Hi guys,
The Giulietta is in for it's timing belt service and, because we're not far off of 120,000km, I asked for the fuel filter to be done too.
I bought the UFI diesel filter from Alfa Workshop but, according to the mechanic who is currently under the car, I've bought the wrong filter. He can fit another one so it doesn't hold the service up but I doubt I got it that wrong...
Theres 2 UFI ones on that page.
The top one is a metal thingy. The bottom one is an uncovered filter thingy.
As far as I know, its easy to tell which need. When you look under the bonnet, on the left hand side is where the metal one goes. Can't miss it.
If its not there then it must be the uncovered filter thingy one.. which goes under the engine cover
Aye. I think I worked it out. I looked at one of the Alfa Workshop guides. The guide shows that you remove 6 allen bolts from the metal canister and the filter element/thingy sits in there. Maybe the mechanic saw it and thought I'd forgotten the filter element or something. It's a job I think I might do myself next time actually.
I reckon this is the case in this instance. Maybe they saw the canister and thought it didn't have an element in it, and so, put in a new filter element of their own sourcing and gave me back the nice shiney UFI filter canister unused. As long as the fuel filter is done, I don't mind too much.
I'll take a look at the G when I go home and see if I can find out more for you but, basically, the garage gave me back the metal UFI one and, as far as I know, put a new filter element into the metal canister that is already there.
Metal one is in full view as Symon says, one with the bare filter element is also in the engine bay but is under the engine cover inside a metal domed fitting that has to be removed and dismantled to change the element. My daughter's Fiat 500 manual showed something similar, one was an element and the canister top had to be unscrewed to replace, other was a complete metal canister replaced in one go. Depended on which Euro spec the engine was. The oil filter was the same, a choice of two entirely different types.
It is one or the other, not both. French cars were notorious for having two different options for brakes, alternator, starter motor etc. You needed to know which was used before buying as although it should have been a 50-50 chance it wasn't, invariably it was the wrong one. Believe it was all to do with ensuring supply of components in the event of a hiccup.
Ah ok, as long as it's one or the other I'm happy cos it means the job was done right. Last thing I wanted to hear was "there are two diesel filters in that car, the dealership must only have done one!".
I took a look under the bonnet and, I think, the fuel filter element goes inside this canister. Just for those of you wondering...
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