Thread: Fuel filter location?

The standard position for the filter is attached to the chassis rail behind the RHR wheel just behind the axle line. If that is where your filter is now then that is where it should be and the RWC person should be told that position is where the manufacturer put it. It obviously has not been a problem in hundreds of thousands of other cars.

There's no picture in your post, so try again for confirmation.

There was a thread recently about roadworthies and the idiot inspectors who try stupid things.

OK my 2002 d2 is Vic rego the fuel filter is just behind the right hand rear axel can be seen by looking through the rear wheel arch. Some of these's inspectors wouldn't have a clue at what they are looking at if it was where it should be from new then it's pasted ADRS find another inspector.

I've posted the pictures showing the current location of the fuel filter to the original post in this thread.

Paul

That is definitely the factory location. The inspector is clearly an idiot.

Can you go somewhere else for the inspection?

It will be well worth doing a search here and asking questions about where to go, and what to arm yourself with for the inspection. (Information, that is, not weapons, though I can see how that would be tempting.)

There was a great story here about how someone had theirs failed on discs and pads . . . on a Series with drums.

Toypoojero chassis are different (wider) and a filter mounted outside of their chassis would indeed be at risk. Explain to your inspector that LR put the filter there because it's waaay inside of the tyre line, there's enough room for a coil spring, even.
Failing that score a scrap of galvanised tin and tek screw it over the filter somehow. not exactly hard.