd look shite.

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[Battoussai]

Mine is pre PD, so no pump in the tank.

I remember last time I changed the diesel filter (for BOSCH as I usually do) I had to crank the ignition at least 10-15 times before the fuel get thought and the car started. I was getting nervous.

 

[Yellow fr]

Mine is pre PD, so no pump in the tank.

In that case just hold the filter in the housing and fill with some diesel and then lift it up and pop it on the top off the filter housing and then put in place and tighten up fire the car up amd just give it a little Rev for a few mins and leave it running for at least five minutes


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[smutts]

In that case just hold the filter in the housing and fill with some diesel and then lift it up and pop it on the top off the filter housing and then put in place and tighten up fire the car up amd just give it a little Rev for a few mins and leave it running for at least five minutes


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Mine is pre PD, so the filter cant be disassembled.

 

[Rich.T]

Driven it and put fuel in it for next week.
Got a rear door catch to fit but going to leave that for another day/week.
Just enjoying driving it at the moment

 

[Dazzalcr]

Well just come across this lcr on you tube, he's slapped 20k into his beast seems like a nice lad but think ill keep mine at stage 2 lol. Good too see a mk1 on the tube.

 

[Rich.T]

Yeh, id kill myself in that.

 

[smutts]

Yeh, id kill myself in that.

I still have nightmares from my dad driving me in his Cupra R, with half that horsepower.

 

[Dazzalcr]

Yeah I know, was quick when it got the power down but struggled with the 0-60 would have been nice to see what it could do, but so much cash past a stage 2 to get that power.