john-wingnut
Active Member
Serviced my car on Sunday, including fuel filter.........
Drove around fine on Sunday and started fine this morning. Drove to town. All good.
I then drove to Shell for fill up with diesel. Filled car up and went to go but car wouldn't start.
At first Im thinking 'have I put petrol in', checked receipt was deffo diesel.
Got out of car and walked around to fuel filter side, to find a reasonable size puddle of diesel under where the fuel filter is.
Got back in and cranked it over until it started (primed air out etc) and drove home.
On inspection diesel was literally leaking out from where the drain plug is on the filter housing.
Removed the drain plug to find the top part was no longer attached, as in drain plug in two parts :S
What caused it to break?? As I drove around for a day without any problems or leaks at all??? I used OE filter and replaced seals etc.
Now I cant use my car until I purchase a new filter housing which is £60 as drain plug is not sold separately - or is it, I couldn't find it in ETKA.
Really P***ed off as something like that should not happen.
Drove around fine on Sunday and started fine this morning. Drove to town. All good.
I then drove to Shell for fill up with diesel. Filled car up and went to go but car wouldn't start.
At first Im thinking 'have I put petrol in', checked receipt was deffo diesel.
Got out of car and walked around to fuel filter side, to find a reasonable size puddle of diesel under where the fuel filter is.
Got back in and cranked it over until it started (primed air out etc) and drove home.
On inspection diesel was literally leaking out from where the drain plug is on the filter housing.
Removed the drain plug to find the top part was no longer attached, as in drain plug in two parts :S
What caused it to break?? As I drove around for a day without any problems or leaks at all??? I used OE filter and replaced seals etc.
Now I cant use my car until I purchase a new filter housing which is £60 as drain plug is not sold separately - or is it, I couldn't find it in ETKA.
Really P***ed off as something like that should not happen.