advice to anyone changing a fuel filter on a dci

[regi james]

make sure the manual primer works

replaced mine today went to prime the new one and nothing pumping it didn't do a thing, so i took the filter off and filled it up with diesel, after 30 minutes on and off of cranking the engine still wouldn't start ended up calling the RAC out he managed to get it running on easy start but even then it took a good half an hour of driving to get all the air bubbles out of the pipes.
this seems to be a really sh1t setup with regards to the fuel feed and return the bubbles just go round and round between the hp pump and filter not back to the fuel tank!

anyone else had similar problems?
I've changed loads of filters on diesel cars before and never had this happen before

 

[bmh.01]

Would've thought the electric lp lift pump in the tank should've filled it up. Was like that with all the common rail diesel stuff i've done. Although never a renault lump mind.

 

[regi james]

most do have an electric lift pump, but not renault it would seem

 

[Fred@BTM]

it does, theres a trick to it also

 

[regi james]

it does, theres a trick to it also

what it has an electric pump in the tank? if so then mine is not working :S.
can you enlighten me with regards to the trick

 

[Martin_172]

never had any issues changing them on mine or any others ive done

 

[regi james]

100% there is no electric pump in the tank, i've had the seat out and the only wires going to the tank are for the fuel sender

 

[Fred@BTM]

hang about, what clio is it?

 

[sophiesdad]

No it does not have a lift pump if it has a manual priming bulb. if i was you i would put a one valve in the fuel line , this should sort it. its the valve that stops working in the bulb.

 

[regi james]

No it does not have a lift pump if it has a manual priming bulb. if i was you i would put a one valve in the fuel line , this should sort it. its the valve that stops working in the bulb.

thats what i told the rac blocke but he assured me there were no valves in it :S so i asked how does it pump then, to which he didn't really reply. i guess you can't just buy the bulb looks like a complete pipe back to the tank, i might try the one way valve then.
oh and its an 2002 dci 65

 

[Fred@BTM]

every day's a school day! just goes to show how little i know about diesels!