E53 3.0d Service Help please

[StewieG]

Hi all

Mid service now. Where is the fuel filter located on an e53 diesel?

Close to location as possible please.

[fenj66]

Yours should be under a large plastic box under passenger side of car. A right pig to get off with hidden bolts everywhere!

[StewieG]

Is it toward front or rear of passenger side?

Indy says he can see fuel pipe no fuel filter

[shadrack]

[quote="StewieG"]
Is it toward front or rear of passenger side?

Indy says he can see fuel pipe no fuel filter
[/quote]

rear, if the indy says that is he anygood?

[StewieG]

Thanks. Found it.

Your comment is a fair one. This Indy appears to not have done an X5 before.

[Colin]

Hi , i had that cover off last week  to fix fuel leak  and change filter , there must be about 10 bolts all around it  hidden everywhere , fuel pump is in there as well ,  good luck ...

[StewieG]

Thank you all for your help. Got it all done now. Paid £60 for 3 hours labour and supplied parts myself. Alot cheaper them BMW serVice cost.

Changed:

Air filter
Oil filter
Fuel filter
Pollen filter
Oil drained and changed
Brakes bleeded.

And if course all lights reset.

Again thank you all for advice and help.

Peace

Stew

[Denis O]

£20 per hour.  No wonder he couldn't find the fuel filter.

Does he really work on high end German stuff or anything that comes through the door.

[JimmySpeed]

[quote="Denis O"]
£20 per hour.  No wonder he couldn't find the fuel filter.

Does he really work on high end German stuff or anything that comes through the door.
[/quote]

I would normally agree that you get what you pay for but with mechanics it's s different story in my experience! I've been using a guy for 10 years who charges 30 per hour (cash of course) and he is just amazing, he's not greedy, premises not fancy and in a low rent area and I can't speak for his tax situation, but he has fixed every problem I've ever brought him and backs it up with top notch service. I use a few other guys when he's busy who are the same.

At times I've thought I should really use a BMW specialist and tried a few, usually charged 50 plus vat per hour. The last one was absolutely useless and was a so called ex bmw master tech once! And when I say useless I mean totally useless! The ones before were okay but very inflexible and adopted the bmw mentality of replace every thing instead of find the source of the problem and apply an appropriate fix.

[fenj66]

i concur, just because a mechanic charges a fortune doesn't necessarily make him any good. and lets face it changing oils and filters is hardly rocket science

[X5Sport]

Exactly.  I mine my wife gets her E46 serviced for free by me......but I could charge.  I suspect collecting payment might be a challenge though... :chair:

Richard 

[storminmike]

[quote="COLIN"]
Hi , i had that cover off last week  to fix fuel leak  and change filter , there must be about 10 bolts all around it  hidden everywhere , fuel pump is in there as well ,  good luck ...
[/quote]

...any pics...how to's etc?
ramp....floor etc?

[X5Sport]

This article from BMW Land might help.  It has pics too.  Nice how to guys... :bigthanx:

[storminmike]

[quote="X5Sport"]
This article from BMW Land might help.  It has pics too.  Nice how to guys... :bigthanx:
[/quote]
cheers

good grief....just why do they do that....what on earth were they thinking putting it there

[X5Sport]

For the same reason there's no Haynes Manual.......they don't want us practical lot preventing them from getting their £200 an hour to do it for us!! >:(

Richard