Thread: Moving the water/ diesel seperator behind rear wheel?

G'day.
As Yorkie stated, "why bother". I've had mine since new an I agree totally with your thinking. Seems a ridiculous location I know but as so many members have stated, no problems. I'd be more worried about the fuel lines rubbing through than the filter/location. My 04 does not have the water sensor but a white plastic drain plug. I carry 4 spares and have never needed one. And my thoughts on covering the filter with PVC pipe ect, the Defender has a factory cover available, but, because the TD5 heats the fuel up to and over 80 deg C, I feel that having the filter swinging in the breeze only adds to the cooling and that's a good thing. So in summary, focus your attention elsewhere!
Regards
Robbo

Originally Posted by OffTrack

If you are really concerned about it, most new filters come with a blanking plug installed to the bottom of the filter. The sensor wiring can be unplugged and the short harness removed. The sensor was deleted in the D2a's afaik and the sole purpose is to illuminate the dash light when water is detect so disconnecting will have no adverse effects.

cheers
Paul

Here,s another D2a with the sensor 04 model