LargeMarge
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This isn't a thesis, and I'm sure there are some errors but I recently wen through this and found that this information might be helpful to others... soooo... this is basically how I did the procedure:
To start you'll need a torx screw driver and a plastic milk jug or liter bottle cut in half (rinsed and dried if you want to dump your diesel from the canister back in).
First, remove the surrounding torx screws, leave the center screw alone for the time being. Remove the cover carefully as not to spill diesel all over the engine compartment. Remove the o-rings. At this time you can put your jug next to the filter canister so you have a place to put the filter once removed.
The filter is in there rather snuggly but with some experimentation I found that by pushing the filter down slightly and turning it approximately 1/4 turn I was able to remove the filter with limited effort. Placing the filter in the jug to keep from making a mess you're then left with a canister about 1/2 full of diesel fuel.
It's probably a good thing to dump the canister into your jug. I noticed that I had NO water after 20k miles (running pure dino, no bio) and didn't really need to dump it, but I did anyway. To remove the canister, there are slots at the rear of the canister, the top two slots are guarded by tabs that you can thumb open. I had one tab firmly in place that I pried slightly open to loosen the canister. The canister will lift out easily if the top tabs are opened appropriately.
Once the canister has been emptied and put back in place the tabs can be closed or if they did not need to be pried the canister will click back into place. You can then place the new filter into the canister. I placed the filter in the canister with the wording on the filter facing up. Next seed the blue o-ring on the appropriate fitting. The green o-ring fits around the canister lid. At this point if you have a clean jug with your old diesel fuel in it (water free of course) you can dump it or some powerservice into the canister to help priming --- THIS IS NOT REQUIRED MIND YOU.
Place the lid on the canister and tighten the torx screws in an even fashion like you would with a tire. Snug the torx screws down hand tight. Now that your filter is installed, slightly loosen the center torx screw we left alone earlier. Do NOT remove the center screw just loosen it. With a bit of help, or some time, you can turn the car key past auxiliary (DO NOT TRY TO START YOUR CAR - just turn past auxiliary) and you'll hear the fuel pump kick-in. Once this occurs the pump will run for a few seconds which pushes fuel back into the fuel filter. Turn the key all the way off and repeat this procedure until fuel starts to seep out the center torx screw. (this is where a little help comes in handy as seeing the seepage is hard to do from the drivers seat) If you removed the center screw it will resemble a geyser more than a seepage, but if you didn't remove the screw it will slowly seep fuel at a rate that is nothing to worry about. If you're starting with an empty canister and filter, be prepared to cycle the key and fuel pump 10+ times before you see seepage.
Once you notice some seepage, you're all set to go once you tighten back down the center screw. With the screw tightened, you can start your car and run it to observe idle. I let it run for a few seconds to verify no leaks then I shut the car down and began clean up.
That's it. For clean-up I used a little soapy water and poured the soapy water on the source of the spill, careful not to hit the alternator or any other electronics. I let the soapy water sit a bit then I used clean water to rinse and that pretty much took care of the mess.
Hope that helps.
To start you'll need a torx screw driver and a plastic milk jug or liter bottle cut in half (rinsed and dried if you want to dump your diesel from the canister back in).
First, remove the surrounding torx screws, leave the center screw alone for the time being. Remove the cover carefully as not to spill diesel all over the engine compartment. Remove the o-rings. At this time you can put your jug next to the filter canister so you have a place to put the filter once removed.
The filter is in there rather snuggly but with some experimentation I found that by pushing the filter down slightly and turning it approximately 1/4 turn I was able to remove the filter with limited effort. Placing the filter in the jug to keep from making a mess you're then left with a canister about 1/2 full of diesel fuel.
It's probably a good thing to dump the canister into your jug. I noticed that I had NO water after 20k miles (running pure dino, no bio) and didn't really need to dump it, but I did anyway. To remove the canister, there are slots at the rear of the canister, the top two slots are guarded by tabs that you can thumb open. I had one tab firmly in place that I pried slightly open to loosen the canister. The canister will lift out easily if the top tabs are opened appropriately.
Once the canister has been emptied and put back in place the tabs can be closed or if they did not need to be pried the canister will click back into place. You can then place the new filter into the canister. I placed the filter in the canister with the wording on the filter facing up. Next seed the blue o-ring on the appropriate fitting. The green o-ring fits around the canister lid. At this point if you have a clean jug with your old diesel fuel in it (water free of course) you can dump it or some powerservice into the canister to help priming --- THIS IS NOT REQUIRED MIND YOU.
Place the lid on the canister and tighten the torx screws in an even fashion like you would with a tire. Snug the torx screws down hand tight. Now that your filter is installed, slightly loosen the center torx screw we left alone earlier. Do NOT remove the center screw just loosen it. With a bit of help, or some time, you can turn the car key past auxiliary (DO NOT TRY TO START YOUR CAR - just turn past auxiliary) and you'll hear the fuel pump kick-in. Once this occurs the pump will run for a few seconds which pushes fuel back into the fuel filter. Turn the key all the way off and repeat this procedure until fuel starts to seep out the center torx screw. (this is where a little help comes in handy as seeing the seepage is hard to do from the drivers seat) If you removed the center screw it will resemble a geyser more than a seepage, but if you didn't remove the screw it will slowly seep fuel at a rate that is nothing to worry about. If you're starting with an empty canister and filter, be prepared to cycle the key and fuel pump 10+ times before you see seepage.
Once you notice some seepage, you're all set to go once you tighten back down the center screw. With the screw tightened, you can start your car and run it to observe idle. I let it run for a few seconds to verify no leaks then I shut the car down and began clean up.
That's it. For clean-up I used a little soapy water and poured the soapy water on the source of the spill, careful not to hit the alternator or any other electronics. I let the soapy water sit a bit then I used clean water to rinse and that pretty much took care of the mess.
Hope that helps.