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LC5F:
--- Quote from: Pudding on July 02, 2022, 12:52:17 pm ---I predicted my own fate 4 years ago when I last replaced it. "I'd better replace that screw now because it ain't coming out again" "Naaaaah, f'ck it". So yeah, it plum refused to budge didn't it :grin:
So I sliced the bracket with a Stanley knife and cable tied it. I guess the next filter change will be easier :happy2: It looks proper ghetto but it is actually pretty solid.
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Mine was the same - but I drilled the head off and un-screwed the screw stem with long nose vice grips.
Have you located the filter correctly? - the spike is meant to locate in a specific position.
The Mann filter comes with a cross-head screw -I opted to throw that away and use an Audi stainless T20 instead
pudding:
--- Quote from: LC5F on July 02, 2022, 05:09:53 pm ---
--- Quote from: Pudding on July 02, 2022, 12:52:17 pm ---I predicted my own fate 4 years ago when I last replaced it. "I'd better replace that screw now because it ain't coming out again" "Naaaaah, f'ck it". So yeah, it plum refused to budge didn't it :grin:
So I sliced the bracket with a Stanley knife and cable tied it. I guess the next filter change will be easier :happy2: It looks proper ghetto but it is actually pretty solid.
--- End quote ---
Mine was the same - but I drilled the head off and un-screwed the screw stem with long nose vice grips.
Have you located the filter correctly? - the spike is meant to locate in a specific position.
The Mann filter comes with a cross-head screw -I opted to throw that away and use an Audi stainless T20 instead
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Ah yeah, good shout. I didn't realise that. I just fitted it so that the fuel lines fell naturally into place and weren't kinked.
Looking at Pelican parts, the part of my bracket that aligns that stub is missing. Snapped off by a previous owner/workshop quite clearly as it's never been there since I've owned it. Mine is sitting more or less in that position regardless, so should be OK. I can't see it servicing any purpose other than alignment of the fuel lines?
https://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/Volkswagen_Golf_GTI_Mk_V/132-FUEL-Replacing_Your_Fuel_Filter/132-FUEL-Replacing_Your_Fuel_Filter.htm
Octoparrot:
I always put a blob of grease on the head of the screw after I've changed my filter, been fine for the last 5 years.
mjmallia:
--- Quote from: Pudding on July 02, 2022, 12:36:42 pm ---How bizarre! Are you the original owner of the car? Just wondering if a previous owner fitted an intake and did the funnel removal mod? Takes quite a bit of force to twist it off apparently, so unusual that it's worked it's way loose like that. Having said that, it does sometimes take a lot of force to break the oil cap seal from all the engine vacuum sucking it down hard, which might have broken it loose.
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Family car from new before I got it 5 years ago.....no intakes here. I had one for a short while, but did not like the Darth Vader noises :grin: so back to standard and it has always firmly attached.
Heat cycles and maybe a stiff cap at times took its toll. I do oil changes every 3 to 4 months due to the short journeys.........who knows.
I was amazed how it all twisted off under the engine cover with a little tug to release completely when I took the cover off for access, like it just decided to just give up.
I did have the cambelt changed a few weeks ago, so maybe it took a knock then......no idea.
ROH ECHT:
--- Quote from: Pudding on July 04, 2022, 08:39:42 am ---
--- Quote from: LC5F on July 02, 2022, 05:09:53 pm ---
--- Quote from: Pudding on July 02, 2022, 12:52:17 pm ---I predicted my own fate 4 years ago when I last replaced it. "I'd better replace that screw now because it ain't coming out again" "Naaaaah, f'ck it". So yeah, it plum refused to budge didn't it :grin:
So I sliced the bracket with a Stanley knife and cable tied it. I guess the next filter change will be easier :happy2: It looks proper ghetto but it is actually pretty solid.
--- End quote ---
Mine was the same - but I drilled the head off and un-screwed the screw stem with long nose vice grips.
Have you located the filter correctly? - the spike is meant to locate in a specific position.
The Mann filter comes with a cross-head screw -I opted to throw that away and use an Audi stainless T20 instead
--- End quote ---
Ah yeah, good shout. I didn't realise that. I just fitted it so that the fuel lines fell naturally into place and weren't kinked.
Looking at Pelican parts, the part of my bracket that aligns that stub is missing. Snapped off by a previous owner/workshop quite clearly as it's never been there since I've owned it. Mine is sitting more or less in that position regardless, so should be OK. I can't see it servicing any purpose other than alignment of the fuel lines?
https://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/Volkswagen_Golf_GTI_Mk_V/132-FUEL-Replacing_Your_Fuel_Filter/132-FUEL-Replacing_Your_Fuel_Filter.htm
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I do not have the rust issue as much here, plus I never drive it on wet roads anymore. But all this makes me think to climb under it and remove the screw. Head down to the hardware store and by a replacement stainless screw. Because I too, while reading Pudding's post, was thinking the screw should be stainless.
Pudding, correct...the purpose of the pin is only a guide so the hoses/tubes are not crossed.
For anyone; The simple way for me to remember is the tube with the rear blue clip is the tube returning fuel to the tank. With that, I can remember the fuel enters and surrounds the outer surface of the filter element and exits at the center...either going forward or returned to the tank.
I may have too much time on my hands, so I did this:
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