Fuel filter

[John Kerr]

I have just bought a W203 220 CDI and doing a full service came to the fuel filter and the feed pipe from it appears to be just a push fit into the top,the old one is secured by a couple of small cable ties.Is there a clamp of sorts that should be on there, has got me puzzled!!

 

[124coupe]

Original would have been "use once" metal clips. Sounds like somebody botched last time.

Use jubilee clips.

 

[John Kerr]

Thanks for the reply. The outlet pipe is a push fit in the top of the filter. The outlet on the filter has a shoulder on it,I wondered if there was a sliding clip that secured the pipe to the filter.I will have to ask at the dealers.
The only way a jubilee clip would work is if it was wrapped around filter top too bottom.

 

[television]

Thanks for the reply. The outlet pipe is a push fit in the top of the filter. The outlet on the filter has a shoulder on it,I wondered if there was a sliding clip that secured the pipe to the filter.I will have to ask at the dealers.
The only way a jubilee clip would work is if it was wrapped around filter top too bottom.

I am sure that I have seen somewhere that the clips have been deleted on the return fuel lines.

malcolm

 

[124coupe]

Dealer should have access to an "exploded view" showing if there should be a clip.