Filter changes

[dext924]

Time to do the first service on the Bongo, just needed a few pointers please on the fuel filter

Do I need to clamp anything off before taking the filter off, can I expect any leakage or will I empty they tank!

Happy with the air filter, already done, and oil, when I can get a tray that will fit under ,
Just a bit unsure on the fuel filter procedure

Thanks

[daveblueozzie]

Fuel filter is simple, unplug the loom first, then unscrew the filter, be careful obviously its full of diesel,take the loom of the old filter and screw back onto the new filter.
If you can fill the new filter with injector cleaning fluid and top up the filter with diesel and replace.

[mikeonb4c]

Can be tight t oremove though so you might need one of those band spanner things (can't remember what their proper name is but they strap around filters and things so you can undo them).

Strap wrench?

[321Away]

in my experience, best way to do fuel filter is to unplug the sensor wire (by first of all pushing it upwards so it comes away from body mount) then press and unplug the connector, then unscrew the whole thing with the sensor still in the filter, then once out, flip ip upside down into a container to catch the contents, then remove the sensor and screw into the new unit, saves on spillage. For the oil filter i always put an old ice cream container on the tray,cos once you start to unscrew the oil filter you get spillage due to the filter being mounted horizontally,so the tub catches most of it.

Yep its a strap wrench mike. that or some REALLY big grips!

julian

[Triple/R]

Don't know whether i'm reading this right but if refering to changing engine oil & need container to catch oil,i use an old washing up bowl.

[mikeonb4c]

Don't know whether i'm reading this right but if refering to changing engine oil & need container to catch oil,i use an old washing up bowl.

Me too, but I'm reckoning ice creams tub are free and plentiful and easier since they can more easily be placed in the space. The proviso then is it needs to be accurately positioned to catch the drips (fine once you know where that position is! But I like the washing up bowl, as you can just drop the filter into it, rather than trying to fish the filter out from above the engine (not even sure there is enough space to do that anyway) and risking more oil spillage within the engine bay.

My, but nobody can say we don't discuss everything Bongo down to the finest detail on here

[321Away]

Not to catch the engine oil!! just whats spilled from the filter once its unscrewed!! for the engine, use a bucket or a catch pan!! and let then engine cool down a bit or you get to experience why they used boiling oil to defend the castle walls lol

Julian

[dext924]

Well guys, the oil change was a success An old washing up bowl did the trick and filter changed with relative ease. just over 6 lts of semi synthetic put back in ready for summer running. Air filter was easy, all fluids checked and topped.

Fuel Filter
I think Garth put that bloody thing on! So it will have to wait till the weekend till I can get a wrench type thing to get it off.
Thanks for the tips though, now I know how to tackle it best.

Just as a point to note, does anyone else notice that a bit of steering fluid is used? Doing my checks, I noticed the res was getting low, so had to put a bit in it. Anything to worry about there??

[dave_aber]

Make sure you're unscrewing the fuel filter, not tightening it - as it's screwed on from below it's an easy mistake to make and turn it the wrong way......

[wonkanoby]

Not a bad idea to chuck in some power steering stop leak

i believe wynns or some thing like thats the make

[mikeonb4c]

Not to catch the engine oil!! just whats spilled from the filter once its unscrewed!! for the engine, use a bucket or a catch pan!! and let then engine cool down a bit or you get to experience why they used boiling oil to defend the castle walls lol

Julian

Gosh - never occurred to me that anyone would do anything so mucky as to drain engine oil into a washing up bowl (from which it may slop as you try to ease it out from underneath the car, before your use a years supply of newspapers, rags, or whatever to wipe the oil dregs out of the washing up bowl and then sneaking it back into the kitchen before the wife discovers what it's been used for).

I use a Pela pump meself, and my sump plug is seized on. Well, what's a chap to do when's he's dressed to go out for dinner, wearing his best bib and tucker, and needs to kill time while waiting for his lady to finish doing her make-up. Why, do an oil change on the Bongo of course

[321Away]

Just as a point to note, does anyone else notice that a bit of steering fluid is used? Doing my checks, I noticed the res was getting low, so had to put a bit in it. Anything to worry about there??

Lift the bonnet and take a look at the top of the steering rack, where the column/universal joint meet, thast the usual place if there's any seepage, or run your hand along the undeside of the pipe that runs from the steering pump, just under the resevoir, sometimes they become a bit porous and allow the fluid to sweat through it.
Julian

[maxi_77]

The best way to get the oil out is with a vacum pump like the pela ones. No mess, no crawling under the car and getting hot oil over yourself.