Marsekay

Hi guys, we’ve been servicing my 86 s2.
About to change the fuel filter and see it’s been bypassed.
straight from pump to line.
weird thing is PO has done a really nice job of it.
cant think of any sane reason to do this.
will have to source replacement connections now.
i now refuse to drive it from fear of crap getting in the injectors or worse.
couldnt find a relocated filter anywhere either.

do they have an in tank filter?

another job to add to the list!

FredR

Removing the fuel filter is analogous to taking a dump with your pants still in place- you can do it but one really does not want to try it!

Not withstanding the need to replace the fuel filter, you now have the dilemma of not knowing whether there is any crud in the fuel lines and manifolds inching its way to the injectors. The injectors have a small strainer in them but that is not a filter so you could have a partial blockage in the injector that is inhibiting flow/spray pattern to some extent. Even with a fuel filter in place the injectors have to be U/S cleaned about every 60k miles [100k km] or so.

There is no such thing as an in-tank filter but there is a strainer in front of the in-tank pump or in the tank outlet for those models that do not have an in tank pump but a strainer is there to protect the fuel pumps not the injectors and a strainer only removes coarser particles that could jam between the pump rotor and the casing it spins in.

However this thread is........

gazfish

You are checking under the tank and not in the wheel arch where it used to be on older models?

jpitman2

Not relevant in an 86 S2 - filter should be next to the pump!
jp 83 Euro S AT 57k

UKKid35

Take a photo of that elegant modification and add it to this thread

https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...he-horror.html

merchauser

interesting quote: Charles Dickens? Richard Harris? Anthony Newley? another of your compatriots? fact is, you made your point. lol (good form; I think?)