Should Have Researched!

[Jaffasoft]

Ordered one online for $44 which is bit better then $87 as you can see some places try ripe you off in Australia it should be here Monday in the meantime I will get some exercise.

[knobby1]

In a pinch, you might be able to get one at a nearby wreckers/breakers. Worth a look at least if your dealer can't get one quickly.

In the long run you might be able to fit this baby..! No more plastic filter covers..:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/FORD-TRANSIT ... SwNuxXa7iz

Lord Knobrot

[Jaffasoft]

Is that a complimentary from Ford. What else can I do. I was bad with this Vehicle being new to diesel I continued to use regular petrol oil. Since I discovered this is a major no no. It could also explain why I'm loosing power in hills but 100k easy on the straight road but it hasn't the pickup and speed it used to have.

I've done nothing for 55,000 kilometres. I'm buying a fuel filter, oil filter, changing the oil, and have been running a diesel fuel cleaner in the fuel tank the last two full tanks. I noticed there is product that can go in the oil to help it burn better or something, I will do that.

Is there anything else I can do to 'self-tune' it up a bit?

[ake]

Don't forget that when the engine is running the filter bowl will be under pressure if you bodge it and it lets go when you are driveing and you lose the engine 87 dollars is better then thousands if engine goes bang if it was a life or death situation then it would be acceptable to do

I totally agree, trying to save a few quid on such a critical item is utter madness, when the bodged repair fails, which it will, when the van is doing 60mph on the motorway the damage will be done before anyone even realises.

[EDDY99]

There are some good vids out there on how to repair plastic using a soldering iron and reinforcing it with wire.
Worked good for me when glue is not strong enough or item is small. Items have ended up stronger due to been reinforced.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziPutFi1BlI

[Jaffasoft]

Getting the thing off was a bit of a challenge. Bought a new tool to grip the big cylinder part (this is what I should have done first instead of listening to previous advice) but It kept not gripping and slipping with the residue of oil still on the plastic but was able to get a good enough grip to budge it. By putting a bit of damp thick cardbourd round it, in between the metal strip, that pulls tight around the circumference area. There's no way I would be able to repair it I don't think I would take any chances this time, esp going to be on the motorway and in the City. Though you can't even visibly see any cracking, there seems to be a very fine centimetre long hairline mark near the nut base area. On pouring some petrol in the cap it certainly leaks, seems to come from inside the nut area as well.

[Jaffasoft]

There are some good vids out there on how to repair plastic using a soldering iron and reinforcing it with wire.
Worked good for me when glue is not strong enough or item is small. Items have ended up stronger due to been reinforced.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziPutFi1BlI

That's really cool... I could use that for some other projects. On looking at this one from the ground here I don't think i should try it. If I was going to risk anything I would try heavily scratching the inside floor area of the cap and pouring a liquid plastic in to cover all the base. The Oil filter and the pressure would perhaps keep it there. But that's just theory I'm not trying it.

[EDDY99]

If u say u have a crack in the cap welding some strengthening wire across the crack would stop it getting worse.
Similar to how they used to repair cracks in pottery buy using metal staples

[Jaffasoft]

If u say u have a crack in the cap welding some strengthening wire across the crack would stop it getting worse.
Similar to how they used to repair cracks in pottery buy using metal staples

could have some fun with a soldering iron.

[Jaffasoft]

If u say u have a crack in the cap welding some strengthening wire across the crack would stop it getting worse.
Similar to how they used to repair cracks in pottery buy using metal staples

I got tempted to try this just for an experiment. Got a peace of thin wire an inch long and melted into the hairline crack. It's not like normal plastic, it's kind of porous or like super very thin sand but it does melt and mould. Then made rough little solder spots all over the area and around the entire tops area, that roughed the surface up. And put a heap of superglue in the centre of the nut, it will all set in their and stick solid as a rock I put a pool of it and all over it and the entire area everywhere and some PVC weld cement. Will just see what happens in the morning. Nothing fuzed up or went off with a bang and I don't know how the different chemicals will react or set? If stuck in the forest be interesting to see if could get out? If it does even work it might even get me by because its a long weekend and I don't expect the new part to arrive now until another four days!

[bambi mk 1]

Don't forget that when the engine is running the filter bowl will be under pressure if you bodge it and it lets go when you are driveing and you lose the engine 87 dollars is better then thousands if engine goes bang if it was a life or death situation then it would be acceptable to do

I totally agree, trying to save a few quid on such a critical item is utter madness, when the bodged repair fails, which it will, when the van is doing 60mph on the motorway the damage will be done before anyone even realises.

As for a chapter of Hells Angles travelling behind I hate to think what the outcome of that would be

[dumper]

What I meant by life and death is stuck in the outback of Australia no water no food no contact without side world I'd then try anything even something really daft

[Jaffasoft]

What I meant by life and death is stuck in the outback of Australia no water no food no contact without side world I'd then try anything even something really daft

Would have got out of this particular situation no worries it was dripping as slow as a blood out of a small cut in your finger. I had 22 litres of oil spare it was dripping about 1/2 a cup in 24 hrs.

[Jaffasoft]

The soldering and wire repairs, plus solvent weld and super glue caused the cap to hold petrol and not drip any oil this morning. Don't think I will put it on the motor unless have to the new part should arrive Monday hopefully.

[dumper]

Why not just stick it on and start it up try it just let it tick over and see if it will stand pressure on it I'd not like to run it on the road but after sticking together it would be nice to know