TDi Fuel Filter

[Phil.O]

are the fuel filters on the mk4 the same on both petrol and diesel, as always can find loadsa people talking about it for GTI's but nothing about diesels,

got to do mine tonight so any hints and tips would be great



Phil

[Rhyso]

easy peasey on a diesel

its in the engine bay located just above the washer bottle

undo one screw and undo the fuel line clips. Pull out the filter and replace 



in between the coolant tank and the washer bottle 

[braderz]

very easy to do, although only issie i had doing mine was getting the car to start again, only had quarter tank of fuel and it wouldnt pump back into the new filter, in the end i manually put diesel in the top of the filter!

[Phil.O]

yea i freaked out a little when mine cut out but then realised what was going on,

luckily i'd just put 1/2 tank in so turned the engine over a few times and started fine

[Wayne]

If fitting a new filter it is always worth filling it with clean fresh diesel as it makes a bleeding it a lot easier.

[gtigolfthree]

very easy to do, although only issie i had doing mine was getting the car to start again, only had quarter tank of fuel and it wouldnt pump back into the new filter, in the end i manually put diesel in the top of the filter!

As above you need to get the air out of the system after changing filter by bleeding it or it may not start

[Rhyso]

weird that you guys have had problems

i've replaced mine twice now, turned the ignition and she's fired up first time both times!

[Steve_PD]

same here, doing mine again in a couple days

[Rhyso]

same here, doing mine again in a couple days

ditto - will do it before heading up next week 

more bloody money 

[Steve_PD]

not as bad as mine  although the car should be nice and fresh apart from the squeaking belt