Thanks for the video, it is very useful! The old one can weigh more as the inside filter is soaked with petrol versus the new one which is bone dry. I never destroyed one to see the inside but I think the sediments would never weigh as much as you could feel it like that.
You can't blow through the old one because it's wet, the new one is dry. The old one is heavier because again, it's wet. Install the new one, run the car then take it off and try blow through it...you'll see. It will also be just as heavy as the old one. However.....when you take the old one off and still has fuel in it....cap the lines and shake the filter hard then drain it through the opposite direction of flow(see arrow for flow, use the opposite end)...fuel will come out BLACK. Cheers! ;)
I heard passenger's side... so I tear off the passenger side well to be completely surprised to find nothing. Then, I realize the BMW in this video is left hand drive. yay me.
Hey, My car lost power and started dying on me couple of days ago and refused to start. Realized there was no fuel coming to the engine. What I did was replace the fuel pump with a MAPCO Fuel Pump, 3.5 bar and 12 volt. The car now has a delayed throttle and sometime stalls when driving or staying at a redlight. It is not the MAF or something like that, I've had those problems before.. It is definitely connected to the fuel. I also changed the fuel filter and made sure none of the pipes were clogged.. The new fuel pump does however make quite a bit of noise I've noticed, it sounds like it's pumping in impulses rather than at a nice and smooth pace.. The best way I can explain it is impulsive whining.. Any idea what this could be? Is it a faulty pump? It's brand new and apparently manufactured in the same factory as the BOSCH ones. I drive a 530i E39 from 2002 for that part.
this is one very large cap filter, huge by any standards, chances of a blockage pretty much zero On big diesels we put a vacuum test to the line, no practical use here other than this if you try climbing in a high gear or high speed on the Autobahn and nothing much happens, chances are you do have restricted fuel flow
I changed mine, it is ok now. Before, it blocked fuel flow a lot, so much that the fuel pump overheated if the tank was only 1/4 full and it stopped till it cooled down. When the tank was full the bigger quantity of fuel kept it at operating temperature but at knockdown there was not enough fuel getting to the engine anyway. When the filter was out it was pretty hard to blow through it while the new one let air easily through
ok, so you said, you need change this thing every 30 000 miles? you put out fuse for fuel pump an you gonna change fuel filter? Lets think again. Fuel pump fuse for fuel filter? Since when does filter have a fuse? Pump is powered by electro engine...it may have fuse. So you changed fuel pump every 30 000 miles. Sorry. Fuel filter is in front close to engine with easy acces. Better change it quickly. look at this german teenagers ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-M8DLT6dy0-g.html
MrKarol001 He got a petrol, your video is a diesel. You pull the fuse for safety and to drain the filter and lines for pressurized fuel, logical? Well obviously let the car run until it dies after the fuse is out.
