[jimmey]

Just wondering what the main reason fuel filters aren't in the engine bay or mounted on the fire wall.

i want to relocate mine just for ease of access and being able to do a visual check on my fuel with a clear filter?

Is this a big no no?

Cheers,
Jimmy.

[Marko_SJ]

I had a sierra that ran a filter in the engine bay, because it had a dual tank setup in the way of the original filter.

Its not a bad spot for it IMHO.

[atari4x4]

yeah, nah... pretty sure having a fuel filled canister in a hot, electrified engine bay isn't asking for trouble if you happen to be in a decent accident.

EDIT: oh add pressurised to that fuel filled canister seeing you're running a m series.

[Reubs]

jimmey wrote:

Just wondering what the main reason fuel filters aren't in the engine bay or mounted on the fire wall.

i want to relocate mine just for ease of access and being able to do a visual check on my fuel with a clear filter?.

Many vehicles have fuel filters in the engine bay. No different to having a charcoal cannister there. As long as you go silly and hang a 250ml inline plastic filter off a fuel hose above a warm engine like people seem to do on their Sierras.

As for a visual check on the filter, filters fitted after an EFI pump are normally metal not clear plastic to withstand higher pressures than their clear plastic equivalents for a carby engine.

I am not familiar with the filter setup on a Jimny but I would imagine relocation of the filter is a trickier job than most would think by the time you get proper threaded fittings and pipes made up. A filter under a vehicle isn't difficult to change anyhow or is the filter on a jimny actually inside the tank or something tricky like that?

[atari4x4]

yep, jimny fuel filter is a filter/pump intank combo... but he doesn't mention if it's a wagon R+ or a coily.

[Reubs]

Oops, saw jimny not jimmey Lol.

If the car is carby then go for it, but IMO there isn't that much gain to be had.

[jdk81]

I installed a marine fuel filter in the engine bay of my sierra.
It wasnt overly useful to see through because it was usually dirty etc. but being able to drain it easily was handy.
I had a lot of ryco plastic filters fall apart from vibrations, and had water in tank issues.
Marine filter solved all the issues and worked out to be cheaper in the long run.

I cant use it for efi.
Im using a baleno filter now, these are normally mounted in the engine bay. However I'm not sure where ill mount it yet.

efi car, you can just leave it. Its not a high service item.

[droverdave]

Marine filter hey, thats a pretty cool idea. This is one of those ones with the water trap? good idea!

As for the original question, I don't think i have ever seen a plastic EFI fuel filter anyway, aren't they all made of metal? to handle the pressure?

So you couldn't see through it anyway even if you had it in the engine bay.

[jdk81]

You needed to wipe it to see through.
I added a heat shield, as only place was too close to the exhaust.

The best part was the drain plug, as it was easy to get rid of all the settled grot.

[Marko_SJ]

atari4x4 wrote:

yeah, nah... pretty sure having a fuel filled canister in a hot, electrified engine bay isn't asking for trouble if you happen to be in a decent accident.

EDIT: oh add pressurised to that fuel filled canister seeing you're running a m series.

The filters themselves are hard to tear apart or puncture, I've cut a few open to see exactly how much crud builds up and its more taxing on the stanley than you'd think. I'd be more worried about a fuel line clamp coming off when stuff starts moving in an accident.

Marine filter sounds like the best idea yet.