Diesel filters

[AtW]

Well, I have no idea if light comes up in error or not - I dont want to risk engine though, so need to get it checked. The "cheap" filter is not "cheap" per se, its just not particular matter filter which is expensive and IMO should need to be replaced, but I half expect dealer to say it may need to be, in which case I want to insist on another filter replacement for which I got quoted like 15 quid part with dealer #1, its not so much cheap, its just different filter - I want to see if the warning light comes up after that replacement first.

Will have to wait and see but right now my thoughts are basically that I picked wrong career...

[TheMonkey]

I had a Kenlowe fan on my Dutton Phaeces... it was crap, just like the car...

I had one of them on my land rover. Kind of ironic that it died after 3 months from overheating (the fan that is!)

[DaveB]

I dug the Kenlowe fan out of the garage, hoping to sell it to some mug on ebay... except that there's now a flat spot on the commutator so it won't go unless you give it a quick twirl with your finger....

Aha! So it has a manual override function* Stick a few extra quid on the starting price

*You have to manually override it's failure to start automatically

[Kenlowe Fan]

I dug the Kenlowe fan out of the garage, hoping to sell it to some mug on ebay... except that there's now a flat spot on the commutator so it won't go unless you give it a quick twirl with your finger....

How big is it?

[Kenlowe Fan]

I had a Kenlowe fan on my Dutton Phaeces... it was crap, just like the car...

That's fightin talk......

[nobody here but us chicke]

Fap ?

On some of those engines you can engage a fap cleanup mode yourself. Make sure you're parked a long way from anything , it is supposed to be a bit like having a jet engine. People have melted plastic bumpers / stripped paint, etc.

pop over to the french car forum and ask around.

[Fleetwood]

Have run diesels for 16 years and must agree with Clog on this one, particularly in France and Belgium where diesel is between 20 and 30c a litre less than "essence". Extra road tax on diesels in Belgium takes a bit off, but 75% of what I spend on a car goes down as expenses anyway.

Change Oil and filter regularly (every 6,000km), and a fuel filter should be done every 30,000km, Cam belt as per manufacturer's instructions, and you should get 300,000 to 400,000 km out of the engine.

Your's is an HDI, AtW, so it has two filters, is that right?

There are hidden costs, though, and they're electrical. The 20ish to 1 compression ratio on a diesel means the engine is heavier and therefore more difficult to turn over. So they need a much bigger starter motor than a petrol engined-car, which requires a much bigger battery, which needs a much bigger alternator to keep it charged. These are expensive items to change.

Minor servicing can be done at any self-respecting Halfords etc, only go to a main dealer for a major service, but look out for a decent local guy who'll probably be a lot cheaper.

Vive le diesel

[DimPrawn]

Amazing that MSN has an article on the most fuel efficient cars in America

http://autos.msn.com/advice/article....tentid=4018922

And not one mention of a diesel. Instead they're raving that some models can do 30 mpg.

They even have a hybrid, that, wait for it can do 31 mpg on the highway. Incredible stuff no?

[DimPrawn]

The UK gallon is 20% larger than a US gallon.

So that makes their high-tech hybrid a 37 mpg vehicle then.

[Mailman]

America has some laws against Diesels dont they? Protectionism perhaps?

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