Rover DEFENDER 300Tdi, Workshop Manual

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FUEL SYSTEM
5 REPAIR
FUEL FILTER ASSEMBLY
Service repair no - 19.25.02
Remove
1. Disconnect battery.
2. Place a suitable container under filter element
and slacken filter bleed screw.
3. Slacken drain tap and allow fuel to drain from
filter element.
4. Slacken fuel inlet and outlet banjo connections.
5. Remove 2 bolts and nuts securing filter head to
inner wing.
6. Remove fuel inlet and outlet banjo bolts and
detach fuel pipes.
7. Remove filter assembly from vehicle. Unscrew
filter element, if necessary.
8. Plug fuel pipe ends to prevent ingress of dirt.
Refit
9. Position filter assembly and fit fuel inlet and
outlet pipes using new copper sealing washers
both sides of the banjo connections.
10. Secure filter head to inner wing.
11. Fully tighten banjo connections.
12. Prime fuel system to remove any air trapped in
filter See Adjustment, Priming the fuel
system
13. Reconnect battery.
FUEL FILTER ELEMENT
Service repair no - 19.25.07
For remove and refit procedure. See Fuel filter
element