CMB430
Veteran Member
How I spent my weekend: http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=308001
Today, was another story. This morning it started off great. I did my running around and on the way home I got caught at a red light. When it turned green I started to go and my ESL kicked it! There is NO ice on the road today...it is in the high 40's. I look in my mirror and see a puddle and my drive wheel is not grabbing. I pull off the first chance I get and turn off the car. I pop the hood and there is diesel EVERYWHERE and it ran down the RF tire and all over the place. I call AAA and have it towed to my house. I find that it is the filter housing. I pull the top off and see that the green gasket looks like it did not seat properly. I pull a new one out of the box and install it...checking the torque specs (44 in-lb IIRC) and set it in place. I washed the diesel off of everything and used brake cleaner on the RF to make sure all the fuel was off.
I decide to go get fuel and make sure all is well. The car had been idling for over 40 min at this point, just to make sure the leak did not come back and to dry off all the water. I go get fuel and decide to wash it...so I am in line at the car wash. I see smoke start to come out from under the hood! I shut off the car and get out...it is diesel again. I move out of line and pull into the parking lot. AAA will not pay for this tow unless I take it to a repair shop because it is the same problem. So they call a tow for me and I pay out of pocket to have it brought home.
I called the dealer and of course they do not stock the fuel filter housing. So for $299 plus tax it will be there for me on Wed. I figure I must have either bent the cover, stretched the torx screws (did not have the manual first time I changed the filter so I guessed on the tightness) or Murphy is just a prick.
So that was my Love Day. I assume I can reuse the hoses and clamps for the fuel lines on the new fuel filter housing when I install it. It burns my a** that I have to put more money into the car. The other money spent was to keep it nice...this should not happen but I do not think it was VW's fault.
Is there anything that, when I took the battery out to clean the tray and change the brake fluid, that could have caused the fuel pressure to change by chance? Could the filter housing not be out of spec, but experiencing higher than normal pressure?
Today, was another story. This morning it started off great. I did my running around and on the way home I got caught at a red light. When it turned green I started to go and my ESL kicked it! There is NO ice on the road today...it is in the high 40's. I look in my mirror and see a puddle and my drive wheel is not grabbing. I pull off the first chance I get and turn off the car. I pop the hood and there is diesel EVERYWHERE and it ran down the RF tire and all over the place. I call AAA and have it towed to my house. I find that it is the filter housing. I pull the top off and see that the green gasket looks like it did not seat properly. I pull a new one out of the box and install it...checking the torque specs (44 in-lb IIRC) and set it in place. I washed the diesel off of everything and used brake cleaner on the RF to make sure all the fuel was off.
I decide to go get fuel and make sure all is well. The car had been idling for over 40 min at this point, just to make sure the leak did not come back and to dry off all the water. I go get fuel and decide to wash it...so I am in line at the car wash. I see smoke start to come out from under the hood! I shut off the car and get out...it is diesel again. I move out of line and pull into the parking lot. AAA will not pay for this tow unless I take it to a repair shop because it is the same problem. So they call a tow for me and I pay out of pocket to have it brought home.
I called the dealer and of course they do not stock the fuel filter housing. So for $299 plus tax it will be there for me on Wed. I figure I must have either bent the cover, stretched the torx screws (did not have the manual first time I changed the filter so I guessed on the tightness) or Murphy is just a prick.
So that was my Love Day. I assume I can reuse the hoses and clamps for the fuel lines on the new fuel filter housing when I install it. It burns my a** that I have to put more money into the car. The other money spent was to keep it nice...this should not happen but I do not think it was VW's fault.
Is there anything that, when I took the battery out to clean the tray and change the brake fluid, that could have caused the fuel pressure to change by chance? Could the filter housing not be out of spec, but experiencing higher than normal pressure?