So, our TD4 S has reached 60,000 miles.
I rang Hunters of Guildford and they quoted £480 for a service

As I am currently unemployed, I can't afford that and decided I will do the work myself.

In theory my vehicle has a service history, but when I removed the current air filter I was shocked.
I have never known an air filter to be this blocked before.

What do you guys reckon, is this normal for 15,000 miles of use?
I never had this in my Disco 2 V8 that did similar mileages between services.



Guess which one is the new filter and which one is the old one

shame yours isnt a 2011 model Mr Strut, Mav or Tony would have gladly bought the old filter from you as an upgrade to their own cars At work
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depends where you drive I suppuse, heavy traffic on bank holidays is worse all those fumes from filthy diesel cars struggling to tow overloaded caravans  At work
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chicken george wrote:

shame yours isnt a 2011 model Mr Strut, Mav or Tony would have gladly bought the old filter from you as an upgrade to their own cars

I think the air filter is only changed only on a B service, so in theory it is not actually due for change as it should/would have been done on the last one

Looking at the service schedule in one of the stickies, the 60,000 mile service is a B service, hence, I'm changing it.

Just buy a new one there about £8 or something swap my half way

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That doesn't look right for a 15k filter. Looks like it's done 60k!

On my ex company cars, i used to mark with tipex or tape over parts which should be inspected/replaced according to the service schedule. Not L/R i might add.
I found shortcuts almost every time. Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

Yeah that's what I reckon Peg

Ah it will be right, bang it on the wall a few times and whack it back in looks like that may have been done over the years

Unless you have been driving in very dusty dirty roads etc then that filter has been in there far longer than you first thought