The fuel filter is one of those service items that often gets overlooked. Recently I had a misfire which miraculously cured itself, it was attributed to a blocked or partially blocked injector so several of the forum members suggested a new fuel filter. I had never replaced it myself so as far as I was concerned it could have been 98,500 miles or 17 years old!
Searching for K11 fuel filter on ebay turned up a choice of fuel filters but all of them were over a £fiver and I wondered why this was the case when, for some cars, they were in the region of £2. This lead me to go on the hunt for a filter for one of those cars that would also properly fit on the K11. I measured up the one already fitted an set off listing all fuel filters by price order and looking for the first one that satisfied the following dimensional criteria. A laborious task which you now won't have to undertake!
Diameter - 60mm
Inlet - 8mm
Outlet - 8mm
Flow direction - bottom to top
Anyhow, I found it. Here it is
Item no 281123641568
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281123641568?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
So for the sum total of £2.48 and two days later this arrived
Off to the engine bay to remove the old one. In my case it was a simple matter of two Phillips screws. Remove the top one first. ONLY DO THIS WITH A COLD ENGINE Give the rubber hose a twist with pliers before pulling off the rubber hose. This is where your hands first get wet with petrol - wear rubber gloves and put your fag out before opening up the fuel system. My engine hadn't run for a day so there wasn't much residual pressure in there. Next remove the bottom hose and get ready because this is the time you lose a filter full of fuel. Quickly put your finger over the bottom of the filter and retire to a safe place to empty it - Don't lay it on the ground somewhere and play a game of throwing lit matches at it.
The old and the new -
How does it go? Replacement is a reversal of removal.
Searching for K11 fuel filter on ebay turned up a choice of fuel filters but all of them were over a £fiver and I wondered why this was the case when, for some cars, they were in the region of £2. This lead me to go on the hunt for a filter for one of those cars that would also properly fit on the K11. I measured up the one already fitted an set off listing all fuel filters by price order and looking for the first one that satisfied the following dimensional criteria. A laborious task which you now won't have to undertake!
Diameter - 60mm
Inlet - 8mm
Outlet - 8mm
Flow direction - bottom to top
Anyhow, I found it. Here it is
Item no 281123641568
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281123641568?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
So for the sum total of £2.48 and two days later this arrived
Off to the engine bay to remove the old one. In my case it was a simple matter of two Phillips screws. Remove the top one first. ONLY DO THIS WITH A COLD ENGINE Give the rubber hose a twist with pliers before pulling off the rubber hose. This is where your hands first get wet with petrol - wear rubber gloves and put your fag out before opening up the fuel system. My engine hadn't run for a day so there wasn't much residual pressure in there. Next remove the bottom hose and get ready because this is the time you lose a filter full of fuel. Quickly put your finger over the bottom of the filter and retire to a safe place to empty it - Don't lay it on the ground somewhere and play a game of throwing lit matches at it.
The old and the new -
How does it go? Replacement is a reversal of removal.
