got a slight leak on the fuel filter here on the fiesta rs turbo, new washers have been used, ive tightened it up a bit but it still gets a bit moist with petrol! any solutions? might try the old copper washers to see if it helps! hate stuff like this, changed gearboxes, engines etc.......... but its the niggly things that bug me!

 

Had the same nightmare with mine mate, only way to solve it is with dowty washers. Can't remember what size u need off the top of my head. Attachment 6294

 

. This is the type u need mate

 

what size is the frst one? yeah it keeps getting moist with petrol and im like what the feck??

 

I would be more worried about the brake lipes not been connected lol.

 

Think they were 15mm but I'd have to check in my eBay history for u later. I had a day booked off work to work on my car, decided to change the fuel filter and spent the entire day stuck on the ramp with the bastard leaking, tried every washer known to man and then bought these dowty washers and been fine since

 

cool, i tried the old washers today and its still fecking leaking!

 

https://passionford.com/forum/showth...=479060&page=3

 

Size m14 matey and just added the thread I had when I had the same probs, mines a saph cos so not sure if your bolts are the same size but u can measure them

 

They look like mondeo sump washers.

 

Yeah some peugeots use them too

 

U get it sorted matey?

 

yes dude used them washers and not leaking now!

 

Happy days was well chuffed when mine stopped leaking. I was ready to burn the fooker lol

 

The petrol will deteriorate the rubber seal in the dowty washer pretty quickly. The trick is to use new copper washers and just nip them up, do not crush them. Once they are flattened they are useless!

 

My mates had them on his saph for years, mines been on there for a year and no leaks, my mates rst has them on it for years with no problems and it's been fine. There designed for the use, u can get dowty washers with different rubber in, u need the ones that are used as sump plug washers from the peugeots there oil and fuel resistant. In fact the ones on my mates saph have been on there at least 5 years to my knowledge as I've changed the filter everytime I've serviced it.

 

these ones were for fuel and oil use buddy