Thought i would lighten up everybodies day by telling them about my attempt to service the cmax. I started yetserday at the ford garage when i got new filters came home and decided to let the oil out of the sump then change all filters. Remove underguard .. where the flippin hecks the sump plug..oh its round the back
why not at the front ? Still with a bit of persuasion its turning , get my trays ready and.. bugger it comes out with such a force it goes into and back out of the tray block paving is now covered with oil
. Ok start with oil filter which is buried away halfway down the block this needs a 24mm socket set with 12inch extension to shift it. No problems with that one new filter on and replace oil
. Diesel next again using the socket set you unscrew the top. This is where the problems began unfortunately i had not bothered to open the diesel filter if i had i would have spotted the plugs and caps which are designed to be inserted into the ends of the pipes and the filter bosses. As it is i empty the filter housing clean out all the dirt and put back together. Now i have changed the diesel filters on loads of cars and i justput them back together crank it for a few turns and then they fire up. The cmax wouldnt start for love or money. After a while i read up about bleeding the diesel system to find the cmax doesnt have a lift pump from the tank to the main pump, it uses the same pump so you cannot have any air in the system. Off i go in the wifes car to the local car shop to buy a diesel bleeding kit. Finally got back and pumped out air only to find the battery is nearly flat and wont start the car
. Put the car on charge over night and finally started it this morning. So in hindsight never remove any diesel hoses without you have been first and bought a bleeding kit and always fit the pump before the filter.First service on the max is done it took about 24 hours car seems ok would like to read any faults but my odb2 kit isnt working and i cant be bothered, hope this helps somebody along the line avoid the problems i had which were of my own making
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