So, my order came in last Thursday but as it was raining seriously enough, I had to postpone the operations until Friday. Friday is my "work half a day" day and the weather was very nice as well. So as soon as I got home and had some food in me, I set out to work...
Both jobs at hand were easy enough to do on the drive. The van is just high enough for me to be able to reach the fuel filter etc without jacking it up. I drained the filter, which took way longer than expected. If I'd have to guess I thing at least 2,5 liters came out before it stopped. Took the filter off and out popped a very black filter...(although I don't know if this filter was white originally like the replacement). Popping the new one in took some trying. I didn't want to break the tabs on the genuine Ford filter, but they seemed just a bit narrow to fit where they needed to fit. A bit of wriggling got the filter in nicely. I had the same sort of wriggling to do to get the filter and housing back on the car. Ended up raising the car a little just so I could have a better look. Of course it then immediately popped in and rotated as desired. I was a little surprised by the effort it took though. Even with the o-ring prepped, it still needed a good shove... Anyway it was in!
Primed the system as I had learned from the interwebs and car started first go. Idle was nice and smooth again!
Turned the engine off, prepped my workspace at the front of the car to drop the oil and filter. Easy peasy! My catch can turned out to be rather on the small side which made disposing of the old oil a little bit more messy, but as I had foreseen this I only leaked into a bucket that was easily cleaned afterwards. No oil spils on driveway or garage floor! I let the oil drain for a while, while at the same time undoing the oil filter housing. Obviously a little oil came out of that as well, but it really wasn't a messy job.
New filter in, new o-ring on and oiled to aid in the fitting and that was that. Oil drain plug refitted and tightened and in went the first bit of oil. I alsways do a little to begin with to see if it all remains in the engine. When nothing appeared at the drain or filter housing I filled it up completely. Taking my time to see how much needed adding so I wouldn't over fill.
With that done I started the car again. Amazing how much of a difference a bit of oil makes. And this oil was not that old at all as I do yearly oil changes! Still the car was quieter, very smooth and felt just allround great.
A little drive learned no more bogging down, and no more virbrations at idle in the car. It was just back to how I used to know it. Vet nice that this cheap fix (about 100 euro's for two original filters and 10 liters of ford specified oil) restored normal operation!
Well happy with that!! Thanks to all who helped point me in the right direction!
Now looking in to buying a forscan tool to reset the codes that are in the system but not showing on my normal odbII ecu reader. Which the AAA man confirmed.
Both jobs at hand were easy enough to do on the drive. The van is just high enough for me to be able to reach the fuel filter etc without jacking it up. I drained the filter, which took way longer than expected. If I'd have to guess I thing at least 2,5 liters came out before it stopped. Took the filter off and out popped a very black filter...(although I don't know if this filter was white originally like the replacement). Popping the new one in took some trying. I didn't want to break the tabs on the genuine Ford filter, but they seemed just a bit narrow to fit where they needed to fit. A bit of wriggling got the filter in nicely. I had the same sort of wriggling to do to get the filter and housing back on the car. Ended up raising the car a little just so I could have a better look. Of course it then immediately popped in and rotated as desired. I was a little surprised by the effort it took though. Even with the o-ring prepped, it still needed a good shove... Anyway it was in!
Primed the system as I had learned from the interwebs and car started first go. Idle was nice and smooth again!
Turned the engine off, prepped my workspace at the front of the car to drop the oil and filter. Easy peasy! My catch can turned out to be rather on the small side which made disposing of the old oil a little bit more messy, but as I had foreseen this I only leaked into a bucket that was easily cleaned afterwards. No oil spils on driveway or garage floor! I let the oil drain for a while, while at the same time undoing the oil filter housing. Obviously a little oil came out of that as well, but it really wasn't a messy job.
New filter in, new o-ring on and oiled to aid in the fitting and that was that. Oil drain plug refitted and tightened and in went the first bit of oil. I alsways do a little to begin with to see if it all remains in the engine. When nothing appeared at the drain or filter housing I filled it up completely. Taking my time to see how much needed adding so I wouldn't over fill.
With that done I started the car again. Amazing how much of a difference a bit of oil makes. And this oil was not that old at all as I do yearly oil changes! Still the car was quieter, very smooth and felt just allround great.
A little drive learned no more bogging down, and no more virbrations at idle in the car. It was just back to how I used to know it. Vet nice that this cheap fix (about 100 euro's for two original filters and 10 liters of ford specified oil) restored normal operation!
Well happy with that!! Thanks to all who helped point me in the right direction!
Now looking in to buying a forscan tool to reset the codes that are in the system but not showing on my normal odbII ecu reader. Which the AAA man confirmed.
