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Right, gonna run this past you lot and see what you think.
The green arrow points to the screw that is well and truly rusted on. You can see the futile attempt I made armed with WD40...
The red arrow points to the plastic bracket, that from what I could see, this metal clip thing goes round the filter and through this mount.
Can I just cut this screw off, do away with this metal clip and replace it with an appropriately sized jubilee clip? Also Halfords mention two filter sizes, 45 and 60mm long IIRC. Its a '98 60s if anyone can help there, if not I'll just get the old one off and get a mate to get me to Halfords and get the right one.
BTW I'm replacing it because I've run it dry a few months ago o ) and nearly ran it dry a few days ago o ). It also looks like it's never been changed and the Haynes says do it at 20k (I'm nearing 65k)!
Also as part of my hunt the mis/backfire campaign, the Haynes troubleshooter keeps coming up with a leak in the vacuum at the throttle body. I'll check that out. Also as part of it's service I'm about to do oil, oil filter, plugs, air filter etc.
Which brings me on to my next query, I'm hoping Dave reads this:
I want to do an engine flush, I remember reading bottle of flush from Halfords just being hyped up diesel fuel. So just to double check, drain some of the old oil out and replace making the mixture about 1/4 diesel 3/4 oil and run at 2k revs for a few mins? Sounds dangerous! Maybe the Halfords Wynns flush stuff would be simpler?
The green arrow points to the screw that is well and truly rusted on. You can see the futile attempt I made armed with WD40...
The red arrow points to the plastic bracket, that from what I could see, this metal clip thing goes round the filter and through this mount.
Can I just cut this screw off, do away with this metal clip and replace it with an appropriately sized jubilee clip? Also Halfords mention two filter sizes, 45 and 60mm long IIRC. Its a '98 60s if anyone can help there, if not I'll just get the old one off and get a mate to get me to Halfords and get the right one.
BTW I'm replacing it because I've run it dry a few months ago o ) and nearly ran it dry a few days ago o ). It also looks like it's never been changed and the Haynes says do it at 20k (I'm nearing 65k)!
Also as part of my hunt the mis/backfire campaign, the Haynes troubleshooter keeps coming up with a leak in the vacuum at the throttle body. I'll check that out. Also as part of it's service I'm about to do oil, oil filter, plugs, air filter etc.
Which brings me on to my next query, I'm hoping Dave reads this:
I want to do an engine flush, I remember reading bottle of flush from Halfords just being hyped up diesel fuel. So just to double check, drain some of the old oil out and replace making the mixture about 1/4 diesel 3/4 oil and run at 2k revs for a few mins? Sounds dangerous! Maybe the Halfords Wynns flush stuff would be simpler?