Changing a Diesel Fuel Filter Change for your MK7 Golf GTD! Easy DIY

[@simonfearing4907]

Genuine question bud that little bit of fuel you wiped up at the end would you consider that to be a leak or just excess from spillage ?

[@SlickRick365]

Sorry for the late reply mate... the honest answer was maybe? 🧐 I left as it was, to keep an eye on it - we use the car all the time, the plan was to drive it a few times and monitor it... once everything had settled down it stopped - might have been a bit of air escape? Its absolutely fine now. 😎 I resisted the temptation to nip the screws up even tighter - last thing i wanted was to strip the threads 👍 Does that help. I think if you have experienced the same thing, i'd undo it again, make sure the filter is seated correctly and nothing is trapped, then re-nip the screws up.

[@simonfearing4907]

@@SlickRick365 well I did have the same thing and turns out VW told me the wrong part from euro car parts so bit the bullet went main dealer which I got for free cuz of the mishap and redid it step by step and now it’s fine

[@SlickRick365]

@@simonfearing4907 You did the right thing mate, well done 👏- if in doubt, check it out! My advice to anyone would be, always double check visually the new and the old is possible before you install or remove anything... Check part numbers three times lol.