bleeding fuel

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1987tjs

Active Member

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113

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dudley, west midlands

• Apr 1, 2008

• #1

hi, i'm going to service my land rover defender 300tdi tomorrow for the first time (as it's my first land rover and only hade it a few months) and i was just wundering about changing the fuel filter is it just simply unscrew the old one and screw on the one, or dose it need bleeding if so how do i bleed it

many thanks

 

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middx90owner

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Location

Middlesex

• Apr 1, 2008

• #2

Hi did the same last month on my landy 300tdi just removed the old one filled the new one with diesel and re fitted it and it runs fine

 

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discomania

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• Apr 1, 2008

• #3

As said above you can simply swap it over, the engine will run a little lumpy for a bit as it fills.