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Colin Aitchison · 15-03-18, 05:33 AM

[quote=SwallownAmazon;442426]What is the recommended service life of these filters, does anyone know?

I can't find any reference in my owners manual to it being a service item.
When I recommissioned the rocket ship last summer, I asked for it to be changed by the garage that did all the mechanical stuff but from its appearance this afternoon when I had a shufti it looks like it wasn't as it has the cr*p of ages all round the fittings.

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Good morning all, after seeing the last few reply's to this post I thought I would stick may head in some of my own Haynes manuals, the Audi 100 & A6 manual dose have recommendation of 20,000 miles for replacing the fuel filter, to me this seems a little short in service life as the fuel filter in some Audi's that I have owned have covered 60k to 80k miles with no fuel filter change, see photo below of page from Haynes manual.

15-03-18, 05:33 AM	#9
Colin Aitchison Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Back home in Tillicoultry Posts: 1,308	[quote=SwallownAmazon;442426]What is the recommended service life of these filters, does anyone know? I can't find any reference in my owners manual to it being a service item. When I recommissioned the rocket ship last summer, I asked for it to be changed by the garage that did all the mechanical stuff but from its appearance this afternoon when I had a shufti it looks like it wasn't as it has the cr*p of ages all round the fittings. [/QUOT Good morning all, after seeing the last few reply's to this post I thought I would stick may head in some of my own Haynes manuals, the Audi 100 & A6 manual dose have recommendation of 20,000 miles for replacing the fuel filter, to me this seems a little short in service life as the fuel filter in some Audi's that I have owned have covered 60k to 80k miles with no fuel filter change, see photo below of page from Haynes manual.