How To Drivetrain :: DIY fuel filter change MCS
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Yes the procedure is exactly the same for a R50. Don't remember the part number but I got my fuel filter kit from minicarparts.net
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Check the tank seals!
Just received the filter kit from the dealer....Part# 16 14 6 757 196
Upon close inspection of the 2 large tank seal, both have on the bottom side
(the side that says this side down) in large print DIESEL ONLY. I've called the parts guy and he is researching it....will someone who has recently changed out the filter please look on the unused seal that is left over and check...I'm not going to install it until I get the word from Flow Mini...I'll post an answer when MINI calls me...thanks. maurola
Upon close inspection of the 2 large tank seal, both have on the bottom side
(the side that says this side down) in large print DIESEL ONLY. I've called the parts guy and he is researching it....will someone who has recently changed out the filter please look on the unused seal that is left over and check...I'm not going to install it until I get the word from Flow Mini...I'll post an answer when MINI calls me...thanks. maurola
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try this
Look up you car on real.oem.com...enter the last 7 of you vin to get the right break down...also check your tank seals...some were packed that were diesel only///look on the side that says this side down...the bentley manual has nothing on the change out for the filter..good luck
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Did you try gently prying the halfs apart to see if you can get any seperation...get a helper so you can lift and turn at the same time...try counterclockwise and also clockwise on the twist, clean the top very well and look for tabs, locks or directional arrows..it may lift to unlock, then turn or it may just lift...if you break it, you can replace the entire assembly but that's an expensive PITA...drain tank, disconnect lines, buy need cannister with float level sensor ect...good luck
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did you have much trouble getting the filter cannister halfs apart....could you have cracked the cannister or the green QD connecter on the fuel line?
can you run the car with the inspection plate removed and try to hear or find the air leak...maybe feel around the seal and the hose....check where the hose attaches to the QD.... and where the QD hooks into the cannister...
try that cause beyond that it will get costly and require pulling vacuum on the fuel line beyond the QD...a new cannister assembly which would regiure a possible tank drain...and on and on and on until you find the leak
can you run the car with the inspection plate removed and try to hear or find the air leak...maybe feel around the seal and the hose....check where the hose attaches to the QD.... and where the QD hooks into the cannister...
try that cause beyond that it will get costly and require pulling vacuum on the fuel line beyond the QD...a new cannister assembly which would regiure a possible tank drain...and on and on and on until you find the leak
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