Fuel Filter Change

[spaghettihoop5]

Hi All,

I'm now the proud owner of a new (used) mk5 and I've just had it serviced at the dealership to keep the FVWSH up. I noticed that the fuel filter has never been changed by the previous owners and I asked VW if they could do it for me under the major service, but they refused to do it saying that it never needs doing on a petrol. Surely this is rubbish isn't it? I would expect it needs doing about every 4 years and the car is 7 years old so far...

Are they right in saying it never needs doing? I just think it's going to cause problems in the future if it's not changed.

Cheers,

Steve.

[vRSAlex]

VW dont have it as part of the schedule.  It very much worth having it changed.  The dirt that comes out of old ones is unreal.  Iirc they are around £28 for a genuine filter and around 30mins max to change.

Take it to an independant.

[spaghettihoop5]

Cheers. You confirmed for me what I was thinking. I'll put it on my to do list for the car and get it done when I next take it in.

[robern2]

Just had mine swapped at the annual service (independent garage) for the reasons mentioned...

[dokez]

Get it done, can also solve fuel starvation from being blocked.

Rear drivers side underneath, 3 lines to be removed by pushing in a tab. Easy job.

[GrayMK5GTI]

I replaced mine at 50k miles on my old Shadow Blue GTI 

Didn't notice a difference in the way it drove but for the sake of £25 it's well worth doing to maintainva healthy fuel system