Hi All,
I hope someone can sure up a few things for me - I have read as much as I can find here but as usual everyone's experience is a tad different, so before I start go pulling stuff off....
We have had this Vito since new and it for the most part has been great. it's had a pretty easy life, serviced as per schedule so it's not thrashed at all. Lately we have had trouble kicking our Vito over in the mornings. Only happens first start of the day (i.e. after sitting all night) and after that it's 100% fine - no warning lights, no power loss, nothing, good as gold.
After spending quite a bit of time going through it and reading up whatever I can find here on the Vito forum, I am about to replace the fuel filter, which is due for replacement. What I have found though is that in the morning's:
Line No.1 (as per the pic) is empty at the filter. Tracing the line back to the RHS side of the covers, before it vanishes under the car, the line can be partially full, or if standing longer, empty to the last point you can see the clear tube (RHS of the cover).
Line No.2 used to also be empty in the morning but after having replaced the seal at the filter, is now holding fuel. Tapping this line with a screwdriver before starting though, air bubbles travel back up towards the filter and after the van is running, fuel heading out of the filter on this line is visibly aerated for some time.
I have read that replacing the seals at No.3 can possibly fix this.
The other thing I have noticed is that following line No.2 down under the filter, there seems to be diesel residue on the line itself right at the bottom. I have not pulled out the air filter etc. to get a good look (or replace the o-rings) but only this and the adjacent line do seem to have the diesel residue on them - there is no leakage on the floor under the van or seemingly anywhere else. I am wondering if the seal down here at No.2 is totally shot and doing a slow leak, hence letting air in the system.
If there's anyone here that has had a similar or the same experience, I'd really appreciate hearing from them. Right now, it seems that the issue is the filter and connections to and off it.
Cheers and beers!
Gerard
I hope someone can sure up a few things for me - I have read as much as I can find here but as usual everyone's experience is a tad different, so before I start go pulling stuff off....
We have had this Vito since new and it for the most part has been great. it's had a pretty easy life, serviced as per schedule so it's not thrashed at all. Lately we have had trouble kicking our Vito over in the mornings. Only happens first start of the day (i.e. after sitting all night) and after that it's 100% fine - no warning lights, no power loss, nothing, good as gold.
After spending quite a bit of time going through it and reading up whatever I can find here on the Vito forum, I am about to replace the fuel filter, which is due for replacement. What I have found though is that in the morning's:
Line No.1 (as per the pic) is empty at the filter. Tracing the line back to the RHS side of the covers, before it vanishes under the car, the line can be partially full, or if standing longer, empty to the last point you can see the clear tube (RHS of the cover).
Line No.2 used to also be empty in the morning but after having replaced the seal at the filter, is now holding fuel. Tapping this line with a screwdriver before starting though, air bubbles travel back up towards the filter and after the van is running, fuel heading out of the filter on this line is visibly aerated for some time.
I have read that replacing the seals at No.3 can possibly fix this.
The other thing I have noticed is that following line No.2 down under the filter, there seems to be diesel residue on the line itself right at the bottom. I have not pulled out the air filter etc. to get a good look (or replace the o-rings) but only this and the adjacent line do seem to have the diesel residue on them - there is no leakage on the floor under the van or seemingly anywhere else. I am wondering if the seal down here at No.2 is totally shot and doing a slow leak, hence letting air in the system.
If there's anyone here that has had a similar or the same experience, I'd really appreciate hearing from them. Right now, it seems that the issue is the filter and connections to and off it.
Cheers and beers!
Gerard