Re: What have you done to your Pajero today?
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 8:37 pm
Bear in mind that a filter has an inverse relationship with depth of filtration (micron size of particle captured) and flow rate, the better it filters the worse than the flow rate becomes. The best it will ever filter is the second just before it blocks up.
Just beware of over servicing fuel filters, it isn't necessarily better to change them every 10k km, as ideally you want them to catch as much particulate as possible; as this particulate matter is extremely detrimental to the injectors and pump.
Rather stick to the manufacturer specs of every changing 60k km and carry a spare filter in case of a dodgy load of fuel (which is probably a good thing to do even if you change them every 10k km).
See here:
http://forums.tdiclub.com/showpost.php? ... stcount=20
http://forums.tdiclub.com/showpost.php? ... stcount=31
NB! EDIT:
From a discussion on the 4x4 community forum I have come to understand this is not best practice. Restriction in diesel flow is very bad for the HPFP and injector pump as the ONLY cooling they receive is from the fuel they pump. Please ignore my advise above, it may cause damage to your vehicle. Contra to my previous advice, I am changing the service intervals on my filters to every 20 000 km.
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Just beware of over servicing fuel filters, it isn't necessarily better to change them every 10k km, as ideally you want them to catch as much particulate as possible; as this particulate matter is extremely detrimental to the injectors and pump.
Rather stick to the manufacturer specs of every changing 60k km and carry a spare filter in case of a dodgy load of fuel (which is probably a good thing to do even if you change them every 10k km).
See here:
http://forums.tdiclub.com/showpost.php? ... stcount=20
http://forums.tdiclub.com/showpost.php? ... stcount=31
NB! EDIT:
From a discussion on the 4x4 community forum I have come to understand this is not best practice. Restriction in diesel flow is very bad for the HPFP and injector pump as the ONLY cooling they receive is from the fuel they pump. Please ignore my advise above, it may cause damage to your vehicle. Contra to my previous advice, I am changing the service intervals on my filters to every 20 000 km.
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